I've just been "gnomed".

[arbusto_baboso]

I've been looking to get a lawn gnome and stash it in the office fridge or somewhere else that would be a complete non-sequitur.

Well, Mrs. Arbusto went to Big Lots and actually got me a cheap gnome for Xmas. In fact, it bears a striking resemblance to the Travelocity gnome.

Well, I brought it to work, and set it in the cubicle of an office buddy. I had no idea what I was starting.

For a couple weeks now, the gnome has been "traveling" from cubicle to cubicle, appearing on different employee desks. And the "rules" of the game are that it can never stay on your desk for more than 24 hours, and you must place it with someone other than the coworker who "gnomed" you.

Today, the gnome finally made its way back to me.

Yes, it's silly, and not all that funny. But it's a helluva lot more fun than anything else that goes on in this office. And the line staff like it, but the sups don't effing get it at all. So it suits me fine.

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. It's always great when you can find fun common ground...

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After all, you know what they say...
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(I'm so very sorry for this)
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[Blue-Jay]

2. That's funny.

At my old office, we used to pass around the "stinky chair".

It was stinky because someone (certainly not ME!) figured out a way to place some fish guts in the frame. I bet that thing still stinks.

[prole_for_peace]

3. One of the partners in the CPA fim I work for has a huge stuffed snake.

One day during tax season last year some of us (the fun people) got an email titled "Have you seen Carl?" and then he gave a description and asked for his return. He had hid him under someone's desk. For the next few weeks, the first person to leave each evening would find Carl hiding in his or her office the next day. One woman screamed and freaked but we think she was being a drama queen because this thing is huge and doesn't even look real in the dark. It finally disappeared for a few weeks. One day I just happened to look up in my office and it was on top of my bookshelf in a basket I had up there. I think he was just waiting for the right moment to jump on my head....

[datasuspect]

4. i had a penis tie

i used to wear with sweaters

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. Last Christmas I got nothing but sweaters.

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I'm letting you all know right now... NEXT Christmas, NO MORE SWEATERS.
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Moaners or screamers are acceptable, though.
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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Years ago, my then-husband and I bought a bunch of plastic lawn flamingos

and we amused ourselves by putting them on our friends' and relatives' lawns in the dead of night.
Unfortunately, since our reputation for weirdness was well-established, they always knew who did it.

I think I need to get a gnome for my office.

[WolverineDG]

13. I once worked with an organization that held an "Attack of the Pink Flamingos" fund raiser

got so popular that we also started selling "insurance" to people who kept getting "flamingo'ed" by their friends so they wouldn't get attacked again. :rofl:

dg

[caitxrawks]

7. LOL! that's so cute.

It reminds me of the gnome in Amelie.

[pokerfan]

8. GNOME?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME">

[MilesColtrane]

9. Gnarly.

[arbusto_baboso]

10. Gnome gnews is good gnews.

[Bucky]

11. What is it about becoming a manager that makes you totally lose your sense of humor?

[arbusto_baboso]

12. I think it's a requirement for most management jobs.

After all, a sense of humor tends to indicate independent thought. Which doesn't make for "team players". And we can't have THAT!

[Beer Snob-50]

14. one year when my neighbor went on vacation we bought

two or three gnomes and took pics of them in different areas of their house and yard. we then made a storybook out of the pics. and yes, one of the pics was in the lady of the houses underwear drawer.