Leave it to the engineer.
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Author: mrmom
Date: 26 Dec 2005 11:44 pm
Three guys -- a Canadian farmer, Osama bin Laden, and an American engineer -- are working together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. "I will give each of you one wish, which is three wishes total," says the Genie.
The Canadian says, "I am a farmer, my dad was a farmer, and my son will also farm. I want the land to be forever fertile in Canada." Pooooof! With the blink of the Genie's eye, the land in Canada was forever made fertile for farming.
Osama bin Ladin was amazed, so he said, "I want a wall around Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran so that no infidels, Jews or Americans can come into our precious state." Pooooof! Again, with the blink of the Genie's eye, there wa :lol: s a huge wall around those countries.
The American engineer says, "I am very curious. Please tell me more about this wall." The Genie explains, "Well, it's about 5000 feet high, 500 feet thick and completely surrounds the country. Nothing can get in or out -- it's virtually impenetrable."
The American engineer says, "Fill it with water."
Author: pecanmanwill
Subject: Engineer, etc
Date: 27 Dec 2005 4:34 pm
mrmom---I love engineers like that one. All he needed was a genie to help him. Take care--Your friend--Will
Author: ramit
Date: 28 Dec 2005 9:15 am
Good one.....
We have the magic smoke that can not be released from the compents.
We have Murphy's law.
We have the Magic hour.
We have "black magic", with some hard to handle areas.
And plain dumb luck.
But never had a Genie. He would have been handy, would have prevented a lot of late nights and triple shifts.
Author: Marshall
Date: 28 Dec 2005 9:29 am
Here's you a Genie.
Author: ramit
Date: 28 Dec 2005 9:34 am
I never would have left the lab if she was my Genie..
I always watched that show, and it was for one reason.. her !
Author: Highwind
Date: 28 Dec 2005 10:28 am
Marshall wrote:
Here's you a Genie.
Oh yeaaaah!
A woman who calls you "master", ... who says "Your wish is my command", and is willing to do anything to please you.
Too bad Genies and women like that are both only figments of Hollywood imaginations.
Darn. :( :(
Author: Walt
Date: 29 Dec 2005 8:21 am
ramit wrote:
Good one.....
We have the magic smoke that can not be released from the compents.
We have Murphy's law.
We have the Magic hour.
We have "black magic", with some hard to handle areas.
And plain dumb luck.
But never had a Genie. He would have been handy, would have prevented a lot of late nights and triple shifts.
Ramit,
You need to go buy an "EZ button" for your desk. Push it before you leave, and the "union label" elves come in overnight and fix things up-right quick! (unless they are on strike of course)
Author: Highwind
Date: 29 Dec 2005 9:27 am
ramit wrote:
Good one.....
We have the magic smoke that can not be released from the compents.
We have Murphy's law.
We have the Magic hour.
We have "black magic", with some hard to handle areas.
And plain dumb luck.
But never had a Genie. He would have been handy, would have prevented a lot of late nights and triple shifts.
You may be an engineer if:
1. Dilbert is your hero; and you have Dilbert comics displayed in your work area;
2. you can name six StarTrek episodes;
3. your watch has more computing power than most people's desktop computer;
4. you carry on a one hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually takes 5 minutes to run;
5. you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance;
6. your IQ is higher than your weight;
7. you rotate your screen savers more than your car tires;
8. you have more toys than your kids;
9. you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what RPN stands for; and
10. you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
Author: mrmom
Date: 29 Dec 2005 11:34 pm
Highwind wrote:
You may be an engineer if:
1. Dilbert is your hero; and you have Dilbert comics displayed in your work area;
2. you can name six StarTrek episodes;
3. your watch has more computing power than most people's desktop computer;
4. you carry on a one hour debate over the expected results of a test that actually takes 5 minutes to run;
5. you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance;
6. your IQ is higher than your weight;
7. you rotate your screen savers more than your car tires;
8. you have more toys than your kids;
9. you have ever owned a calculator with no equal key and know what RPN stands for; and
10. you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they work.
I am not an engineer but some of those apply to me. :shock: