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 admitted. Pretty soon, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the
level of comfort in hell, and, as is the wont for engineers, 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 asks, "So how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey things are going great. We've got air
conditioning, flushing toilets and working escalators, and there's
no telling what an 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?"
