Posted on 12/07/2012 4:52:26 AM PST by Lucky9teen
An adaptation of “A Few Good Men”...
CAST:
MEP Engineer: Jack Nicholson
Architect: Tom Cruise
MEP Engineer: You want answers?
Architect: I think I’m entitled to them.
MEP Engineer: You want answers?!
Architect: I want the truth!
MEP Engineer: You can’t HANDLE the truth!!
Son, we live in a world that has CHILLERS, BOILERS AND SWITCHGEAR. And those PIECES OF EQUIPMENT have to be LOCATED IN ROOMS. Who’s gonna DESIGN THEM? You? You, MR. ARCHITECT? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom.
You weep for LOST PARKING SPACES and you curse the SIZE OF MY GENERATOR. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know: that THOSE MEP SYSTEMS, while tragic, probably saved lives. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, saves lives...You don’t want the truth. Because deep down, in places you don’t talk about at parties, you WANT me on that DESIGN TEAM. You NEED me on that DESIGN TEAM. We use words like DESIGN, CODE, ANALYSIS...we use these words as the backbone to a life spent PROVIDING OWNER COMFORT AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. You use ‘em as a punchline.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain my DESIGN to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very ENVIRONMENT I provide, then questions the manner in which I provide it! I’d rather you just said thank you and went on your way. Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a DUCTULATOR and DESIGN a BUILDING SYSTEM. Either way, I don’t give a damn what you think you’re entitled to!
Architect : Did you OVERSIZE THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ROOMS?
MEP Engineer : (quietly) I did the job you HIRED me to do.
Architect : Did you OVERSIZE THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ROOMS?!!
MEP Engineer : You’re g-ddamn right I did!!
I wanted to... really, really wanted to... but my boss is pretty mean and won't let stuff like that fly.
I like it!
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Only thing I’d fix is that Armstrong’s first words were “Housotn, Tranquility base here, the Eagle has landed”. And THEN he said “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
Houston - my home, and I’m proud of it - was the first word spoken by man from another planetary body.
Those were the days, my friends.
We thought they'd never end.
If you review that thread, you will see it was more than some silly posts, it was actually a community of silly people who truly cared about one another and our silly contributions to a silly world.
Needless to say, we were all a bit psycho.
Then again, fish hate bicycles, so what are you gonna do?
When I left in 2001, it weren't much.
A: Buicks have trouble backing over bricks.
True story
I called in last week - just said I’m not going to make it today. The “why” was not given.
However, the “why” was I was still drunk from the day (and night) before. Figured it best if I just sleep it off.
I know I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again, but I really don’t want to do that again.
At least, not right now. I’m too much of an idiot to NOT do it again.
/know thyself
It’s not too bad. I just work here. I live in the boonies (40 miles outside of town on a nice little patch of land).
I almost never get that drunk. I learned my lesson from observing my dad (RIP). Last night was an exception, and I forgot to send a message to a friend and had to apologize today because of it, but I did come clean and told the truth.
I love Texas, BTW.
I thought it was intesting that the high water mark in terms of posts was the OFST that was immediately following a somewhat drama filled thread.
I do miss the gang. I still get emails from JRBC and I see millie on fb, but those days were really fun. I have not heard from F/A in years. I’m sure people thought we were enemies, but he and I became good friends outside the threads.
I still see maxi all the time. He hates that I call him Max in real life...like anyone would know what that means.
I was almost seated on a jury today, but thankfully was not selected! I wonder how long it will take me to get my $40?
Yeah. It's crackers when you slip a rozzer in the dropsie and snide
Good times, man. Good times......
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