I'm sorry sir. This flight goes to France. You'll
have to leave that toothbrush here.
Steve Ash, Enhanced Memory Systems Inc.

J&B Inside
Bill Akstens, TRW

No, no, I said scotch TAPE.
Kerry Widder, Computer Process Controls

At the airport metal detec-
tor, Tom catches a glimpse of his partner's Internet startup business plan.
Kyle Bostian, Patapsco Designs Inc.

Darn! So that's what she meant when she said she was packing a small teddy.
Johnny Ancich, Dalsa Inc.

Hold this one, Charlie, he's smuggling in a beanie baby.
Team EETnet: Don Swaab (Inrange Technologies), Zev Farkas (Maycom) and Jim Randazzo

Sheepishly, Bill explained that he was just running off to christen another ship when Hillary used her Sony camcorder to videotape his departure.
Don Zabriskie, Xicat Interactive Inc.

Not having kept up with current technology, Bob packs for his trip on the information highway. Sheri Hurt, Honeywell

X-ray litho shadow mask for the new Pentium IV.
Sheryl Teague, NEC America Inc.

Aaaah, so that's what's inside an AMD processor!
Saif Alam, Intel Corp.

Dammit, I thought I had everything packed, now where is that floppy disk?
Joseph M. Kusmiss, Mitre Corp.

These are the corporate "gifts" I received for my years of service: the useless bear, cheap sunglasses, keys to the washroom and, oh yes . . . a bottle of J&B that I got with the pink slip.
Hiren Patel, Maxtor Corp.

You've just been told you must work the booth at Comdex and you have 15 minutes to pack. What do you take?
Terry Yoder Hewlett-Packard

JBob was dressed as a bear for Halloween the day the betatron exploded in the lab, shrinking him to create the world's first pocket-size particle physicist.
David Pries, Bell Atlantic Video; Katherine Gleason, George Washington University

Harry, the field service engineer, had long since abandoned the clunky logic analyzer and oscilloscope for a more effective means of problem resolution.
David W. Bohn, Tekelec

IBM field technician tool case: comb for setting DIP switches; brush and J&B for cleaning terminals; chained keys for jumper. If nothing works, put on dark sunglasses, say you are blind and blame it on the teddy bear.
Jackson Leung, Nanya Technology Corp.

Better strip-search him, his story isn't true. He can't be a field service engineer, he's got a comb and a toothbrush!
John Mesick, Centorr

". . . Aaah, let's see, I can get there in one piece, I have my good luck charm, I can look smart, I can look good and I can have fresh breath. Guess I am all set for my interview at Cisco. Ooops! I almost forgot. Can't leave home without my post-interview relief."
Terry Fernandes, Communications Consulting Engineering

The success of O'Malley's business trip was quickly forgotten when he remembered just a second too late that Lucky, his trusty leprechaun, had been napping in his briefcase on the way to the airport.
Steve Chappell, Palmchip Corp.

Mom always packs the greatest lunches!
Zev Farkas, Maycom Ltd.

Sirs, the mouthwash you sent in the sample case caused me to fail the breathalyzer test.
Wendy Sheridan, Lucent Technologies

Couldn't belong to an engineer. No calculator.
Jerry Comer, TriPoint Global Antennas Division

. . . and this next scanner features our most advanced OCR-Open Container Recognition.
Ken Giesbers, Boeing

If Roentgen could only see this now!
Joseph E. Pascente, Lixi Inc.

Alcoholic's Y2K survival kit.
William Sheehan, Lockheed Martin Fairchild Systems

Fixated were respondents on scotch, Y2K and sales/
execs travel kits. Having downed said scotch before nabbing the keys to the nectar drawer, thankful are the judges that there no one recorded their song to you: happy holidays.

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