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#1 · May 13, 1999, 7:05 am

Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>

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, "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 replies "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?"

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