A mathematician, an economist and an econometrician apply for the same job.
The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks
What do two plus two equal?
The mathematician replies
Four.
The interviewer asks
Four, exactly?
The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says
Yes, four, exactly.
Then the interviewer calls in the economist and asks the same question
What do two plus two equal?
The economist says
On average, four – give or take ten per cent, but on average, four.
Then the interviewer calls in the econometrician and poses the same question “What do two plus two equal?”
The econometrician gets up, locks the door, closes the shade, sits down next to the interviewer and says,
What do you want it to equal?

Three econometricians went out hunting, and came across a large deer.
The first econometrician fired, but missed, by a meter to the left.
The second econometrician fired, but also missed, by a meter to the right.
The third econometrician didn’t fire, but shouted in triumph,
We got it! We got it!
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