Ever been on a date and you don't like her? And you don't want her to call anymore? Just talk about electronics...

It can be amazingly effective! Say to her: Guess what.. I simulated a line impedance stabilization network to study differential and common mode noise from a model of a switching power supply. It's difficult to model how all the components capacitively couple to an earth grounded enclosure. For example, unshielded toroidal inductors can capacitively couple to the enclosure......<insert endless technobabble.. She's not gonna call again after that.

Works every time for me... Cruel?

D from BC British Columbia Canada.