HUMOR: Heaven, Hell, & Engineers
withheld C. L'withheld (dcl@explore.com)
Thu, 29 May 1997 17:33:30 -0400 (EDT)
> An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates. St. Peter
> checks his dossier and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're
> in the wrong place."
>
> So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in. Pretty
> soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in
> hell, and starts designing and building improvements. After a
> while, they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators,
> and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
>
> One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and says
> with a sneer,"So, how's it going down there in hell?"
>
> Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning
> and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this
> engineer is going to come up with next."
>
> God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake,
> he should never have gotten down there, send him up here."
>
> Satan says,"No way! I like having an engineer on the staff, and
> I'm keeping him."
>
> God says, "Send him back up here or I'll sue."
>
> Satan laughs uproariously and answers, "Yeah, right....and just
> where are YOU going to find a lawyer?"
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withheld C. L'withheld
dcl@explore.com
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