Monkey See Monkey Do.
A tourist walked into a pet shop and was looking at the animals on
display. While he was
there, another customer walked in and said to the
shopkeeper, "I''''ll have an CAD monkey please."
The shopkeeper nodded, went over to a cage at the side of the shop
and took out a monkey. He fitted a collar and leash, handed it to the
customer, saying, "That''''ll be $5000." The customer paid and walked out
with his monkey.
Startled, the tourist went over to the shopkeeper and said,
"That was a very
expensive monkey. Most of them are only few hundred
dollars. Why did that one cost so much?"
The Shopkeeper answered, "Ah, that monkey can draw in CAD - very fast, clear layouts, no mistakes, well worth the money."
The tourist looked at a monkey in another cage. "That one''''s even more expensive! $10,000! What does it do?"
"Oh, that one''''s a Design monkey; it can design systems, layout
projects, mark-up drawings, write specifications, some even calculate.
All the really useful stuff," said the shopkeeper.
The tourist looked around for a little longer and saw a third
monkey in a cage of its own. The price tag around its neck read
$50,000. He gasped to the shopkeeper, "That one costs more than all the
others put together! What on earth does it do?"
The shopkeeper replied, "Well, I haven''''t actually seen it do anything, but it says it''''s an Engineer."