chance, eng - ee or me?

drusba
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:47:09 +0000

One explanation for the differences between mechanical, electrical and civil engineering is in an old engineering joke:

Three engineers are together discussing the meaning of life and their work and the discussion turns to God and the human body:

Mechanical engineer: God must have been a mechanical engineer. Look at the design and perfection of all the moving parts in your body, your arms, legs, perpetually working internal mechanical parts such as your pumping heart, kidneys, liver, and everything together promoting movement. No doubt about it, God was a mechanical engineer.

Electrical Engineer: No, no, God was an electrical engineer. Consider all those nerves serving different electrical functions everywhere, the speed of messages from brain to body, the wiring is just perfect and the most complex in existence. Yep, God was definitely an electrical engineering:

Civil Engineer: Nope, you are both wrong, God was undoubtedly a civil engineer. Who else would put a hazardous waste pipe in the middle of a recreation area?