Understanding Engineers

[pabird]

Subject: Understanding Engineers

 

Understanding Engineers - Take One

 

Two engineering students were walking across a university campus when

one said, "Where did you get such a great bike?"

 

The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday,

minding my own business, when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike,

threw it to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what

you want."

 

The second engineer nodded approvingly and said, "Good choice; the

clothes probably wouldn't have fitted you anyway."

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Two

 

To the optimist, the glass is half full.

 

To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

 

To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Three

 

A priest, a doctor, and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers.

 

The engineer fumed, "What's with those blokes? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!"

 

The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such inept golf!"

 

The priest said, "Here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him."

 

He said, "Hello, George! what's wrong with that group ahead of us? They're rather slow, aren't they?"

 

The greens keeper replied, "Oh, yes. That's a group of blind fire fighters. They lost their sight saving our

clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime."

 

The group fell silent for a moment.

 

The priest said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight."

 

The doctor said, "Good idea. I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist colleague and see if there's

anything he can do for them."

 

The engineer said, "Why can't they play at night?"

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Four

 

What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?

 

Mechanical engineers build weapons and civil engineers build targets.

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Five

 

The graduate with a science degree asks, "Why does it work?"

 

The graduate with an engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"

 

The graduate with an accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"

 

The graduate with an arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with that?"

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Six

 

Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the

possible designers of the human body.

 

One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints."

 

Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system

has many thousands of electrical connections."

 

The last one said, "No, actually it had to have been a civil engineer.

Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area ?"

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Seven

 

Normal people believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

 

 

Understanding Engineers - Take Eight

 

An engineer was crossing a road one day, when a frog called out to him and said,

"If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess."

 

He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.

 

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess,

I will stay with you for one week."

 

The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned It to the pocket.

 

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a Princess,

I'll stay with you for one week and do ANYTHING you want."

 

Again, the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.

 

Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess,

and that I'll stay with you for one week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"

 

The engineer said, "Look, I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend,

but a talking frog, now that's cool."

[Burnham Lad]

Great, pabird!

 

How about:

 

Engineers vs. Managers

 

A group of managers were given the assignment to measure the height of a flagpole. So they go out to the flagpole with ladders and tape measures, and they're falling off the ladders, dropping the tape measures - the whole thing is just a mess.

 

An engineer comes along and sees what they're trying to do, walks over, pulls the flagpole out of the ground, lays it flat, measures it from end to end, gives the measurement to one of the managers and walks away.

 

After the engineer has gone, one manager turns to another and laughs. "Isn't that just like an engineer, we're looking for the height and he gives us the length."