The Orange Steward passes on to the next row over, which proves to audibly contain a pair of experimental physicists returning from a conference on superconductivity located next to a giant-ass particle accelerator that doubles as an aspiring monopole detector.  They're only not helping on building a new shortwave radio because engineering-in-adversity isn't properly their hobby.

"Don't worry, we're not taking anything apart to make the radio that we'd need to rebuild Civilization."  The Orange Steward passes on to the next row over, which proves to audibly contain a pair of experimental physicists returning from a conference on superconductivity located next to a giant-ass particle accelerator that doubles as an aspiring monopole detector.  They're only not helping on building a new shortwave radio because engineering-in-adversity isn't properly their hobby.

"Don't worry, we're not taking anything apart to make the radio which we'd need to rebuild Civilization."  The Orange Steward passes on to the next row over, which proves to audibly contain a pair of experimental physicists returning from a conference on superconductivity located next to a giant-ass particle accelerator that doubles as an aspiring monopole detector.  They're only not helping on building a new shortwave radio because engineering-in-adversity isn't properly their hobby.