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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

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, mindingmy 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 fitted 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 aparticularly slow group of golfers.


The engineer fumed, "What's with thoseblokes? We must have been waiting for fifteen minutes!"

The doctor chimedin, "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

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 hasmany 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 - 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 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."

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Great Quotes by Great Ladies


Inside every older lady is a younger lady wondering what the hell happened!

- Cora Harvey Armstrong-



The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

-Helen Hayes (at 73)-



I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows.


-Janette Barber-



Things are going to get a lot worse before they get worse.


-Lily Tomlin-



A male gynaecologist is like an auto mechanic who never owned a car.


-Carrie Snow-



Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry with your girlfriends.


-Laurie Kuslansky-



My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being, hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.


-Erma Bombeck-



Old age ain't no place for sissies.


-Bette Davis-



A man's got to do what a man's got to do. A woman must do what he can't.


-Rhonda Hansome-



The phrase "working mother" is redundant.


-Jane Sellman-



Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the windows.


-Jennifer Unlimited-



Whatever women must do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult.


-Charlotte Whitton-



Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.


-Caryn Leschen-



I try to take one day at a time -- but sometimes several days attack me at once.


-Jennifer Unlimited-



If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.


-Catherine-



I'm not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I'm not dumb -- and I'm also not blonde.


-Dolly Parton-



If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.


-Sue Grafton-



I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.


-Roseanne Barr-



When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country..


-Elayne Boosler-



Behind every successful man is a surprised woman.


-Maryon Pearson-


In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

-Margaret Thatcher-

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.-

Gloria Steinem-

I am a marvellous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house.

-Zsa Zsa Gabor-

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.

-Eleanor Roosevelt-