2006-07-13 02:33:40 · 12 answers · asked by smarty_pants 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Clever Engineer
A mathematician and an engineer are sitting next to each other on a long flight. The mathematician leans over to the engineer and asks if he would like to play a fun game. The engineer just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks.
The mathematician persists and explains that the game is real easy and lots of fun. He explains, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5. Then you ask me a question, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $5."
Again, the engineer politely declines and tries to get to sleep. The mathematician, now somewhat agitated, says, "Okay, if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $50!"
This catches the engineer's attention, and he sees no end to this torment unless he plays, so he agrees to the game. The mathematician asks the first question. "What's the distance from the earth to the moon?"
The engineer doesn't say a word, but reaches into his wallet, pulls out a five-dollar bill and hands it to the mathematician Now, it's the engineer's turn. He asks the mathematician "What goes up a hill with three legs and comes down on four?"
The mathematician looks up at him with a puzzled look. He takes out his laptop computer and searches all of his references. He taps into the air phone with his modem and searches the net and the Library of Congress. Frustrated, he sends e-mail to his co-workers all to no avail.
After about an hour, he wakes the engineer and hands him $50. The engineer politely takes the $50 and turns away to try to get back to sleep.
The mathematician then hits the engineer, saying, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down on four?" The engineer calmly pulls out his wallet, hands the mathematician five bucks, and goes back to sleep.
2006-07-13 02:40:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
3 Legged Race.. Finish line is at the Top of the Hill so when race is over they separate their legs and walk down normally.
2016-10-13 16:11:48 · answer #2 · answered by Wijdan Rohail 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ghengis Khan had an extremely large "member" which he called his "Third Leg". His stables were at the top of Harhira mountain, so he would often walk up on foot, and descend on horseback.
2006-07-13 02:47:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
is it a old man with a cane as his third leg and a baby coming down crawling on its hands and feets???
2006-07-13 02:37:42 · answer #4 · answered by amy_nhi_nguyen 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
U atole that from the lawyer and blonde joke that was posted here some days ago....
2006-07-13 02:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
It's from one of those $5 jokes ,isn't it?
2006-07-13 02:37:31 · answer #6 · answered by Eternity 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
your mom did last night after rico's party with rico.
2006-07-13 02:36:48 · answer #7 · answered by sherbert 5 · 0⤊ 6⤋
for what?
2006-07-13 02:44:05 · answer #8 · answered by ĴΩŋ 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Don't know.
2006-07-13 02:40:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
BARBARO
2006-07-13 02:39:51 · answer #10 · answered by LongShot™ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