A funny story about economists

This was an occasion when three gentlemen arrived at the gates of heaven, and Saint Peter told them that there were certain limitations on who could get in due to crowding.

And so he said they had decided that whichever one of the three that practiced the oldest profession or avocation would be admitted.

And one stepped forward and said, “Well, I think that’s me.” He said, “I am a, a surgeon.” He said, “We know that the Lord made Adam, and then he created Eve from a rib of Adam. That required surgery, and so I guess that’s the oldest.”

But before he could move on in, the second one said, “Wait a minute. I’m an engineer.” And he said, “Before the Lord made Adam, all was chaos, and he spent six days, and on the seventh day rested after eliminating the chaos, so I think engineering, I go in.”

And before he could advance, the third one said, “I’m an economist. Where do you think they got all that chaos?”