Engineering Jokes
The programmer and the engineer
A Programmer and an Engineer were sitting next to each other on an airplane. The Programmer leans over to the Engineer and asks if he wants to play a fun game. The Engineer just wants to sleep so he politely declines, turns away and tries to sleep. The Programmer persists and explains that it.s a real easy game. He explains,"I ask a question and if you don.t know the answer you pay me $5. Then you ask a question and if I don.t know the answer I.ll pay you $5." Again the Engineer politely declines and tries to sleep.
The Programmer, now somewhat agitated, says, "O.K., if you don.t know the answer you pay me $5 and if I don.t know the answer I pay you $50!" Now, that got the Engineer.s attention, so he agrees to the game. The Programmer asks the first question, "What.s the distance from the earth to the moon?" Then Engineer doesn.t say a word and just hands the Programmer $5.
Now, its the Engineer.s turn. He asks the Programmer,"What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down on four?" The Programmer looks at him with a puzzled look, takes out his laptop computer, looks through all his references and after about an hour wakes the Engineer and hands the Engineer $50. The Engineer politely takes the $50 turns away and tries to return to sleep.
The Programmer, a little miffed, asks, "Well what.s the answer to the question?" Without a word, the Engineer reaches into his wallet, hands $5 to the Programmer, turns away and returns to sleep.