Back in college, I had a roommate who was a recently-graduated electrical engineer (I, at the time, was a rising sophomore). We had a chat about dating in elect

Back in college, I had a roommate who was a recently-graduated electrical engineer (I, at the time, was a rising sophomore). We had a chat about dating in electrical engineering. "Angersock," he said," do you know how many women there were in my first year?" I thought for a second. "I don't know, maybe 20 or 30?". "About half my class of around 80 or so. Do you know how many I graduated with?" "Erm, 10 or 15?" "Try 3. Does the phrase 'hunted to extinction' mean anything to you?"