A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

(Pardon the work-related posts. My life has been a string of high-priority work projects recently.)

(The scene: a group of Yahoo! Photos staff is at an awards presentation for a recent promotion that we did. There are maybe 20-30 onlookers.)

Ernie, to the Project Manager: Hmm. Not a lot of people here – hope they didn’t have to travel too far to get their prizes.
Project Manager: Actually, they did. We flew winners from Hawaii, Alabama and Florida here. Some of them have never been to California before.
Ernie: …seriously? The company isn’t sending them on the next plane back, are they?
Project Manager: Naah, I’m sure they’ll have a day to take a look around.

And cue my overactive imagination… now.

Tour guide: Welcome to beautiful Sunnyvale, California, home of the Yahoo! campus!
Winners: Will we have a chance to see San Francisco?
Tour guide: We’re sorry, that’s not in our budget.
Winner:
Tour guide: Here’s some fun trivia for you: did you know that Sunnyvale has the largest ratio of single males in the nation? Now you’re chance, ladies!
Winner: Uhm, we won a Mothers Day contest taking pictures of our kids. We’re all married.
Tour guide: Mmm. Well, as we drive down scene Lawrence Expressway, you’ll see Lockheed Martin on our right, home of destructive missles and weapons systems!
Winner’s adorable 2 year child: Mommy, is Disneyland nearby?
TG: No, kid. Sit the hell down and shut the hell up.

Welcome to the Silicon Valley! There’s nothing to see here, go home.

§1459 · May 6, 2004 · Uncategorized · · [Print]

16 Comments to “get your missle souvenirs here”

  1. Ken says:

    But Sunnyvale is home to the world’s largest canned fruit cocktail! Actually… it’s a painted water tower, but somehow that counts.

  2. Raven says:

    Ahhh, Silicon Valley… only slightly more exciting than driving down a stretch of I-10 in Arizona.

  3. Chester says:

    I hope you guys at least gave them the grand tour of Sunnyvale Town Center.

  4. rajan says:

    is lake tahoe far from sunnyvale?

  5. b says:

    that’s not true, what about ghetto Great America? and only 15 mins from Sunnyvale is Valley Fair! lol =P

  6. Brian says:

    How about showing them CJ Olson’s Cherries…they’ve been on Martha Stewart and stuff. Maybe an a meal at the exotic PF Chang’s next door afterwards?

  7. Nala says:

    CJ Olson’s Cherries just sound dirty.

  8. Donny O says:

    …and 40% of Sunnyvale’s population are *foreign born*

  9. Shawn says:

    You could always go visit the Winchester Mystery House, that should make the kiddies happy! Hey kids! this is what insanity looks like!
    I used to think that the 6:1 ratio was a good thing too.. until one considered the *ahem* caliber of said 6 men. Most are, how shall I say, intellectuals?

  10. kimmie says:

    sunnyvale town center is like a ghost town… or was that sarcasm? :P

    largest ratio of single males eh? wonder why i haven’t met any of the single ones…

  11. jim says:

    only slightly more exciting than driving down a stretch of I-10 in Arizona.
    yes!!!

  12. Shaoshi says:

    they’ve been on Martha Stewart and stuff.

  13. Chuguo says:

    Maybe an a meal at the exotic PF Chang’s next door afterwards?

  14. Time says:

    Maybe an a meal at the exotic PF Chang’s next door afterwards?

  15. Sbt says:

    I hope you guys at least gave them the grand tour of Sunnyvale Town Center.