The eccentric engineer

ONE OF THE things I like most about engineers is their willingness to take on projects of such a scale as to make mere mortals tremble. "Let\´s build an island"; "let\´s cut this continent in two"; "let\´s go to the Moon for lunch" - these are the sort of things that I expect engineers say all the time at dinner parties. And once they\´ve finished the coffee and mints they casually stroll outside and make a start. But would even the most ambitious of engineers set about creating an entire sea?