Engineer

[A. BOOZER]

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

hel_l and is let in. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied

with the level of comfort in hel_l, 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

with a sneer,"So, how's it going down there in hel_l?"

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 says, "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?"