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Maggie’s Understanding Engineers

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Understanding Engineers

Two engineering students crossing the 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. She threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take what you want."
The first engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't fit."


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 pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a particularly slow group of golfers
The engineer fumed, "What's with these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!"
The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude!"
The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greens keeper, let's have a word with him. Hi George! Say, what's 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 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 was silent for a moment.
The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer for them tonight."
The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to contact my ophthalmologist buddy and see if there's anything he can do for them."
The engineer said, "Why can't these guys play at night?"


Understanding Engineers -4
Q: What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers?
A: Mechanical Engineers build weapons and 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
Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible designers of the human body.
One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints."
Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has many thousands of electrical connections."
The last one said, "Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"


Understanding Engineers - 7
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 - 8
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 the pocket. The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you 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 a 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."
 
Re: Understanding Engineers

I know a few engys who resemble those remarks.
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Hope you don't mind if I add this...




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Heh I doubt Toyota will be hiring any new engineers, but they might be avoiding USA made parts for awhile since all the defective gas pedal assemblies were made in Indiana by CTS.
 
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Drive by wire works but it's not 100%, unless you harden/drain everything. As the world moves deeper into the wireless hole, MW an RF will kill more an more, an Joe public will never know any better.
We just keep sending more an more signals everyday,... for every effect, there is a cause.
My money says it's the electronics. A DBW foot pedal is about as dumn as a rock, but electronics with MW or IR interferance can run the best around in a circle for awhile. BTDT

IH had a issue years ago w/6.9 engines, in school busses. A bounty was placed on the fixed as the eng's could not find out why the Glow plugs were staying on longer than they were supposed to, burning out, tips melting off an getting stuck under the exhaust valve, then the hyd rollers would comp and send the exhaust valve into the piston with in one firing rotation.

Problem was, Low air Buzzer was sending an induction (RF) into the Glow plug controller which inturn keep the plugs on. Fix was move the buzzer 10" away or shield controller, issue corrected.
 
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There are only two types of engineers.

Paper Engineers: Know all kinds of crazy theoretical shit, are awesome at ordinary differential equations and can operate CAD/CAM programs to design things that are actually impossible to make and do not work in reality. BTW, these people can tell you how to change the oil in their Toyota Prius, or rewire the batteries to run a small house on paper, but physically can't do either. They do not own tools and their skin is soft from the use of moisturizer in the winter because the HVAC system keeps the moisture content "too dry."

Real World Engineers: Sometimes referred to as "the awesome dude you know with a shit ton of cool stuff" that he has modded/hacked himself. These people can do math, but are aware the differential equations and multiple variable calculus should be done with a computer program. These people prioritize, i.e. why even worry about complex math, when you can be drawing a new part for your truck, motorcycle, or rifle to be made on the CNC or mill at lunch or after work.

This type of engineer is the one that is required to take Paper Engineer's theoretical design, and redesign it into a real world product. They are always scouring for more cool tools and machines to use and are emotionally satiated, when they get a great deal on CraigsList, eBay or while scouring all of the local pawn shops, especially if it is the end of the month and the pawn shop has got to move stuff. This engineer has scars on their forearms from header burns from a 1969 Camaro or a dual sport motorcycle and cracked skin and busted knuckles from working with stuff in the winter.

 
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I definitely ain't an engineer, but my brother graduated from Ga. Tech with an engineering degree & he is definitely the "paper engineer" type!! He can solve any problem on paper or computer & tell YOU exactly how things should be done.....

On the other hand our City has a guy who is the head of the maintenance dept. & his is without a doubt a "real world engineer"......the man can simply design & build anything. We all call him our "MacGyver"....because of his incredible ability to design & build shit.....

It's amazing the complete opposite the two types are....