Engineer #1: July 21st–is that the equinox or the solstice? I always get the two mixed up.
Engineer #2 (home-schooled): I dunno… I don’t know anything about that satanic stuff.
Mississippi
Engineer #1: July 21st–is that the equinox or the solstice? I always get the two mixed up.
Engineer #2 (home-schooled): I dunno… I don’t know anything about that satanic stuff.
Mississippi
VP Engineering: Printing has been dropped as a feature, but at least we’re not sacrificing quality to meet the schedule.
2279 Vista Del Mar
San Mateo, California
Engineer #1: What is taking her so long?
Engineer #2: We’re starving in here!
Engineer #1: Ya! Hasn’t she ever heard of the Donner Party?!
Utah
Older janitor to young engineer, about picking up girls: You have to trap’em like Daniel Boone style, set out some salad with ranch dressin’ or somethin’ like that”.
Lexington, Kentucky
Overheard by: Rick
Senior engineer: Drop it down hard, and if it comes up, grab it.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Pip
Engineer #1: I’m going to head back to where I’ve been working. Nobody knows where it is. I call it my happy place.
Engineer #2: Take a muffin!
Engineer #1: Nice! I just want half, though.
Engineer #2: Don’t take half! Take the whole thing. [To Engineer #3] Stick the rest of that muffin in your happy place.
Engineer #3: That’s disgusting.
The Loop
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Nic
Engineer to secretary: I don’t want to be accused of misplacing nine years of your life!
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: 812
Engineer #1: So, Tom*, I’m going to need you to get me up to date on all of these projects before you leave.
Engineer #2: Yes, I think a Vulcan mind meld is the best option.
Hill Field, Utah
Overheard by: Snickering Intern
Crotchety old engineer: That’s the best-looking hermaphrodite I ever saw!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Conservative Italian Stallion
Architect: There’s too much…there are too many people thinking around here.
Charlottesville, Virginia
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