What various professions really mean... Accountant - Someone who knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Auditor - Someone who arrives after the battle and bayonets all the wounded. Banker - The fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (Mark Twain) Economist - An expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today. Statistician - Someone who is good with numbers but lacks the personality to be an accountant. Actuary - Someone who brings a fake bomb on a plane, because that decreases the chances that there will be another bomb on the plane. Programmer - Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand. Mathematician - A blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there. Lawyer - A person who writes a 10,000 word document and calls it a brief. Psychologist - A man who watches everyone else when a beautiful girl enters the room. Schoolteacher - A disillusioned woman who used to think she liked children. Consultant - Someone who takes the watch off your wrist and tells you the time. Diplomat - Someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
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