Understanding Engineers

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Understanding Engineers - Take One
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."

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 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?"

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

I laughed out loud reading #3 and #9. Thank you for sharing.
 
These are good. I am an engineer and will be at a Christmas party with about 50 more tomorrow night...these jokes will be told! Thanks, B
 
A priest, an accountant and an engineer for the French Royal Court had been charged with crimes, judged guilty and were hauled to the guillotine. The priest was first. He asked to be allowed to lay face up 'so as to meet his maker face first'. When the blade was dropped it jammed about halfway down. The executioner was so impressed he let the priest go free. The accountant also asked to lay face up as 'his accounts had always been true and he wanted the people to see he was not ashamed.' When the blade was dropped it again jammed halfway down. Again the executioner let him go. The engineer stated he had been true to his profession and true to the King so he also wanted to lay face up. They let him. Just as the executioner started to trip the blade the engineer yelled, "Wait, wait, I see the problem! ............. Big Cholla
 
Every male in my family for the last three generations, except me, has been an engineer. I couldn't do the math. These jokes are SOOO true!
 
No, operating Engineers can have limited thought. Big bunch of whistle-blowers though.
 
I graduated in 1978 with a double-major BS degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. We started in 1974 with 76 Freshmen as declared Mech E majors, and graduated 18 in 1978. The day we graduated, all 18 of us could do triple integrals and hoop stress calculations, but only six of us newly-minted Mech Es knew which end of a Crescent wrench went on a bolt head.

Noah
 
Noah, they still don't teach a lot of practical stuff in Engineering school. I graduated Auburn in 2003. I learned more practical knowledge about engineering working for an engineering firm while in Jr. College for 2 years than I did in school. I'm a Civil, BTW.

I hate to say it, but you could tell the ones that had ZERO walking around sence in the program. Scary stuff...
 
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I was a FLIGHT engineer in the USAF and after I retired in '83 I actually finished college (unlike what I did on the first try in the sixties, that's another story) and was a software engineer.

So I'm twice as confused.
 
How can you tell if an engineer really, really like you? He stares at your feet when he talks to you.

Russ - Applied Math but an engineer now.
 
Good try folks. I work with neer's every damn day. There are no joke's or saying's that get even close to there insanity.
 
Does anyone know why all Engineers are good, moral upstanding citizens ?

Because they are all scared to death that if they aren't, when they die they will get sent to a place where they have to actually work on something that they designed !

Dan R
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, Univ of New Mexico
Master of Engineering, Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University
 
Noah, they still don't teach a lot of practical stuff in Engineering school. I graduated Auburn in 2003. I learned more practical knowledge about engineering working for an engineering firm while in Jr. College for 2 years than I did in school. I'm a Civil, BTW.

I hate to say it, but you could tell the ones that had ZERO walking around sense in the program. Scary stuff...


Scary indeed. Carnegie-Mellon was soooooo theoretical that I had to ask what "Schedule 40" meant the second day on my first job. When people ask where I got my degree, I usually reply, "A small trade school in Pittsburgh named for a couple dead rich guys."

Giving credit where it is due, CMU taught us to THINK. EVERY technical class there used the applied engineering method developed by the late Carnegie Tech professor B. Richard Teare, Jr., PhD. - "Define the problem, plan the solution, execute the solution, check the result . . . " It was drilled into us, and became a CMU Mech E student's mantra, and I use it nearly every day over 30 years later.

All that said, I resemble the remarks made in the OP. ;)

Noah
 
The day we graduated, all 18 of us could do triple integrals and hoop stress calculations, but only six of us newly-minted Mech Es knew which end of a Crescent wrench went on a bolt head.

Noah

I figures that them there college edumecated engineers would use Crescent wrenches. Us shade tree mechanics use the proper sized box wrenches or socket wrenches to keep from buggering up the bolt heads. :)
 
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