Here’s a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel’s whiskey , some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.

What relevance this might have to engineering is a moot point - however we never let small issues like that get in the way of a good story - so read on -

IT was already known that men find curvy women more attractive and that they live longer. Now research suggests that women with an hourglass figure are brighter and have cleverer children, too.

However it should be noted that curves are often a result of food and more than 90 percent of the nations food budget is spent by a women.  This is despite the fact that often the star cooks are men whilst most of the countries food is cooked and served by woman.

Several parts of the female anatomy are curved and over 90% of North American women wear a bra , many without ever asking why. Women give various reasons for wearing a bra. Some women with large breasts need it and want it - yet some women suffering from fibrocystic breast disease can get tremendous relief from breast pain by going without bras.

So the bottom line is that when it comes to measuring intelligence,  

Google Earth has opened up a whole new world of time-wasting. As engineers,  most of us were content to spend a couple of minutes trying in vain to find our house before heading out for a pie, some dedicated fellows have been scouring the world for oddities. Mark Steer wantonly reaped the fruits of their labour.