An engineer dies and reports to the pearly gates.  St Peter checks his dossier
and says, "Ah, you're an engineer.  You're in the wrong place, fella."  So the
engineer disappointedly reports to the gates of Hell wondering what he had
done to deserve this.  Pretty soon, having accepted his fate, the engineer
gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in Hell, and starts designing and
building improvements.  After a while, they've got air conditioning and flush
toilets and escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.  One day,
God calls Satan up on His telepathic connection and asks, "So, how's it going
down there in hell?"  Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great.  We've got
air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what
this engineer is going to come up with next.  We're having a wonderful time."
God replies, "What?  You've got an engineer?  That's a mistake - he should
never have gone down there.  Send him up here."  Satan says, "No way.  I like
having an engineer on the staff, and I'm keeping him."  God says, "Send him
back up here or I'll sue."  Satan laughs uproariously and answers,  "Yeah,
right.  And just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?"

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