A software engineer, hardware engineer, and departmental manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland. They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes failed.

There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to become a great writer.

When asked to define great, he said,

A chemist, a biologist, and an electrical engineer were on death row waiting for the electric chair. The chemist was brought forward first.

"Do you have anything you want to say?" asked the executioner, strapping him in.

The following is a status report from a business unit to their Y2K coordinator:

Our staff has completed the 3 years of work on time and on budget. We have gone through every line of code in every program in every system.