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Title: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: Hawaii596 on 02-13-2008 -- 10:03:17
 :lol: :lol:I hope this is an acceptable posting for this heading.  On break fairly regularly with the techs I try to come up with calibration humor.  It is tough.

Like, "What do you get when you cross a metrologist with a ___________?" 

or, "Why did the metrologist cross the road?"  (I don't have an answer)

Things like that.  Maybe some of you have some metrology humor??? :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: skolito on 02-13-2008 -- 12:32:40
not any jokes but I did get a torque wrench with a gripe of Fell off tail of 727. The back of the tag said and I quote "Technician Followed"
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: CalibratorJ on 02-13-2008 -- 12:35:21
Favorite fault description on a DA Form 2407.....

"Does not work in O-F-F position"

And yes, I have ACTUALLY seen a 2407 with that on it  :roll: Anything is possible with the 101st.....
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: USMCPMEL on 02-13-2008 -- 13:20:34
Quote from: Hawaii596 on 02-13-2008 -- 10:03:17
:lol: :lol:I hope this is an acceptable posting for this heading.  On break fairly regularly with the techs I try to come up with calibration humor.  It is tough.

Like, "What do you get when you cross a metrologist with a ___________?" 

or, "Why did the metrologist cross the road?"  (I don't have an answer)

Things like that.  Maybe some of you have some metrology humor??? :lol: :lol:

The answer to the second question is because he got a higher paycheck from the company across the road.

Or it could also be to get to the 5520A But that would only be funny to fellow techs Or maybe not even to them.
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: CalibratorJ on 02-13-2008 -- 13:35:36
PRICELESS

"The answer to the second question is because he got a higher paycheck from the company across the road."
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: skolito on 02-13-2008 -- 13:44:00
Quote from: CalibratorJ on 02-13-2008 -- 12:35:21
Favorite fault description on a DA Form 2407.....

"Does not work in O-F-F position"

And yes, I have ACTUALLY seen a 2407 with that on it  :roll: Anything is possible with the 101st.....


Ive seen this one Transmitter does not Receive.
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: skolito on 02-13-2008 -- 13:44:55
Of course you could ask USMCPMEL about the TTU-205 screaming down the runway
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: CalibratorJ on 02-13-2008 -- 13:59:35
Quote from: skolito on 02-13-2008 -- 13:44:00
Quote from: CalibratorJ on 02-13-2008 -- 12:35:21
Favorite fault description on a DA Form 2407.....

"Does not work in O-F-F position"

And yes, I have ACTUALLY seen a 2407 with that on it  :roll: Anything is possible with the 101st.....


Ive seen this one Transmitter does not Receive.

Please tell me you're joking.....

And what's a TTU 205? *EDIT* Nevermind- shoulda googled it earlier... a pitot screaming down the runway..... was the tech attached to it??!!
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: skolito on 02-13-2008 -- 14:07:33
No but an EA6B was
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: Bryan on 02-13-2008 -- 15:24:24
One that needs to be told in person because it's part visual.

Why do females make poor calibrators?

Because all of their lives they have had men telling them this is 6 inches (while holding thumb & index finger and inch or two apart)
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: docbyers on 02-13-2008 -- 16:58:04
A group of managers were asked to measure the height of a flagpole. They fetched a ladder and tape measure and headed to the flagpole to perform their task. They weren't having much luck because they kept dropping the tape measure and falling off the ladder.

Observing what they were attempting to do, a metrologist approached them and offered to help. He pulled the flagpole out of the ground, laid it down flat, measured it from one end to the other, gave the measurements to one of the managers and walked away.

After the metrologist had gone, one of the managers turned to the others and said, "Well, isn't that just like a metrologist? We're looking for the height of the flagpole and he tells us the length."
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: flew-da-coup on 02-13-2008 -- 20:59:01
Let me take a whack at it:

Question: What is the sum of 2 + 2?

An accountant will say "What do you want the answer to be?"

A mathematician will say "I believe it is 4, but I will have to prove it."

A statistician will say "The population is too small to give an accurate answer, but on the basis of the data supplied the answer lies between 3 and 5."

An economist will say "Based on today's thinking, the answer is 4 but the answer may be different tomorrow".

A Metrologist will say "The answer is 4, but after calculating the total uncertainty we will call it 5".


LOL, "He got a higher pay check across the road". The jokes are always funnier when the truth is mixed in.

As for the 5520A, I got that one too. LOL
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: Broken_Wings on 02-14-2008 -- 10:34:38
Seen on an AFTO 350 today: Fuse blown needs replacement.
This was on a TVC.

While having a discussion somebody nearby mentioned and showed me a copy of an AFTO 350 from about two years ago: Noisy Output
This was for a noise source. The technician replied along the lines of 'operating within normal parameters'.
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: skolito on 02-14-2008 -- 10:51:48
Speaking of cleaning. I just discovered I have a Desk Top with all the paperwork I couldn't see it
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: USMCPMEL on 02-14-2008 -- 16:01:25
Ya thats almost as good as the "bomb rack test set" that came in saying the power switch was broken. A little bit of background on this particular unit the power switch has a built in circuit breaker. I order a new one. When It came in I went to replace it and upon opening the unit there was a very pungent odor. I also noticed a white discoloration on the boards and there was water in it. Upon further investigation i learned from a "friend" that it had gone overboard during unloading from a ship!!! I guess they thought water would not hurt electronics?? Anyways to make a long story short I doused it with Dawn dish detergent and rinsed it with a TON of fresh hot water then I sprayed it out with high pressure air. I then proceded to rig the ac unit in the van to produce lots of heat and left it in a 120 + degree van for a week. I replaced the circuit breaker and powered her up she passed cal saved the US government about 75 grand my shop boss told me to scrap it!
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: PMEL_DEVIL-DOG on 02-15-2008 -- 12:52:04
2 hydrogen atoms walks into a bar
One says to the other,"Dude, I think I lost an electron."
His buddy replied,"Are u sure?"
"Yeah, I'm positive." stated the first atom.... :-D
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: tb_bucc on 02-15-2008 -- 13:28:19
O. K.  a true story, a number of years ago I had calibrated a DMM with a temperature function.  However, the customer did not need that function.  Not having much room on the cert label I wrote "temp.  not cal'ed," made since to me.

When the customer pick up the DMM he asked, why the unit was temporally not calibrated.
Title: Re: Calibration Humor - Got Any (CLEAN) Calibration Jokes
Post by: Yooper on 02-15-2008 -- 23:01:05
How many metrologists does it take to change a light bulb?

10

1 assigned to scheduling to schedule it in
1 assigned to supply to order the wrong bulb
1 assigned to TO's to get the 10 page procedure
1 technician to change the bulb
1 CPR certified technician as a safety observer to hold the chair he's standing on
1 Supervisor to read email and standby for technical questions
1 assigned to HAZMAT to dispose of the bulb (toughest job of all)
1 QA to do a 100% check and process paperwork
1 Lab Chief to schedule a lab meeting about it
1 Flight Chief to attend squadron staff meeting and tell the commander how great we did

Some would say you also need the safety officer but as soon as someone stands on a chair he'll disappear faster than the free beer at a promotion party.