Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 1:18 PM?

Subject: Really Worth Reading

Matching wits… ??A Programmer and an Engineer were sitting next to each other on an airplane. The Programmer leans over to the Engineer and asks if he wants to play a game. The Engineer just wants to sleep so he politely declines, turns away and tries to sleep.

?The Programmer persists and explains that it’s an easy game: “I ask a question and if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5. ?Then you ask a question and if I don’t know the answer I’ll pay you $5.” Again the Engineer politely declines and tries to sleep.

?The Programmer, now somewhat agitated, says, “O.K., if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5 and if I don’t know the answer I pay you $50!” That gets the Engineer’s attention, and he agrees.

?The Programmer asks the first question, “What’s the distance from the earth to the moon?” Without saying a word, the Engineer hands the Programmer $5, and then asks, “What goes up a hill on three legs and comes down on four?”

?The Programmer looks at him with a puzzled look, takes out his laptop computer, looks through all his references and after about an hour, wakes the Engineer and hands him $50. The Engineer politely takes the $50, turns away, and tries to get back to sleep. ?The Programmer, a little miffed, asks, “Well what’s the answer to your question?” Without a word, the Engineer hands $5 to the Programmer, and goes back to sleep.