engineers live their lives in an atmosphere of mutual jovial insult
Indeed, good sir. Having been exposed throughout a lifetime to various disciplines, including aerodynamics (djpil and I shared adjoining desks under AW's watchful glare in an earlier life at the Bend), I invariably upset various parties from time to time when I line select and execute the wrong set of social mores for the company in question.
Oh well, it's been anything but a boring life.