I’m sorry. This Dilbert video is a little bit of “engineering humor. If you don’t get it, that’s OK. Mr. Tucker gets it, because he’s got it … “the Knack,” that is.
If you don’t live with an engineer, you don’t understand this at all. I’m not sure that I always do. I asked Mr. Tucker to give me a sampling of engineer jokes that he thought were funny.
Here are a few that he shared. He did tell me that he looked for ones that weren’t very wordy (in case I didn’t have a long attention span) and that weren’t very “in depth,” because he knows I don’t have a clue. See if these work for you:
- Q: How can you tell an extroverted engineer?
A: When he talks to you, he looks at your shoes instead of his own. - An engineer and a lawyer were recently fishing in the Caribbean. The fishing was outstanding and they got to talking about their vacations. The lawyer said, “I’m here because my house burned down, and everything I owned was destroyed by the blazing fire.
The insurance company paid for everything.”
That’s quite a coincidence,” said the engineer. “I’m here because my house and all my belongings were destroyed by a raging flood, and my insurance company also paid for everything.”
The puzzled lawyer asked, “How do you start a flood?”
- Q: When does a person decide to become an engineer?
A: When he realizes he doesn’t have the charisma to be an undertaker. - They were leading a priest, a drunkard and an engineer to the guillotine. They asked the priest if he wanted to face up or down when he meets his fate. The priest said that he would like to face up so that he will be looking toward heaven when he dies. They raise the blade of the guillotine, release it, it comes speeding down and suddenly stops just inches from his throat. The authorities take this as divine intervention and release the priest.
Next the drunkard comes to the guillotine. He also decides to die face up hoping that he will be as fortunate as the priest. They raise the blade of the guillotine, release it, it comes speeding down and suddenly stops just inches from his throat. So they release the drunkard as well.
The engineer is next. He too, decides to die facing up. They slowly raise the blade of the guillotine, when suddenly the engineer says, “Hey, I think the problem is that the cable is binding right here … “
- 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. - Two engineering students meet on campus one day. The first engineer calls out to the other, “Hey, nice bike! Where did you get it?”
“Well’” replies the other, “I was walking to class the other day when this pretty, young co-ed rides up on this bike. She jumps off, takes off all her clothes and says, “You can have ANYTHING you want.”
“Good choice,” says the first, “Her clothes wouldn’t have fit you anyway.”
Sorry. that’s what I’ve got for you while I travel to San Antonio. Hope any of it made you laugh. If you didn’t understand it, I’ll get my husband to explain it to you. Expect a long, convoluted answer! He’s got a “knack” for that, too … bless his heart.
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As a markcom writer/editor in an engineering company, this had me rolling!
LOVE it!
PS Have a good trip.
PPS Your template looks very strange, but it may just be my internet connection, weird things are happening today.
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Glad it spoke to you
Does my template look strange because I changed it, or is it acting up? EEK! Call a GEEK!
The funny part to me is that the thought entered my mind, “What if engineering jokes caught on like blonde jokes?”
Really, I guess every trade or profession has it’s own brand of humor. I used to be a furniture mover way back in the 60′s and 70′s with Allied Van Lines. We had our inside jokes, many were about each other, and many also wouldn’t have meaning to people outside the trade. Since I’ve had over 75 W-2′s in my work career, I just don’t recall if all the things I did had their own jokes. Truck drivers did, and so did the motion picture special effects folks. I guess the cooks and chefs did too come to think of it.
Publish a book. Be the next Dilbert. This might be a start in that direction:-)
Peace.
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Now the first thing I thought when I read your reply was: “Cooler Mover.” Dire Straits reference…
Nah, the man stole these from the internet. And, he sent me a few that really were beyond my comprehension — humor wise.
You can write a book, if you want…I give you my permission.
I got a couple of them…I especially like the glass is twice as big as it needs to be
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Yeah…that’s my favorite, too.
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