English Original
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." So the engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in.
Pretty soon, 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, flush toilets and escalators, and the engineer is becoming a pretty popular guy.
One day God calls Satan up on the telephone and asks with a sneer, "So, how's it going down there in hell?"
Satan replies, "Hey, things are going great. We've got air conditioning, flush toilets and escalators, and there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next."
God replies, "What??? You've got an engineer? That's a mistake -- he should never have gotten 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?"
中文翻译
一位工程师去世后，来到了天堂的珍珠门前。圣彼得查了查他的档案，说道：“啊，你是工程师——你来错地方了。”于是，工程师去了地狱之门，并被放了进去。
很快，工程师对地狱的舒适度感到不满，开始设计和建造改进设施。过了一段时间，地狱里有了空调、抽水马桶和自动扶梯，工程师也成了个相当受欢迎的人。
一天，上帝打电话给撒旦，讥讽地问道：“那么，你那边地狱的情况怎么样啊？”
撒旦回答：“嘿，好极了。我们有了空调、抽水马桶和自动扶梯，而且天知道这位工程师接下来还会想出什么点子。”
上帝回答：“什么？？？你那里有个工程师？这是个错误——他本不该去那儿的；把他送上来。”
撒旦说：“没门！我喜欢有个工程师在手下工作，我要留下他。”
上帝说：“把他送回来，不然我就起诉你。”
撒旦放声大笑，答道：“说得对。那你又上哪儿去找个律师呢？”