"Don't these fools realize they're violating every principle of feng-shui?"
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feng shui, fengshui, feng-shui, skyscraper, skyscrapers, urban design, urban architecture, big city, big cities, city life, urban life, modern life, ugly building, ugly buildings, highrise, highrises, high rise, high rises, high-rise, high-rises, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, china, chinese tradition, chinese traditions, blueprint, blueprints"Worst-case scenario? The renovation goes three years and two million dollars over budget, one of you bludgeons me to death with my own hammer, and you both get the electric chair."
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worst case scenario, worst case scenarios, renovation, renovations, renovate, renovator, renovators, construction, remodel, remodels, remodelling, worst case, builder, builders, construction worker, construction workers, bad news, nightmare, nightmares, murder, murders, capital punishment, honest, honesty, blunt, contractor, contractors, home construction, real estate, fixer upper, fixer uppers"You're not going to put that there, are you?"
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bird, birds, nest, nests, build a nest, building a nest, critique, critiques, critiquing, critic, critics, architect, architects, architecture, builder, builders, construction, construction worker, construction workers, criticism, criticisms, spouse, spouses, husband, husbands, wife, wives, partner, partners, bicker, bickers, bickering"I hope we can flip it before the tide comes in."
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sand, sands, sandcastle, sand castle, sand castles, sandcastles, build, building, builder, consturction, house flipping, house flipper, flipping, flip it, flipper, fixer upper, invest, investment, property ladder, real estate, realtor, realtors, sale, sales, architecture, architect, beach, beaches, vacation, vacations, holiday, holidays, seaside, sea, seas, ocean, oceans, house, new house, now home, home, homes, kid, kids, childAlien looks into an open sewer that is actually a porthole to the universe.
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alien, aliens, extraterrestrial, extraterrestrials, martian, martians, space, space travel, space traveller, space travellers, porthole, portholes, wormhole, wormholes, teleport, teleports, manhole, manholes, manhole cover, manhole covers, builder, builders, building site, building sites, road works, roadworks, sewer, sewers, drain, drains, urban life, city, cities, city life"Six months from now, some Harvard guy will be standing here looking out this window."
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construction, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, architect, architects, university, universities, college, colleges, apartment, apartments, flat, flats, wealth, wealthy, boston, massachusetts, cambridge, building, buildings, dorm, dorms, dormitory, dormitories, residence hall, residence halls, student accommodation"Do you mind? I happen to be on the phone!"
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technology, business, urban, entitled, entitlement, elitist, elitists, elitism, phone call, phone calls, mobile, mobiles, phone, phones, cellphone, cellphones, cell phone, cell phones, smartphone, smartphones, smart phone, smart phones, construction, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, jackhammer, jackhammers, repair, repairs, road repairs, inconsiderate, irony"Do you have something more like Alex the Architect?"
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working class, working classes, snob, snobs, snobbery, elitist, elitists, wealthy, upper class, upper classes, architect, architects, respectable, respectability, builder, builders, construction worker, construction workers, construction, role model, role models, hero, heroes, children's television, children's show, children's shows, career, careers, career path, career paths"We begin the day hammering. Then there's 'Regis and Kathie Lee.' Then we do some more hammering, followed by lunch and 'Days of Our Lives,' more hammering, 'Oprah,' and, finally, home."
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construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, building, buildings, construction work, construction, constructions, hammer, hammers, hammering, daytime tv, daytime, talk show, talk shows, soap, soaps, soap opera, soap operas, workday, workdays, workday schedule, workday schedules, gender stereotype, expectation, expectations, subvert, subverting"Of all the wet cement, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks in mine."
"I've done my tour of duty on Wall Street."
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wall street, wall st, nyc, new york, new york city, farm, farms, farmer, farmers, farming, tractor, tractors, tour of duty, war, wars, construction, builder, builders, building, construction worker, construction workers, pretentious, snobby, snobs, snob, show off, showing off, brag, bragging, agriculture, agricultural"Escher! Get your ass up here."
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escher, mc escher, m.c. escher, perspective, perspectives, illusion, illusions, optical illusion, optical illusions, impossible, impossible device, construction, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, building, buildings, tower, towers, high rise, high rises, high riser, high risers, perspective, perspectives, perspective trick, perspective tricksNewton's Cradle Wrecking Balls
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wrecking ball, wrecking balls, newton's cradle, building site, building sites, construction site, constructions, construction zone, construction zones, building zone, building zones, crane, cranes, demolition crew, demolition crews, builder, builders, demolition, demolitions, wrecking crew, wrecking crews, demolition ball, demolition balls, building supplies, construction equipment"I take it I'm not the first to notice the race of Hobbit-like people?"
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manhole, manholes, sewer, sewers, sewer system, sewer systems, mole people, mole person, underground, life underground, living underground, race, races, pipeline, pipelines, mythical creature, mythical creatures, mythical being, mythical beings, discover, discovers, discovery, discoveries, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, maintenance worker, maintenance workers, maintenance workYour Good Intentions at Work
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good intentions, road to hell, roads to hell, paved with good intentions, cliche, cliches, roadwork, roadworks, road work, repair, repairs, builder, builders, construction, construction work, construction worker, construction workers, pave, paves, paving, intention, intentions, best of intentions, sins, sinning, hell, afterlife, afterlivesSundayafternoon Carpenters
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carpentry, carpenter, carpenters, hobby, hobbies, sunday, sundays, men, man, friend, friends, businessmen, businessman, executive, executives, diy, do it yourself, builder, builders, lazy, unskilled, white collar worker, white collar workers, drink, drinks, drinker, drinkers, wine, wines, drinking, drunkA Newton's cradle wrecking ball.
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wrecking ball, wrecking balls, demolition, demolish, demolishes, demolishing, destroy, destroys, destroying, gravity, newton's cradle, newton's cradles, newtons cradle, newtons cradles, toy, toys, executive toy, executive toys, momentum, physics, physics teacher, physics teachers, construction, constructions, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, building, buildings"Shut up. You could use an Empire waist, too!"
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construction, construction worker, construction workers, builder, builders, contractor, contractors, men's clothing, men's wear, menswear, mens clothing, for men, masculinity, masculine, feminine, femininity, fashion, fashions, fashionable, flatter, flatters, flattering, empire line, empire waist, empire, empire dress, gut, guts, beer belly, beerbelly, belly, paunch, potbelly, pot belly, fat, fatter, weight, weight gain