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Dec 29, 2015 09:28:59 #
Two engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking at its top. A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
"We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole," said Sven, "but we don't have a ladder."
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground
Then she took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, announced, "Twenty one feet, six inches," and walked away.
One engineer shook his head and laughed, "A lot of good that does us. We ask for the height and she gives us the length!"
Both engineers have since quit their engineering jobs and are currently serving as elected representatives of Congress.
"We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole," said Sven, "but we don't have a ladder."
The woman took a wrench from her purse, loosened a couple of bolts, and laid the pole down on the ground
Then she took a tape measure from her pocketbook, took a measurement, announced, "Twenty one feet, six inches," and walked away.
One engineer shook his head and laughed, "A lot of good that does us. We ask for the height and she gives us the length!"
Both engineers have since quit their engineering jobs and are currently serving as elected representatives of Congress.
Dec 29, 2015 09:35:42 #
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Dec 30, 2015 08:01:40 #
Boentgru
Loc: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
4uiprnt wrote:
Two engineers were standing at the base of a flagp... (show quote)
A real engineer would have measured the length of the flag pole's shadow, measured the angle of the Sun, done a minor calculation and come up with the flag pole's height. No wrench, no disassembly, no women, only one engineer.
Dec 30, 2015 09:44:47 #
When I was in the Boy Scouts we learned a handy technique. Take a stick and hold it vertically at arm's length until it matches the height of the pole/tree/tower. Then tilt the stick horizontally and note where both ends are on the ground. Measure that distance.
I can't imagine a woman lowering a flagpole by herself. Unless it's very small, it would weigh quite a bit.
I can't imagine a woman lowering a flagpole by herself. Unless it's very small, it would weigh quite a bit.
Dec 30, 2015 09:56:37 #
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Dec 30, 2015 10:34:34 #
An engineer is someone who is good with numbers but doesn't have the personality or social skills to make it as an accountant.
Dec 30, 2015 11:00:40 #
My grandfather worked for the L and N railroad and always wanted to be an engineer. He had the same occupation as Ted Bundy's final occupation: conductor.
Dec 30, 2015 12:21:02 #
PrairieSeasons wrote:
An engineer is someone who is good with numbers but doesn't have the personality or social skills to make it as an accountant.
That's cold. :-D :-D
Dec 30, 2015 12:50:50 #
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Dec 30, 2015 13:41:29 #
Boentgru wrote:
A real engineer would have measured the length of the flag pole's shadow, measured the angle of the Sun, done a minor calculation and come up with the flag pole's height. No wrench, no disassembly, no women, only one engineer.
Performing of the sun angle measurement is an issue, as is the accuracy of that measurement, and it requires a special tool. Movement of the Suns angle during the measurement must be considered too. Process is susciptible to math error.
A person can simply tie a tape measure to the cord, reel the flag down which then pulls the tape up to the top (fold and keep flag off of ground). Read the poles length to the ground. Would be accurate within a couple inches. No special tools, no math errors, one person can do it, (doesn't have to be an engineer).
Dec 30, 2015 13:43:50 #
4uiprnt wrote:
Two engineers were standing at the base of a flagpole, looking at its top. A woman walked by and asked what they were doing.
"We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole," said Sven, "but we don't have a ladder."
"We're supposed to find the height of this flagpole," said Sven, "but we don't have a ladder."
Why did they need to know the height?
Dec 30, 2015 13:51:57 #
All this reminds me of another engineer measuring the height of an object.
An enterprising reporter went to an engineering professor, holding a precision barometer worth some $1600.
http://www.omega.com/googlebase/product.html?pn=HHP360-B&gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2tVis5zg7fTnyY3jtN7CNN0l58eQfaE0CI60MXbq8Kk4aAg2G8P8HAQ
He asked the engineering professor how he might use that barometer to determine the height of the building they were in. The professor waxed poetic about the atmosphere and the barometer and said that he would take the barometer to the roof of the building and read the air pressure and altitude and then take it to the ground and do the same. From those calculations, he would most assuredly determine the height of the building.
A young engineering student said that he could determine the height of the building faster than that. He would go to the top of the building and drop the $1600 precision barometer over the edge and measure the time until it hit the ground and smashed into smithereens. He would then take that time and plug it into the first derivative of the formula for acceleration due to gravity and know the answer.
An enterprising reporter went to an engineering professor, holding a precision barometer worth some $1600.
http://www.omega.com/googlebase/product.html?pn=HHP360-B&gclid=Cj0KEQiAno60BRDt89rAh7qt-4wBEiQASes2tVis5zg7fTnyY3jtN7CNN0l58eQfaE0CI60MXbq8Kk4aAg2G8P8HAQ
He asked the engineering professor how he might use that barometer to determine the height of the building they were in. The professor waxed poetic about the atmosphere and the barometer and said that he would take the barometer to the roof of the building and read the air pressure and altitude and then take it to the ground and do the same. From those calculations, he would most assuredly determine the height of the building.
A young engineering student said that he could determine the height of the building faster than that. He would go to the top of the building and drop the $1600 precision barometer over the edge and measure the time until it hit the ground and smashed into smithereens. He would then take that time and plug it into the first derivative of the formula for acceleration due to gravity and know the answer.
Dec 30, 2015 18:17:40 #
Question: what do engineers use for birth control??
Answer: their personalities!!!! :lol:
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Answer: their personalities!!!! :lol:
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