Engineers are talented people. Who doesn’t want an engineer in the family? Depending on his or her specialty, you can get lots of stuff fixed or built around the homestead. However, it’s also handy to have a lawyer or two in the family. Legal bills are expensive and you never know when you’re going to need some (hopefully free) legal advice or help. When it comes to lawyers, for some reason, they’ve gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dishonest. This isn’t always true. Some lawyers get into the profession to make a lot of money, for sure, but also, many people go into the legal profession to try to make a difference. Many well-respected politicians started out as lawyers. With that said, many dishonest politicians are lawyers, too, so you be the judge. One thing is for sure, they usually have a good sense of humor and can tolerate a few lawyer jokes here and there. Enjoy this one.
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 get a lawyer?”
