Simplifying Perspectives: Another ‘slice of life’ with my * thrown in.
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 first engineer nodded approvingly and said, “Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn’t have fit you anyway.”
*A Swedish engineer: ‘Another freebie for my garage sale!’
Understanding Engineers – 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.
*Swedes say, ‘depends on whether you’re still thirsty, or not! ‘
Understanding Engineers – 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 green-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 green-keeper replied, “Oh, yes. That’s a group of blind firemen. 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?”
*Is this the same group that put the fire out on the Norwegian cruise ship?
Understanding Engineers – Four
What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons
Civil engineers build targets.
*Suicidal engineers deliver the bombs.
Understanding Engineers – 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?”
*Swedish-Engineer: Super-size it, please!
Understanding Engineers – Six
Three engineering students were gathered together discussing who must have designed 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, “No, actually it had to have been a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?”
*Swedish-Perspective: If you have enough duct tape, you wouldn’t need an engineer!
Category: Rooster Tales
Those were all good’uns.
Where did the Rooster go as we miss you????
I have learned ‘why the chicken crossed the road’…He simply didn’t want to be called a ‘chicken’ for NOT!
Thanks for the inquiry, as several others have asked the same question. While I’m not certain that they were inquiring to see if I was still alive, or just lost out in the woods somewhere. Some thought I was rotting away in the rocking chair, when actually it is more opposite of that, I’m rocking away in my rotten chair.
Personally, there are so many situations out here (the big ol’ highway) that have given me the itch (and that is my good buddy’s nickname in WI., really) to ‘write from the road’. My days in Wausa are few and far between which makes gathering ‘hometown’ material a stretch at best.
I will take your public request at heart and post my next ‘Tales’ from the highway. When I was a kid, travel was never in our family-plans and traveling to the next state was as comparable as getting to travel to Germany, like Lois and I did this past fall. Tonight I write from Blackfoot, Idaho, as tomorrow I’ll load spuds for Minn/St. Paul. Day before yesterday I was loading Pork out of John Morrell in Sioux Falls, and unloaded this a.m., in Salt Lake City.
So, by traveling across the country, and usually from MN/WI, to L. A., AZ, MS, and all other states inbetween, it has become an education that I certainly would like to share. Also, along the way, I point and click a small (cheap), digital Nikon and have amassed over 10,000 photos. The original objective there was to send these to our German friends so they could see at the grass roots level what America has to offer. That has now grown in proportions to have these posted on websites for all to see (that care to).
This afternoon I encountered a sign that said ‘Weston’ and ‘Preston’…sorta cutesy wouldn’t you say? And yes, the place where each of you should have grown up and made your fortune was in Idaho, in a small town called Inkom! Another sign which connects with a fellow Wausa native, and his related profession, is found about 20 miles into eastern Wyoming on I-80, labeled ‘Carpenter’ and ‘Burns’!! If that is gone from that post the next time through, we’ll all know where it went???
Tomorrow Yellowstone? Will have to check the roads first, but may soar up to I-94 across the great state of Montana, up into N. Dakota and dropping into MN, on Sunday eve. Maybe it’s time for some rest. Thanks again, Paul and Helen. (And yes, there are many Roosters in South Dakota, along with several Eagles seen on the last trip through.)
Hi Mert, thanks for sharing some of your adventures with us.
When our son, Curtis, was driving cross country he too shared stories
and pictures. Many of these states we have not seen but have on our “Bucket
Lists”. With a grandson stationed at Great Falls, Mt in the Air Force we would like
to travel that way this next summer.
Nathan made many trips with his Uncle Curt in the truck but now gets to know
first hand what the Montana winters are like.
Remember going by a road sign a few years ago that read NO NAME, CO.
Where they too lazy to name it or couldn’t anyone really come up with a name for the town.
We travel safely and keep on sending us a message once in a while as we miss you and your stories.