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Message: [QUOTE="SVCBeercats, post: 2176042, member: 7874"] This is quite true about the Bell Labs' folks. I worked (Can enjoyment be called work?) in the high tech industry. Occasionally we had dealings with some of the Bell Labs folks. Eddie, a flaming redhead, was a stereotypical example. Brilliant beyond doubt! Quirky beyond doubt! We had a business dinner at an upscale steakhouse. Eddie shows up in a madras suit, madras tie, madras shirt, and, yes, madras socks. Apparently he could not find madras shoes. I could never tell if this was rebellion against corporate norms or just Eddie. Probably both. No one cared as long as his mind came along for the ride. Eddie was always hungry and ignored business talk until he was sated. The dinner organizer launched into a protracted discussion with the sommelier. I observed a growing impatience in Eddie. Finally he lunged across the table scooping up the wine cork popping it into his mouth. His swished it about and popped it back onto the table pronouncing the wine suitable and exclaimed "Lets eat!" I wish I had a cell phone back then to forever capture the shocked facial expressions of the sommelier and the organizer. Other five of us bursted in loud uncontrollable laughter. [/QUOTE]