Lee's Funnies
The Oldest Profession
Not too long ago, I was having dinner with a few friends.
One was a doctor. one was a civil engineer and one was a
programmer. We were discussing which of our respective
professions was the oldest profession.
We had some debate about building the pyramids and so forth,
but finally the doctor says that, definitely, medicine is
the oldest profession. "If you go back, in the Bible, there
in Genesis is the scene where God takes Adam's rib and
creates woman. That's clearly an example of surgery.
Therefore, medicine is the oldest profession."
But the engineer says, "Wait a minute. A couple pages
earlier in Genesis, out of absolute chaos in just six days
God creates firmament -- hills and valleys and rivers and
streams. That's a major construction project so engineering
is clearly the oldest profession."
The third person, the programmer, leans over and says: "Who
do you think created the chaos?"
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