What is the difference between mechanical engineers and civil engineers?
Mechanical engineers build weapons. Civil engineers build targets.
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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.
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I am a little fat. I like food; what can I say? I have dull hair: mousey. I don’t wear much make-up and have no need of a dressing table. If I look like a bag lady, I chose my own clothes. If I look nice, the Hub picked them for me. Despite all this, I am a little vain. This photograph is from 2003. I had to go back that far to find one of me that I liked. But I don’t really care: my husband still thinks I’m beautiful and if he doesn’t, he loves me enough to lie about it. I’m lucky. I have two boys. They never lie to me. Still, you can't have everything.
The Laughing Housewife 
Love this. One of my cranks is a Mr. Engineer designed dust pan. The one I grew up with had a flat edge; You pushed with your brush or broom and the crumbs, dust, and whatever when straight on.and in ready to be dumped..
Now all you can find are engineered created dust pans with a lip at the end. You have to push your gatherings up and over the lip. Doing so is like challenging Mount Everest
My fantasy is that Mr Engineer was clumsy or had a clumsy Mom, so the lip was to keep the gatherings from falling out. Mine never fell out and now I can’t get them in.
Sad fact of modern life, “If it ain’t broke don’t fixd it, does not make the cash registers ring
Thank you for my good night laugh.
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sounds like some of the Microsoft and WordPress updates.
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Sounds like a session with customer service on the phone 😛
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The cartoon is an oldly but a goodie. I’m a mechanical engineer (no offence taken). OVer the years I’ve seen it pinned to numerous engineers’ work stations.
Marti
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Yes, I had quite a choice of illustrations for the same joke, but I liked this one.
It has been my experience that engineers can always take a joke 🙂
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Tilly, how did you get that stop censorship banner on your sidebar, and how does it stay put no matter how far down I scroll?
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I’ve pmed you :0
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Fantastic engineer jokes… I have sent to Scout who has a parents evening tonight, with the aim of finding out about engineering 🙂
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Your cartoon is exactly like what I go through when asking Leif to make me some thing in the shop! Too funny because it is too true.
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Truer words were never spoken!
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Custumer service… haha this pic’s awesome
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Those pretty much decribe the R & D process. 🙂
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If it is not broken, it needs adjusting! 😉
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I really like the illustration, it’s so very true. And sad.
I always think my 5 year old would be a great design engineer (he’s an innovator and great illustrator). My husband one day said he could be an electrical engineer. Huh???? How boring would that be? Men…
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Did I tell you my hubby is an engineer? And the second statement is so TRUE.
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😀
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