
In a
recent government experiment, an Architect, an Engineer, and a
Roughneck were rounded up. Each was put in a private room and given
three steel ball bearings. They were instructed to utilize their
background to design a useful project.
After an hour, the architect was interviewed. He had stacked his
balls one on top of each other. In explanation, he said, "This is
the time tested design the material warrants. It's beauty and
elegance dates all the way back to the Roman columns ..... "
In the engineers room, he had stacked his bearings in a pyramid.
"This design will take 10.3 on the reicter scale, a cat 5
hurricane, and is fire resistant. It is structurally sound and can
be built at low cost.....", he explained.
When the officials entered the roughnecks room, they found him
lean'n against the wall with his hands in his pockets and no
bearings to be seen. "Where is your project?" they asked. He
replied, "Well, I lost one, broke one, and the other one's in my
lunch box. I'm carrying it home."