 These engineering and science tech-centric
jokes, song parodies, anecdotes and assorted humor have been collected from friends
and websites across the Internet. I check back occasionally for new fodder, but
it seems all the old content is reappearing all over (like this is). The humor is
light-hearted and clean and sometimes slightly assaultive to the easily-offended,
so you are forewarned. It is all workplace-safe.
Humor #1,
#2, #3
This is probably fictitious, but then again, maybe not.
Interviewer: Why is a thicker conductor necessary to carry AC current as compared to DC?
Student: An AC current goes up and down (drawing a sinusoid) and requires more space inside
the wire, so the wire has to be thicker. Interviewer: How will you tell if that wall outlet
carries AC or DC? Student: I will put my finger in. If it is pushed away, it is DC. If it
gets stuck, it was AC. Interviewer: How will you reverse direction of an induction motor?
Student: I will remove the four bolts at the base, turn the motor around, and put back the
bolts. Interviewer: How do you start a synchronous motor? Student: Vrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (in rising pitch) Interviewer: Stop!
Stop! Student: rrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm (in falling pitch) Interviewer:
How do you limit surge current within an integrated circuit? Student: By using a miniature
circuit breaker. Interviewer: Why does a capacitor block DC but allow AC to pass through?
Student: See, a capacitor is like this ---| |--- , OK. DC Comes straight, like this ----------,
and the capacitor stops it. But AC, goes UP, DOWN, Up DOWN and jumps right over the capacitor!"
Interviewer: "What is a step-up transformer?" Student: "A transformer that
is put on top of electric poles." Interviewer: "And then what is a step-down transformer?"
(smiling) Student: "Uh -- A transformer that is put in the basement or in a pit?"
(hesitantly) Interviewer: "Then what do you call a transformer that is installed
on the ground?" (pouncing) (Student knows he is caught -- can't answer) Interviewer:
"Well?" (impatiently) Student: "A stepless transformer, sir!" (triumphantly)
---from the Portland Amateur Radio Club website |
