Mainframe Maverick Gifts

Texas Programmers AC Members Club: Ride the wild mainframe.

Cellphone Islands

"I hoped you'd change your hobby when you became a father"

Grandma's caf

'I sort of thought your presentation was going to be in powerpoint.'

"Wi-fi....Wi-fi...WI....FI!...."

"Well, I guess this rock sample pretty much clears up any lingering doubts about life on Mars!"

'before you say 'all this will be yours', I don't want it.'

"I'm no expert, but I think we're a little behind when it comes to the latest industry technology."

"Would our big tacky objects look good here?"

"I'm sorry, Uncle Ed. I just couldn't save the poor ol' thing. You want to shoot it, or shall I?"

'Andrew loves taking things apart and putting them back together...except he can never actually put them back together...'

No, I don't have roaming service, I am the roaming service.

'You CAN Pass The Turing Test!'

A man working on a model airplane

"You again?"

"An election is like a car repair where the car owner has to pay a lot of money to have old broken parts replaced with new broken parts."

The Academic Brain, showing parts: teach, write, do research, and (the largest part) serve on committees.

'Excuse me, I'm going to talk on my cellphone while pretending you're not here.'

'Look at it another way. Think of the money you'll save on tires.'

'They're automating the bottling process? Why? Just yesterday, me and my team managed to cork four bottles.'

'Thank you Fenster. You gave us a real sense of the redundant banality of what we do here.'

If Bernie Ecclestone does not get his pound of flesh from Montreal, the Canadian Grand Prix will not roll.

"Weren't they the people you lent the complete macrame book to?"

ACME Exterminators (cat being dragged into a mouse hole

Man reading 'how to swim' book whilst swimming.

"Trying to retrieve words we can't think of is really the bond that holds us together, isn't it?"

'The cuts have really hit radio hard.'

"Oh, I'm just walking the walk and talking the talk..."

Castaway uses a PC instead of a bottle.

Trust me, you said. Technology gives us a competitive advantage, you said.

Can you describe it?

'I got a bit carried away panic buying petrol.'