you don't send me flowers...

[boogieshoes]

so, i was bopping around soldiergrrrl's blog, and went over to her husband sappersgt's blog, and then came back and... finally got around to reading her user info page.

now, *my* userinfo page is dead boring: i put the bare minimum on it because i figure what really counts is what's in the blog. (ok, and i don't really understand that stuff. it's in the same category for me as asking an author to sign your copy of the book he wrote.) but some people put a bit of work onto that page, and seeing soldiergrrrl did so, i thought i might as well read it.

and re-discovered i was on her friend's list...

and realized that i absolutely *must* say something snarky about Christianity and God and/or faith, because it occurs to me that sappersgt should have an excuse to send soldiergrrrl some roses. right now, i think it's a moral imperative.

::roots around for appropriate snarky comment::

ah, maybe this will do: 'God *must* be a civil engineer - who else would put the playground between the sewers?!'

Jenn, hope this is enough to get you some flowers!

-bs

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

She's en route to CA to visit some friends right now. Might be a while on those flowers ;)

Actually, it goes like this

[dracphelan.livejournal.com]

Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible
designers of the human body.
One said, "It was a mechanical engineer. Just look at all the joints."
Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has
many thousands of electrical connections."
The last said, "Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"

Re: Actually, it goes like this

[boogieshoes.livejournal.com]

i suspect we could argue back and forth on antecedents of the joke, dracephelan, but i heard it with professional engineers, not students, and arguing over what kind of engineer *God* must be:

the mechanical engineer says: just look at the human body, and the marvelous complexity of the joints and structure and how they fit together so well. God must be a mechanical engineer.

the electrical engineer says: you have a point, but look at the neurological systems. the brain and nerveous system are amazing constructs. God must have been an electrical engineer.

the two then look over to the chemical engineer who's been walking with them, expecting him to say God must be a chemist of extraordinary skill.

instead, he says: naw, God must have been a civil engineer. who else would put the playground between the sewers?

/joke...

and in thinking about the missionary position, it makes perfect sense. but i point out that you could probably do an ethnography on the subject of this one joke.

-bs