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Subject: FW: Understanding Engineers -


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>>
>>  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 fit 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 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 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
>>>
>>>       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 Seven
>>>
>>>       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."
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