More Humour
Dec. 11th, 2002 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldFrom Benjamin Levy, a poster on the Futurists list. And yes, he's a contractor:
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> ObDiscussion: James Bond-style supervillains really did exist. Or is
Gadaffi
> one already?
We need a few! Can you imagine the boon these villains would be for the engineering and construction industry?
"Doctor Phu, here is my proposal. You'll note I've included options for a retractable helicopter landing pad, stainless steel lining for the underground monorail tube, and a polycarbonate transparent viewing wall for the mutant shark tank. Without the alternates, it comes to 6.2 billion dollars. If we can go non-union, we can scale it back to 4.7billion."
"Ah, good, good... one more thing... I would like to locate this on an uncharted tropical isle."
"And I assume that after 500 workers are on site for 2 years you want it to remain uncharted? Doctor, I'm afraid that will cost a little extra."
Bondian supervillains are a contractor's dream.
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> ObDiscussion: James Bond-style supervillains really did exist. Or is
Gadaffi
> one already?
We need a few! Can you imagine the boon these villains would be for the engineering and construction industry?
"Doctor Phu, here is my proposal. You'll note I've included options for a retractable helicopter landing pad, stainless steel lining for the underground monorail tube, and a polycarbonate transparent viewing wall for the mutant shark tank. Without the alternates, it comes to 6.2 billion dollars. If we can go non-union, we can scale it back to 4.7billion."
"Ah, good, good... one more thing... I would like to locate this on an uncharted tropical isle."
"And I assume that after 500 workers are on site for 2 years you want it to remain uncharted? Doctor, I'm afraid that will cost a little extra."
Bondian supervillains are a contractor's dream.
