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Understandin Engineers (HUMOR)
Dec 9, 2005

Posted on 12/09/2005 5:35:56 PM PST by SandRat

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To: rscientist

and my son is an Aerosapce Engineer.


21 posted on 12/09/2005 5:54:43 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
I'm an engineer and this stuff is older than I am, but the "Talking Frog" bit is still funny ... and SO TRUE!

(chortle)

22 posted on 12/09/2005 5:55:16 PM PST by manwiththehands ("Attack (Democrats) until they stop twitching and then attack some more." -J. Peter Mulhern)
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To: SubMareener

So they became accountants, correct?

Prospective employer: "How much is two plus two?
Accountant: "How much do you want it to be?":


23 posted on 12/09/2005 5:57:21 PM PST by bill1952 ("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
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To: MikeinIraq
I can do that!

It's self deprecating humor.

I do Software QA.

24 posted on 12/09/2005 5:59:39 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

ahhh ok :)

LOL


25 posted on 12/09/2005 6:00:59 PM PST by MikefromOhio
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To: Fzob

In case you missed this.............


26 posted on 12/09/2005 6:01:45 PM PST by Popman (In politics, ideas are more important than individuals.)
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To: SandRat

State of West Virginia
Professional Engineer Examination

1. Calculate the smallest limb diameter on a persimmon tree that will support a 10-pound possum.

2. Which of the following pickups will rust out quickest when placed on blocks in your front yard?
'66 Ford
'69 International Harvester
'72 Chevrolet
'64 GMC

3. If your uncle builds a still that operates at a capacity of 20 gallons of moonshine per hour, how many car radiators are necessary to condense the product?

4. A pulpwood cutter has a chain saw that operates at 2700 rpm. The density of the pine trees in a plot to be harvested is 470 trees per acre. The plot is 2.3 acres in size. The average tree diameter is 14 inches. How many Budweiser Tall-Boys will it take to cut the trees?

5. If every old refrigerator in Mingo County vents its R-12 charge simultaneously, what would be the percent decrease in the ozone layer?

6. A front porch is constructed of 2x8 pine on 24-inch centers with a field rock foundation. The span is 8 feet and the porch length is 16 feet. The porch floor is 1 inch rough sawed pine. When the porch collapses, how many hound dogs will be killed?

7. A man owns a house and 3.7 acres of land in a hollow with an average slope of 15%. The man has 5 children. Can each of the children place a mobile home on the man's land?

8. A 2-ton pulpwood truck is overloaded and proceeding down a steep grade on a secondary road at 45 mph. The brakes fail. Given the average traffic loading of secondary roads, how many people will swerve to avoid the truck before it crashes at the bottom of the mountain?

For extra credit how many of the vehicles that swerved will have mufflers and uncracked windshields?

9. A Coal mine operates as an NFPA Class 1, Division 2 Hazardous Area. The mine employs 120 miners per shift. A gas warning is issued at the beginning of 3rd shift. How many cartons of unfiltered Camels will be smoked during the shift?

10. At a reduction in gene pool variability rate of 7.5% per generation, how long will it take a town that has been bypassed by the interstate to breed a country-western singer?

Practical
You have just imbibed an entire case of Budweiser and are now alone in a dark room with a disassembled AK-47 assault rifle on the table in front of you. In 15 seconds, an enraged and starving mountain lion will be released in to the room. Assemble and load the weapon.


27 posted on 12/09/2005 6:03:53 PM PST by Arm_Bears (If the people lead, the leaders will follow.)
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To: SandRat
Well there's always the D.D. .... Decidedly dumb
or the M.D. ... Mainly dumb,
but for the P.H.D. ?

Phenomonaly dumb.

28 posted on 12/09/2005 6:05:10 PM PST by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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To: SandRat
If you give an Engineer a Cookie...
 He's going to want to make another one.

If he wants to make another one...
 He's going to have to have a
  computer station to design it.

If you give him a computer station...
 He's going to need the latest copy of
  "AutoCAD for Bakers"tm to go with it.

If you give him the software...
 He's going to discover he needs a copy of
  the "Design Specs for Confections" manual.

If you get him the reference manual...
 He's going to find he needs copies of all the old blueprints.

