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Pessimist: "The glass is half-empty."

Optimist: "The glass is half-full."

Engineer: "The glass is twice as big as it needs to be."

Programmer: "Who cares? Just drink the free beer!"

The Glass is....

Date: 2003-03-31 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] danruk.livejournal.com
Me: "I've got the pitcher, who needs a refill?"
From: [identity profile] cjthomas.livejournal.com
Darn it, now you have me wanting to look up engineering jokes again.

If you're bored, googling for "canonical list of engineering jokes" should give a good signal-to-noise ratio (and an hour or two of distraction).

One of many variants:

Date: 2003-03-31 08:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cjthomas.livejournal.com
A half-full glass of scotch sits on a table.

Artist: Symbolizes unfulfilled emotions.
Physicist: Calculates the exact percentage full.
Engineer: Drinks the scotch, then asks, "What's the question?".

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Date: 2003-03-31 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] taral.livejournal.com
Beer evil.

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Date: 2003-03-31 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] snow-kitty.livejournal.com
I always say, "There is no glass." Just like there is no spoon ;p

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Date: 2003-04-02 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] khakiwolf.livejournal.com
Exerpt from the Red Green Show.

Red: You take a glass that's filled about halfway with beer and show it to a guy. If the glass is half empty he's a pessimist. If it's half ful he's an optimist.

Harold: And if it's milk?

Red: That's a baptist.

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