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jarasan — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 01:13:35 GMT

congreff is full of professional politicians out for themselves, with very few exceptions.

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CARBOB — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 10:23:43 GMT

#8 is very good. I have a lot of experience working with Mechanical, Electrical and Civil engineers. Have met some of those types in each field. I know of one who did become a congressman, but he was a Republican.

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MADDOG10 — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 04:38:06 GMT

Heh,heh,heh, and the moral of this story is: Congress is full of engineers...!

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emilyg — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 01:34:25 GMT

haha - especially #8

Original Blog Entry: Understanding engineers.

jarasan — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:45:15 GMT

From an email:

*Understanding Engineers #1*

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 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.

*Understanding Engineers #2:*

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 #3:*

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 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 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 here's anything she can do for them.

The engineer said, Why can't they play at night?

*Understanding Engineers #4:*

What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?

Mechanical engineers build weapons.

Civil engineers build targets.

*Understanding Engineers #5:*

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 #6:*

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 #7:*

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, I'll turn back into a

beautiful princess and 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.

*And finally Understanding Engineers #8:*

Two engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking at its top.

A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.

We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole, said Sven, but we

don't have a ladder.

The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and

laid the pole down on the ground.. Then she took a tape measure from her

pocketbook,

took a measurement, announced, Twenty one feet, six inches, and walked

away.

One engineer shook his head and laughed, A lot of good that does us. We

ask for the height and she gives us the length!

Both engineers have since quit their engineering jobs and are currently

serving as elected members of Congress.

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