"Um, Dave we appreciate your input, but aren't you emceeing on the field in five minutes?"
"Yeah, but this is an easy fix. You see on the MER robots..."
"Oh man Dave, not with the Mars crap again. Can you please go see if Dean needs you to guest speak somewhere that requires you to get on his jet, now?"
"Do you little punks have any clue what I do every day?"
"Yes Dave, you're an administrator. Now, go back to your office and work on the budget. We'll let you know when to come back here and take all of the credit."
[not an entry] I may need to turn in my decoder ring after this one 
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