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Silly Engineer's Like Me (Spanish/English for Beginner's -- Like Me)

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Español:

  • La gente normal cree que si no está roto no lo arregles.

  • Los ingenieros creen que si no está roto, no tiene características suficientes aún.

English:

  • Normal people believe that if it isn't broken, don't fix it.

  • Engineers believe that if it isn't broken, it doesn't have enough features yet.


Español:

  • Dos estudiantes de ingeniería estaban caminando por el campus cuando el primer ingeniero dijo: "¿De dónde obtuviste esa gran bicicleta?"

  • El ingeniero segundo replicó, "Bueno, yo caminaba ayer cuando una mamacita montó en esta bicicleta. Ella puso la bicicleta en el suelo y se quitó toda la ropa y, dijo": "Tomo lo que quieras."

  • El primer ingeniero asintió con la cabeza, "Buena elegió, la ropa probablemente no hubiera quedarte."

English:

  • Two engineering students were walking across the campus when the first engineer said, "Where did you get such a great bike?"

  • The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking yesterday when a foxy chick rode up on this bike. She put the bike on the ground and took off all her clothes, and said": "Take anything you want."

  • The first engineer nodded approvingly, "Good choice; the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."


Español:

  • Para el optimista, el vaso está medio lleno.

  • Para el pesimista, el vaso está medio vacío.

  • Para el ingeniero, el vaso es dos veces más grande es necesito .

English:

  • To the optimist, the glass is half full.

  • To the pessimist, the glass is half empty.

  • To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

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updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by Daniel
jajaja! I love this! My brother's an Engineer...I'll have to forward this to him! :-) - Dee914, Feb 5, 2010
Para el ingeniero, el vaso es dos veces más grande que lo necesario." - samdie, Feb 5, 2010
Thanks .... I knew it sounded wrong. - Daniel, Feb 5, 2010

3 Answers

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¡Tengo que tener cuidado con ingenieros cuando monte en bici! wink

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by Issabela
For sure! jejeje :-) - Dee914, Feb 5, 2010
Depende en que si estás vestida o desnuda. - samdie, Feb 5, 2010
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haha this is great, Daniel! I actually want to go into architectural engineering in college... should be fun. :D

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by nrdyAWSM
That is what I am. - Daniel, Feb 5, 2010
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Daniel, do you still know how to use a slide rule? Thank you for this insight into the engineer world view.

updated Feb 5, 2010
posted by nizhoni1
Those darn things never could draw a straight line. - Daniel, Feb 5, 2010