I hadn't really thought of it this way, but .........

A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop.

The surgeon was there, waiting for the service manager to come and talk w/him about installing an SEST on his SERG & then dyno-ing it.

The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?"

The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and
asked, "So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the valves out, fix 'em, put 'em back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So
how come I get such a small salary and you get the really big bucks, when you and I are doing basically the same work?"

The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic...

"Try doing it with the engine running."

 

Smart man, thats why he's a doctor and the other guy is a grease monkey. : )

 

similar story...... a long time proctologist gives up the trade to live out his dream of becoming a harley mechanic. For his final exam at trade school he has to completely disassemble and reassemble an engine. When he gets his grade back he sees 150% for his grade and goes to talk to the teacher. The teacher calmly explains that 50% of the grade was for tearing the engine down, 50% for reassembling it correctly, and the last 50% was for doing the entire thing through the exhaust pipe.

 

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Another point of view is things don't go right with engine work can always resort to 2lb hammer.Hopefully sugeon isn't the same kind of mechanic.