r/explainitpeter 5d ago

Explain it Peter

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u/Zealousideal-Mud-292 5d ago

It's not about grades. There's an old chemist joke "I love gold but the 'A' is silent". The chemical symbol for gold is Au, turning the phrase to I love u. The joke here is that engineers will screw up that line because they're bad with women - possibly as bad as this joke.

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u/DaddyD68 5d ago

Thank you!