It almost sounds like the beginning of a bad joke or an even worse reality television series: "What happens when five teams of engineers are asked to come up with their own table centerpieces for the annual Christmas luncheon?"
The tool team responded to the challenge with the beautiful tree pictured above. We started with old copies of specifications and glued them to a 4-foot cardboard trunk. Next, we fed fiber optic cables through the base to add lights and color. For decoration, we added icicles (drill bits), ornaments (miniature tape measures), and topped it off with a stuffed Tigger in a handmade angel costume, complete with a copper halo. (Tigger is the unofficial mascot of our group, since we were founded in the Chinese year of the Tiger.) We finished it off by garnishing the base with greenery and a few personalized stockings filled with million dollar bills and candy canes to bribe the judges.
We finished in second behind the team that built a working fountain with red and green water.
Maybe next year.
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