Karl, Dina and co and the rest of you.
Mum was given this today.
An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful princess.”
He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket. The frog spoke up again and said, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week.”
The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.
The frog then cried out, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I’ll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want.” Again the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.
Finally, the frog asked, “What is the matter? I’ve told you I’m a beautiful princess, that I’ll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won’t you kiss me?”
The engineer said, “Look I’m an engineer. I don’t have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that’s cool.”
I told this joke to a group of moms at my daughter’s preschool…they were rolling on the floor laughing so hard. You see, all of their husbands are engineers. I live in Silicon Valley…the birthplace of Hewlitt Packard, Apple, IBM…people here eat, sleep breathe chips, hard drives, networks, etc. They certainly are a different breed. Loved the joke!!
I’ve got engineers in my life, too! My father’s a mechanical engineer and it sure was an experience living with him. Everything in my life is either perpendicular or parallel to the floor. I can wrap presents with such precision, you can cut yourself on the creases. And I already knew that 2+2=4 while still in the womb.