Wall of Pith

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Heather Nagel-Doughtie

Friday, April, 25, 2008

“Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory”
Denis Diderot

In honor of our theme “Laughter” I thought I’d share a little geek humor. When you work around a bunch of tech heads, strange things tend to emerge. For us, it is and was the “Wall of Pith.” An area (real and sometimes imagined) where funny insider quotes just appear.

It started over 10 years ago when several pre-dot-bomb one-liners just appeared on the side of an outside cubicle wall. Snarky, funny, silly, stupid...they all end up here. Below are a few classics we’ve had along the way and some famous one liners.

“Just give me time to drink about it.” (An unfortunate slip of the tongue by your’s truly after a very long meeting.)

“Scotty, he’s the Irish guy right?” (Referring to the original Star Trek series by our Webmaster Angelia prior to receiving her “full fledged geek certificate.”)

“My babies are angels.” (A co-worker) “So was Satan.” (A smarter co-worker)

“You must think I’m the witch of the wicked west.” (My mother – to be fair, she was a bit flustered as I had really ticked her off.)

“I didn’t have those hi-tech calculators when I was your age, we used a slide rule!” (A co-worker) “My grandma used a slide rule.” (A much younger co-worker)

“Is my mind like the front end of a backhoe?”

And some famous Piths:

"Impossible things usually don't happen..."
Sam Treiman

“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.“
Mae West

“Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?“
Art Buchwald

“Life is hard. After all, it kills you.“
Katharine Hepburn

What’s on your Wall of Pith? Let us know below!

-h