# Mindless trivia about the Pentagon Military Reservation in DC **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395 "2018-08-28T05:52:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/61 "2018-09-01T18:31:51Z")
There are Dunkin’ Donuts inside quite a few large government buildings. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/62 "2018-09-01T22:37:06Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > There’s a demon trapped in the courtyard.😉 Does he run the hot dog stand? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/63 "2018-09-01T23:05:53Z")
What’s so bad about one restroom per hundred people? That sounds pretty typical of the places where I’ve worked, unless they’re really small or poorly distributed or something. And I doubt that document incineration accounts for a significant percentage of the heating system, because I doubt the place even has a heating system. Large office buildings usually have so much waste heat from people, lighting, computers, and so on that they need to run AC all the time, even in winter, and it’s not like [del]DC’s[/del]Arlington’s winters are all that harsh. Plus the Pentagon’s shape gives it even less surface area for its size than most office buildings. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/64 "2018-09-02T01:36:17Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Did you miss the part where they completely renovated the entire structure recently? One wedge they renovated twice, due to it being destroyed by a large plane crashing into it. > > It’s a fairly nice place to work, enhanced by a Metro station right next to it. Plane? They got to you too. ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/65 "2018-09-02T11:17:52Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Taught myself by looking at pictures on the 'net. Dad _tried_ when I was 16 but I needed the visuals. > > Taught myself because I knew I’d be parking on the street in Crystal City early one morning. Haven’t needed the skill since. Oh yeah; I been there. Especially on 23rd Street between Fern and Eads, or in the Crystal Park area. Or was it Crystal Drive, about half a mile South of the Boeing building? ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/66 "2018-09-02T11:38:39Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Did you miss the part where they completely renovated the entire structure recently? One wedge they renovated twice, due to it being destroyed by a large plane crashing into it. > > It’s a fairly nice place to work, enhanced by a Metro station right next to it. Oh yeah…the place is NICE now. Terrazzo floors, clean white walls, modern stainless steel water fountains, vending machines, and elevators. It even has a modern food court with Starbucks and Subway. The renovation project was called Project Phoenix or somesuch. It was finished in 2011. ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2018, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/67 "2018-09-03T01:30:39Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Pentegrated. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395/68 "2018-09-04T13:45:05Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Plane? They got to you too. Yeah. The sprinkling of planted wrecked and burned aircraft parts that I picked up while searching the rubble for classified documents really turned my opinion. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mindless-trivia-about-the-pentagon-military-reservation-in-dc/820395.md?page=3)