Pilot Solves Navigation Problem with Handwritten Sign

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A helicopter experienced an electrical malfunction while flying over Seattle, disabling its navigation and communication systems. The pilot, unable to determine his location, circled a tall building and displayed a sign asking, "Where am I?" In response, people inside the building held up a sign stating, "You are in a helicopter." This interaction helped the pilot identify the building and navigate to Seatac airport safely. When questioned by his co-pilot about the sign's usefulness, the pilot suggested that he recognized the building as the "Microsoft Building" due to the nature of the response he received, implying it was a clever yet unhelpful answer. The discussion also referenced a similar riddle involving a balloonist and various professionals, highlighting the humor in the situation.
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A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all the navigation and communications equipment. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign saying "Where am I?" and held it in the helicopter's window.

People in the tall building drew a large sign, and held it in a windows, "You are in a helicopter".

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to Seatac airport and landed safely.

When his co-pilot asked how the sign had helped, the pilot responded, "I knew that had to be ---??--- building as they gave me a ----?----".

Fill in the missing parts of the pilots reply?
 
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AntonVrba said:
When his co-pilot asked how the sign had helped, the pilot responded, "I knew that had to be ---??--- building as they gave me a ----?----".

Fill in the missing parts of the pilots reply?

Was it "the math institute" (or similar) as they gave him "completely correct, yet completely useless answer"? :)))
 
Atrus you are correct - I would prefer the "Microsoft Building"
 
AntonVrba said:
Atrus you are correct - I would prefer the "Microsoft Building"

Well, I haven't been to Seattle (yet :) ) and haven't had any contact with any part of MS, so it haven't crossed my mind :)) I heard the variation of the riddle before, but it was more of a joke, with (I think) a guy in a balloon stopping shouting out to find out his location, and he meets a mathematician, a chemist and an engineer... or something. Don't know that joke anymore...
 
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