Help! Help! The network is down and the tokens are loose!
Joseph Ott, Voice Technologies Group

I'm here to answer your ad for a Spin Doctor.
Team EETnet: Don Swaab (Inrange Technologies), Zev Farkas (Maycom) and Jim Randazzo

That's not what I had in mind when she said she would be wearing a slinky dress.
J. Van Hecke, RA

Left Hand Rule, Right Hand Rule, I spin whichever way I want!
Joseph M. Kusmiss, Mitre Corp.

Engineering Department's idea of a bawdy night out-stripper jumping out of wire.
Kathleen Deluca, ValpeyFisher Corp.

" . . . Boss, um, I know the ASIC is late and all, but the engineers tell me that they are having to jump through hoops to get it ready."
Ivan Cowie, Time Domain Corp.

A programmer was asked to explain how a dummy does loop works in the program.
Jackson Leung, Nanya Technology Corp.

This is not what I envisioned last year when the boss said my peers would run circles around me if I didn't improve.
George Homer, Intel Corp.

Newsflash: Teenager discovers perpetual energy using a simple museum artifact.
Ron Seese, Chrislin Industries

And the bits go round and round, and come out here.
Michael Cook, Rockwell Collins Inc.

Technology gone awry: A hula hoop equipped with a heads-up display and two ARM processors.
Richard Barned, Heidelberg Digital

Another female engineer manages to jump through all the hoops only to be stopped by the glass ceiling.
Peter Nyhlen, U.S.A.F.

"Vapor-Wear that's fun to wear!"
Jeremy Center, Korry Electronics

DLL: Dame Locked Loop
Charlie Mannix, Integral Technologies

Dance of the Ring-Laser Gyros!
Ed Klein, EFK Systems

Token rings around the Rosie
The packet data's noisy,
Crashes, crashes,
The LAN is down.
Marco Forcone, Network Peripherals Inc.

Another engineer cracks under pressure and decides to get looped.
Johnny Ancich, Dalsa

So this is what he meant by "bringing me into the loop."
David C. Barber, Vanguard Technical Solutions

Worst case of carpal-tunnel syndrome I've ever seen . . .
Team EETnet: Don Swaab (Inrange Technologies), Zev Farkas (Maycom) and Jim Randazzo

Everyone was excited about the hoopla surrounding the latest product.
Karen Bircsak, Compaq Computer

Tube Envy
Douglas Nordgren

Gee!! The things a girl has to do to get lab equipment around here. If this is what it takes to get a lab bench, then forget about the oscilloscope.
Gina R. Smith, Raytheon

Leave it to marketing to find novel ways to use Token Rings.
Mike Harris, Avanti

Early use of Tesla coils as a babe magnet.
Mike King, Siemens ElectroCom L.P.

A moving example of a poor wire wrap.
Mark Klemkosky, Intel Corp.

I didn't realize that winding inductors could be so much fun.
Terry Hall, Northrop Grumman, Air Combat Systems

Token Ring Disco Queen Rides Again Jeremy Center, Korry Electronics

After years of searching, Alice finally found the secret portal and passed through the glass ceiling.
Hugh Thompson, Cadence

I think it's time we get someone to tie these cables down.
Paul Angulo, G.E.T. Engineering

Silicon Valley's latest spin-off.
Klaus Ochso, Tidland Corp.

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