Phrases overheard at work or spoken directly to me, same guy over a span of years.

#1. The caliper work we do here, far excels anything you would do in residental. (we are industrial electricians.)

#2. You can't fathom that in a few days. (refering to how much work he accomplishes.)

#3. It's virtually easy. (refering to how easy it will be to pull the cables through his cable tray when he is finished, I agreed wholeheartedly)

#4. I was walking up the peripheral hill. (As in, the one on the periphery?)

#5. I'm spectical those wires will fit in that cable tray. (lol)

#6.I saw Janis Joplin at Deer Creek. (he just turned 30, he was refering to last year)

#7.I'll take reliablilty for that. (I once tried to correct him on this, he argured, I gave up)

#8. I wouldn't dare take away from your work ethic. (I wouldnt let him, either.)

#9. Same old rigamortis. (It was very, very difficult to keep a staright face during this conversation, trust me)

#10 Take into account the creditability that I will have to come in behind him and fix it. ( I tried to fathom it in a few days, Ill get back to you.)

#11 I don't like the way he down degraded me. ( I wouldnt either.)