If you locate the old blueprints...
  He's going to discover that "the last guy
    who designed the cookie
      was a complete idiot who couldn't
        engineer himself out of a paper bag."

   If he burns energy explosively
      Cursing the previous Engineer...
    He's going to want to get some snacks from
      the vending machine to eat in his cubicle.

     If the Engineer gets some junk food...        

      He's going to want a cookie!

Andrew Bartmess, (c) 2005

29 posted on 12/09/2005 6:05:31 PM PST by 50sDad (It's not "diversity" for you to steal my Christmas.)
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To: SandRat


Four engineers were sitting around one day trying to figure out who might have designed the human body.

The first fellow said, "I think it might be a Mechanical Engineer, because of joints and muscle and sense of balance." The other three nodded their heads and said, "Yeah, could be."

The second fellow said, "I think it might be an Electrical Engineer, because of the nervous system and neural network." The other three nodded their heads and said, "Yeah, could be."

The third fellow said, "I think it might be a Chemical Engineer, because of hormonal balances and metabolism." The other three nodded their heads and said, "Yeah, could be."

The fourth fellow snaps his fingers and shouts out, "I know, it HAD to have been a Civil engineer!" The other three ask "Why?"

"Well," replied the fourth fellow, "who else would put a waste water drainage right through a recreational area?"


30 posted on 12/09/2005 6:05:50 PM PST by mikrofon (IRN Engineer)
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To: SandRat

I don't get it.....


31 posted on 12/09/2005 6:06:07 PM PST by RFEngineer
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To: SandRat; Peanut Gallery

Engineers? Humor? Not possible!

heh heh heh


32 posted on 12/09/2005 6:08:03 PM PST by Professional Engineer (She likes Hot Wheels and ham radio! This baby girl thing might not be too bad.)
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To: SandRat

Someone tell the one about the engineers who both ride on the train on the same ticket. Then the architects try to copy them and . . .


33 posted on 12/09/2005 6:09:53 PM PST by firebrand
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To: SandRat

34 posted on 12/09/2005 6:10:19 PM PST by Sloth (Freedom of speech doesn't mean the rest of us have to shut up.)
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To: knarf

Does anyone know the joke about geeks and the naked girl on the bike? I can't quite remember it and the punchline eludes me.


35 posted on 12/09/2005 6:11:51 PM PST by opticks
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To: SandRat

During French revolution,a philosopher,a lawyer and an engineer were condemned to die on the guillotine. The executioner allowed the first to die, the philosopher, to choose his position. He could look up as the blade fell or take a prone position. Being an optimist he decided to look up at the sky hoping for a miracle. The blade fell but stopped inches from his throat. By the rule of the day he was released and freed. The lawyer, citing precedent did the same with the same result. The engineer took the same upward position as well, but as he looked up he told the guillotine operator," I think I see your problem".


36 posted on 12/09/2005 6:13:43 PM PST by JeanLM ((my give-a-damn is broken))
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To: mikrofon; Fierce Allegiance

ha! cute joke!


37 posted on 12/09/2005 6:13:53 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: Sloth

That's funny


38 posted on 12/09/2005 6:14:34 PM PST by Samwise (I freep; therefore, I am.)
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To: Sloth

LMAO-LOL-MSH-TRDMF!!!!


39 posted on 12/09/2005 6:15:19 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: JasonC; All

A priest, a mathemetician and an engineer are in the wrong place at the wrong time in France. They are sentenced to the guillitine.

The priest is scheduled to be executed first. When asked "face up or face down?" the priest exclaims "Please place me face up so I can see My God when I die!"

They do as he requests and the executioner pulls the cord and ... *screetch* the blade stops halfway down. Well, all execution laws say that of the equipment doesn't work, it is a sign from God that the prisoner is to be let free.

The mathemetician was up next, and, smart guy that he is, says "Please place me face up so I can see My God when I die!" Once again the cord is pulled and... *screetch* the blade stops halfway down. The mathematician is exonerated and freed.

The engineer has been watching all this time and has seen the pattern. "Please place me face up so I can see My God when I die!" Just as they get ready to pull the cord, he yells "wait wait wait! ... I think I see your problem."


40 posted on 12/09/2005 6:18:07 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Vote Democrat--it's Easier than Getting a Job.)
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