Childhood Engineer Gifts

'With the proper technology, we could make silicon chips out of this stuff.'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

"The way he stacks those blocks, I see repression, some hostility, and a lot of dissatisfaction with his place in society."

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

A man sees a leak in his ceiling and drills a hole in the floor under leak to by pass his apartment.

"I got a swiss army hook!"

Biggles has a more staid adventure.

Child makes a toy and frightens himself.

One!

'Don't push your luck Simkins with that alleged glove stretcher!'

'I want to chuck all the spelling and math and just get back to playing with blocks.'

Building Blocks.

"We've created a safe, nonjudgmental environment that will leave you child ill-prepared for real life."

"We can speak freely now. I've encrypted the line."

'People have been known to lose an eye when a wink goes seriously wrong.'

"Thanks to the Internet, I learned to ride a bike. Since I was bored, I also got my pilot's license."

"It's alive! Alive!!"

"I've always wanted to live on a lake so I can go boating and fishing. Since we don't live on a lake, I thought I'd make my own."

Computer operator welding machine.

Computerized Dollhouse.

Baby reaching food using building blocks.

Crane fishing

Baby Potty Training Robot

"Never marry an engineer."

"Ok, Griffin — let him see Mom’s roast!"

A martial arts student saws a block of wood in half

'We need a new hot water bottle.'

"I've decided to major in engineering...college loan debt restructuring."

'Art, art, art - When are we going to get some engineers?'

"Is that one of those cars that tells you when it needs maintenance?"

'Currently I've got lemonade, 7% CDs, Discount Brokerage and No Minimum Passbook Savings. I'm going to miss banking deregulation.'

'Don't throw the little silicon chips away -- we may find a use for them someday.'

"It must be still charging."

"If this car is so smart, why didn't it let me know there was a cop there?"