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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 with a sneer,

"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 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?"

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