The Oldest Profession in the World


A doctor, a civil engineer and a computer scientist were arguing about
what was the oldest profession in the world. The doctor rewarked "well,
in the Bible it says that God created Eve from a rib taken from Adam.
This clearly required surgery so I can rightly claim that mine is the
oldest
profession in the world."

The civil engineer disagreed and said; "But even earlier in the book of
Genesis, it states that God created the order of the heavens and the
Earth from out of the chaos. This was the first and certainly the most
spectacular application of civil engineering. Therefore, fair doctor, you
are wrong:  mine is the oldest profession in the world."

The computer scientist leaned back on his chair, smiled and then said
confidently; "Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?"

from "ANTENNA RESEARCH", Winter 1998 issue.