Understanding Engineers

[Cat320]

I'm not one, but this makes sense to me:

Understanding Engineers- Take One

Two engineering students were biking 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 on the ground, took off 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 anyways."
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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.
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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've been waiting 15
minutes!"
The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such inept
golfers!"
The priest said, "Here comes the greens keeper, let's ask him."
He said, "Hello, George! What's wrong with the 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?"
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Understanding Engineers- Take Four

What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil
engineers?
Mechs build weapons and civs build targets.
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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?"
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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.
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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 his 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, exasperated the frog asked, "What is the matter with you?
I've told you that 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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[tbhd]

Very nice and true.

[DonandBonnie]

Several years ago we bought a house from an engineer. He built racks that he had mounted on the walls in various rooms. Each built for a specific purpose. In one he had CD's all with his own label and filed in alphabetical order. Same for video tapes and casette tapes. A rack was built for each of the various magazines he subscribed to, all filed in date order. When the racks filled, he would discard the oldest magazine to make room for the newest. There were five years of magazines in each rack. If the magazines could not be identified from it's binding, there was an individual shelf with label for each copy of the magazine.

[ggranch]

To Don and Bonnie, That's not an engineering thing, that's a psychological thing.