When the British government let out bids for the digging of a tunnel under the English Channel, estimates were in the millions of pounds. One firm asked only 10,000 pounds, however.
“Considering equipment and labour cost,” the construction chairman asked the low bidder, “how do you propose to do the job for such a pittance?”
“It’s simple,” the contractor replied, “my partner grabs a shovel, goes to France and start digging. I take another shovel and start digging from England. We dig until we meet – and you’ve got a tunnel!”
“But what if you never meet?”
“Then you’ve got TWO tunnels!”
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A young Programmer and his Project Manager board a train headed through the mountains on its way to Wichita.
They can find no place to sit except for two seats right across the aisle from a young woman and her grandmother. After a while, it is obvious that the young woman and the young programmer are interested in each other, because they are giving each other looks.
Soon the train passes into a tunnel and it is pitch black. There is a sound of a kiss followed by the sound of a slap. When the train emerges from the tunnel, the four sit there without saying a word.
The grandmother is thinking to herself, “It was very brash for that young man to kiss my granddaughter, but I’m glad she slapped him.”
The Project manager is sitting there thinking, “I didn’t know the young tech was brave enough to kiss the girl, but I sure wish she hadn’t missed him when she slapped me!”
The young woman was sitting and thinking, “I’m glad the guy kissed me, but I wish my grandmother had not slapped him!”
The young programmer sat there with a satisfied smile on his face. He thought to himself, “Life is good. How often does a guy have the chance to kiss a beautiful girl and slap his Project manager all at the same time!”
