OK, so I'm a non-practicing engineer... and resemble a lot of the comments.

Now scientists are just as much fun! A good friend is a physicist. We would get into some building project or car repair. He would sit for 10 minutes trying to figure out the science behind the problem, then announce:

"time for big science"

Which usually meant something was about to break, be broken, fall over, or catch on fire. He was very amusing to work with.

Chuck

Scientists at NASA had developed a gun built specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle.

British engineers heard about it and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains.

Arrangements were made, and when the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, crashed through the control console, snapped the engineer's backrest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin.

The horrified Brits sent NASA the photographic results of the experiment, along with the design of the windshield, and asked NASA scientists for suggestions.

NASA's response was just one sentence, "Thaw the chicken!"







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"A liberal is someone who feels they owe a great debt to their fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money."

This is sorta on topic:

One day a cowboy was walking through town and his friend, Clem rode into town stark naked.

He runs up and asks, "Clem! What 'r you doin?!"

Clem says, "Whale, I was a ridin out on the range and I come upon a cowgirl, completely nekkid. I stopped and was lookin at her and she says 'Cowboy, take off your hat,' so I took off my Hat!"

"Then she says. 'cowboy, take off your boots,' so I took off my boots! Then she says, 'cowboy, take off all your clothes,' so I took off all my clothes!!"

The friend says, "well... then what?"

"So then she says, 'cowboy, go to town,' and heere ah ay-um!!"

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