Le Bouchedags

I work for a decent size Engineering company. My group at work has a generally young dynamic, with half of the entire team <5years of graduation, in their mid-twenties.

Most of us get along pretty well, and hang out at lunch or sometimes after work for a brew or five. Usually Fridays, we'll try to do happy hour, and invite out some of the suds-lovers for a drink and some calamari/wings. Last year, someone in the team had decided to set up bowling afternoons on the first fridays of the month.

those worked out well, cuz that was just an excuse to again consume more suds. By the time bowling was done (6pm league play began), our night was just beginning!

And along with the brew, there's always stories.. usually work-related, interjected by frequent references to a recent movie (like "NICE!" from Borat).

One such Friday, We were arguing about how Barry Bonds was the biggest Douchebag in all of sport. Then Jim Rome got added to that list. And suddenly, it was a great idea to say "douchebag" in a french accent. And that suddenly turned into "BoucheDag", what with Bouche actually being a french term.

Regardless, Bouchedag came to be the term of choice when referring to a select few members of the Brew-Club. The abbreviation stuck too "DB". of course, it clearly tickled the nerdy humor of my fellow engineers to actually refer to people by a unit of power.. but DB it is.

I'll refer to three of them as DB#1, DB#2, DB#3...they're all in the late 20s/early 30s range, all of whom I work with.. and all of them provide enough entertainment to fill this blog !


Signing off, the proud Canuck (not a bouchedag!)