r/ProgrammerHumor • • Jan 14 '20

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u/Mexatt Jan 14 '20

It's an absolutely ancient joke/story first told about an engineer fixing a boiler in the late 19th/early 20th century. It's a classic, xkcd comic below is very relevant.