[1503] in Humor
HUMOR: The Programmer & The Engineer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Sat Jun 29 12:32:23 1996
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 12:22:56 EDT
From: olegman@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 02:11:17 EDT
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 96 12:43:30 EDT
From: gknauth@BBN.COM
> From: Tom Schuneman <elf@harlequin.com>
> From: jonathan_taylor@ycrdi.com (Jonathan Taylor)
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.
