An engineer dies and goes to hell. After a while, the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort in hell and starts designing and building improvements. After a while, hell has air conditioning, flushing toilets, water fountains and escalators - making the engineer a pretty popular guy.
One day God phones Satan up and asks with a sneer: “Hey buddy, how’s it goin down there?”
Satan snickered back, “Things are going great actually. We’ve got air conditioning, flush toilets, escalators and the works. Hell, there’s no telling what this engineer guy is gonna come up with next.”
God replies, “What? You’ve got an engineer? That’s a mistake - he should never have been sent there; send him back up.”
To which Satan replied, “No way dude. I like having an engineer on staff, I’m keepin him.”
God retorted, “Send him up here or I’ll sue.”
Satan laughs loudly and answers, “Yeah, right. And just where are you gonna find a lawyer?”
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Last year I gave one of my homemade nest boxes to my cousin who also happens to be an engineer. And just like the engineer in the whimsical (but true) story a basic nest box wasn't sufficient. It would appear that the level of inspection protocols for this cedar birdhouse was insufficient. As a consequence he designed and installed improvements.
At the recent Conclave of the Cousins and annual summer Rib Fest a couple of weekends ago I was witness to this:
Yes, that is a nest box built of my own hands - now sporting a solar array.
It also has a skylight designed to allow a diffuse soft light to enter.
And a remote video micro camera. A nest cam so to speak.
Nobody took-up residence in the box this year although a bird did leave an "offering" of nesting material likely in hopes of attracting a mate. So, you'll have to be patient and await the arrival of some avian tenant to take-up residence next season.
Stay-tuned....
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