Factory Ponderer Gifts

Air Pollution Threat

"Exactly how undecided would you say you were at this precise moment?"

"What's an imagination? It was something kids used to enjoy before they invented video games."

"Today we'll examine that age old question of robot accomplishment: programming or processor?"

Idle parts

'As you know, some of us can't keep up with the pace of new technology.'

'Euro's down against the pound, dollars up against yen, pound is... what the hell don't expect cheap meals in France!'

Progress?

"What's with kids nowadays? Walking upright's not good enough for you?"

"Sure, but what have you invented lately?"

"I appreciate you have a real passion for music Mr Hibberd. . . but I can see you're going to struggle with the piano."

'U.S. Manufacturing'

"Of course it sends your message digitally. If you want analogue we'll have to saddle up old Bessie."

"Well, for starters, Matt has been showing definite improvement in risk-taking."

'Though we must innovate, and though we must grow, we must never lose sight of our core mediocrities.'

Dorothy finds the Yellow brick road is now a 6-lane expressway.

'It seems like a good invention now, but someday there'll be millions of these things, all crashing into each other.'

CREEPY AF AI

'We could use more moving and shaking from you, Yomp, and less bobbing and weaving.'

'Is it me or do these new led street lights wash out the reds and yellows?'

Six months later they would be sharing the Nobel Prize, but for now all they could do was stare in amazement at what they had discovered...two incredibly well preserved specimens from the styrofoam age.'

Sitting down

A tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it.

"I want my job back."

"Have they no shame?"

'Mom, it's doing it again'

'I do wish you wouldn't use those Polish printers.'

'Are you sure we want to evolve? Remember what happened last time.'

'iPad, huh? When I was your age, I remember getting hold of a piece of carbon paper once. Amused myself for days - after I figured out how it worked.'

Progress

School of Music. If you need perseverance to be a musician, what's all this I hear about unfinished symphonies?

"I can remember when all we needed was someone who could carve and someone who could sew."

'Oh, no - that's just the prototype.'

When this is buildings we can say we remember when all this was fields.

'All these heads are kind of gross aren't they? What if we collected pottery or something?'