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.
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Re: Actually, it goes like this
Date: 2006-02-08 04:13 am (UTC)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