Understanding Engineers

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uNdeRSTanding ENgINEers.. funny

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Yeah so you guys have probably already seen this but it's still funny, specially if you know any:
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Two engineering students were 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 first engineer nodded approvingly, "Good
choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

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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.

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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 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 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."

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


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Understanding Engineers - Take Four

What is the difference between Mechanical
Engineers and Civil Engineers?

Mechanical Engineers build weapons and Civil
Engineers build targets.

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Understanding Engineers - Take Five

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, "Actually it was a civil
engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste
pipeline through a recreational area?"


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Understanding Engineers - Take Six

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.

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Understanding Engineers - Take Seven

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."


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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 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 beautiful princess, and that I'll
stay with you for a 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 girl, but a talking frog, now
that's cool."

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Credit goes to Tiffany Chin for this post.
 
hahahah don't you mean Engi-Nerds!!!
 
Q: when engineers are gathered and talking, how do you spot the extroverted engineer?

A: s/he's the one looking at the *other* guy's shoes while he's talking.

i'm a sales professional by trade - and have spent the last 20 years working in close quarters with software engineers... i **love** 'em!
 
I'm enjoying this.

Mechanical Engineering Lecturer. :biggrin:
 
I could have been an engineer - the genes are there. :)
An engineer died and reported to the pearly gates. An intern angel, filling in for St. Peter, checked his dossier and grimly said, "Ah, you're an engineer; you're in the wrong place."

So the engineer was cast down to the gates of hell and was let in. Pretty soon, the engineer became gravely dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell, and began designing and building improvements. After a while, the underworld had air conditioning, flush toilets, and escalators, and the engineer was becoming a pretty popular guy among the demons.

One day, God called Satan up on the telephone and asked with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"

Satan laughed and replied, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."

God's face clouded over and he exploded, "What? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake; he should never have gotten down there; send him up here."

Satan shook his head, "No way. I like having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."

God was as mad as he had ever been, "This is not the way things are supposed to work and you know it. Send him back up here or I'll sue."

Satan laughed uproariously, "Yeah, right. And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"
 
How to tell you're an engineer:

If you introduce your wife as "[email protected]"
If Dilbert is your hero
If you can name 6 Star Trek (or Star Wars) episodes (bonus points if you have more than 6 recorded on video tape).
If you look forward to Christmas only to put together the kids' toys
If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies
If you have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what's inside
If the salespeople at Circuit City (or the Acura dealer) can't answer any of your questions
If you can type 70 words a minute but can't read your own handwriting
If you thought the real heroes of "Apollo 13" were the mission controllers


Engineers Dating and Social Life

Dating is never easy for engineers. A normal person will employ various direct and duplicitpus methods to creat a false impression of attractiveness. Engineers are incapable of placing appearance above function.

Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. They are widely recognized as superior marriage material: Intelligent, dependable, employed, honest, and handy around the house. While it's true that many normal people would prefer not to date an engineer, most people harbor an intense desire to mate with them, thus producing engineer-like children who will have high-paying jobs long before finding romance.

Female engineers become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until about thirty minutes after their clinical death. Longer if it's a warm day.

Honesty

Engineers are always honest in amtters of technology and human relationships. That's why it's a good idea to keep engineers away from customers, romantic interests, and other people who can't handle the truth.

Frugality

Engineers are notoriously frugal. This is not because of cheapness or mean spirit; it is simply because every spending situation is simply a problem in optimization, that is "How can I escape this situation while retaining the greatest amount of cash?"

..some more jokes:

Q: Why did the engineers cross the road?
A: Because they looked in the file and that's what they did last year.

Q: When does a person decide to become an engineer?
A: When he realizes he doesn't have the charisma to be an undertaker.

Q: What do engineers use for birth control?
A: Their personalities.

Q: How can you tell an extroverted engineer?
A: When he talks to you, he looks at your shoes instead of his own.

Q: How do you drive an engineer completely insane?
A: Tie him to a chair, stand in front of him, and fold up a road map the wrong way.

And my favorite one of all time:

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."

"You must be an engineer," says the balloonist.

"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but it's of no use to anyone."

The man below says, "You must be in management."

"I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
 
Aero said:
Engineers Dating and Social Life

Dating is never easy for engineers. A normal person will employ various direct and duplicitpus methods to creat a false impression of attractiveness. Engineers are incapable of placing appearance above function.

Fortunately, engineers have an ace in the hole. They are widely recognized as superior marriage material: Intelligent, dependable, employed, honest, and handy around the house. While it's true that many normal people would prefer not to date an engineer, most people harbor an intense desire to mate with them, thus producing engineer-like children who will have high-paying jobs long before finding romance.

Female engineers become irresistible at the age of consent and remain that way until about thirty minutes after their clinical death. Longer if it's a warm day.

This is great! I can't wait to show this to my "more structured" half. She will absolutely ponder it. :tongue:
 
I have lots of these. :biggrin:

Living in Alabama, this is what i thought the PE exam might be:

- Redneck Professional Engineering (PE) Exam -

Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10 Lb. possum.

Which of the following cars will rust out the quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard? A) 66 Ford Fairlane B) 69 Chevrolet Chevelle C) 64 Pontiac GTO

If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of shine per hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?

A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Pabst Blue Ribbons will be consumed in cutting the trees?

If every old refrigerator in the state vented its charge of R-12 simultaneously, what would be the decrease in the ozone layer?

A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1 inch rough sawn pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?

A man owns a house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man's land?

A 2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and proceeding down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic loading of secondary roads, how many people will swerve to avoid the truck before it crashes at the bottom of the mountain? For extra credit, how many of the vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and uncracked windshields?

A Coal Mine operates a NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?

How many generations will it take before cattle develop two legs shorter than the others because of grazing along a mountainside?
 
Engineers may be derided but we seem to do fairly well at finding pretty wives.

Nobody I meet can usually believe that I am either an engineer OR a lawyer.
 
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