Understanding Engineers
#1
Two engineering students
were biking 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 first engineer nodded approvingly and said,
"Good choice: The clothes probably wouldn't have fit you anyway."
Understanding Engineers
#2
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
#3
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 guys? 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 firemen. 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 she can do for
them." The engineer said, "Why can't they play at night?"
Understanding Engineers
#4
What is the difference
between mechanical engineers and civil engineers? Mechanical engineers build
weapons. Civil engineers build targets.
Understanding Engineers
#5
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 #6
Three engineering
students were gathered together discussing who must have designed 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
#7
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
#8
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, I'll
turn back into a beautiful princess and 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."
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Two Engineers?
Two engineers were
standing at the base of a flagpole, looking at its top. A woman walked by and
asked what they were doing.
"We're supposed to
find the height of this flagpole," said STEVEN, "but we don't have a
ladder."
The woman took a wrench
from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground.
Then she took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, and
announced, "Twenty one feet, six inches," and walked away.
One engineer shook his
head and laughed, "A lot of good that does us. We
ask for the height and
she gives us the length!"