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Everett#2390
Mar 15th, 04, 07:44 AM
Understanding Engineers - Take One
Two engineering students crossing the 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. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want."
The second engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

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 pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers.
The engineer fumed, "What's with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!"
The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude!"
The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greens keeper. Let's have a word with him."
"Hi George! Say, what's 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 firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime."
The group was silent for a moment. The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight."
The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he can do for them."
Then engineer said, "Why can't these guys play at night?"


Understanding Engineers - Take Four
What's 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 a Liberal 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, "It was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has many thousands of electrical connections.
"The last on said, "Actually it was 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 architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress.
The architect said, "he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship."
The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because the passion and mystery he found there.
The engineer said, "I like both."
"Both?"
"Yeah, If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done."


Understanding Engineers - Take Nine
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'll 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 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 a week and that I'd 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!"

TOMSTV
Mar 15th, 04, 02:51 PM
Great list graemlins/hurray.gif I liked the last one,about the talking frog is cool http://www.gifs.net/animate/dancing_frog.gif graemlins/beers.gif

rmadsen55
Mar 15th, 04, 02:57 PM
I love it

MrDanB
Mar 15th, 04, 05:06 PM
AMEN! I used to have a sign on my desk that read "communication with an engineer is slightly easier than communication with the dead"...They made me take it down for some strange reason :D


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pdq67
Mar 15th, 04, 05:33 PM
I always loved my QC Engineer Buddy that had a pic frame hanging on the wall with a shellaced turd on it and a little engraved brass plaque that said "You can't polish a turd"..

In other words, you make garbage, you can't inspect quality into it!!

He, He!! They finally made him take it down..

pdq67

Vintage 68
Mar 16th, 04, 06:27 AM
I still have a sign in my office that reads -
'Engineering - making our Design & Sales Forces Dreams a reality'

"Stuffing 10Kg of 'Dung' in a 8Kg bucket is easy - it's liquids that don't compress"... one of my engineering teachers many years ago.

Z10Joey
Mar 16th, 04, 12:49 PM
Add this one...
How do you get an engineer to finish a job????

Take it away from him!

MAXIMUM69
Mar 16th, 04, 01:37 PM
Careful..........

There are engineers among us - me for one!

Just rememeber that B.S. stands for Bachelor of Science and not bull..... smile.gif

MrDanB
Mar 16th, 04, 02:01 PM
Yeagh, and PhD= "piled higher and deeper" tongue.gif

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Toad
Mar 17th, 04, 08:10 AM
Very nice....those are getting sent out to the entire Aerospace/Mechanical Dept. here!!! We constantly use the civil eng. jokes, because they think their as good as us. HA!!! graemlins/thumbsup.gif