My personal favourite was "Granny" - Granville Frazier - P & W Propulsion - raised on the family farm in Mississippi.
His family asked; "Hey Granny, you work for that there Boeing company - are you a welder or a riveter?"
Granny: "Bit of both"
"Hey, that Granville's got himself a nice job at that Boeing" - when really he was head of propulsion and engineering the power-plants for the first 777's.
A perfect, humble, giant of a man.
