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silverweb

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5. They say, "baby animals."

Reply to cali (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 3, 2012, 03:45 AM

Oct 2012

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]As opposed to adult animals and yummy foods. They think something about the baby animals makes us more attentive and careful.

Interesting. And a good excuse to clutter our desktops with LOLcats... or pups, or duckies, or ferrets, or hedgehogs.

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Study: Stupid Photos of Adorable Cats Boost Workplace Productivity [View all] Hissyspit Oct 2012 OP

Cool to the study. TDale313 Oct 2012 #1

Despicable! Disgusting! ErikJ Oct 2012 #2

Duh. silverweb Oct 2012 #3

Hey, what about puppies? This is bigoted! Unfair to dogs! cali Oct 2012 #4

They say, "baby animals." silverweb Oct 2012 #5

And naked mole rats pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #17

Sqweeeeeeee! silverweb Oct 2012 #19

My advice is: skip work altogether flamingdem Oct 2012 #20

Put in less evasive speech... Scootaloo Oct 2012 #6

You've all been Had...or "Hazzed"! Kurovski Oct 2012 #7

The baby nematodes placed at the bottom. longship Oct 2012 #8

You don't mean me, do you? Kurovski Oct 2012 #11

You're safe as nematodes aren't allowed on DU. longship Oct 2012 #13

Nematode discrimination ended with DU3. Kurovski Oct 2012 #14

Pictures of baby eels PossumSqueezins Oct 2012 #9

I use a lot of cute therapy on the job. Pandas, niece, nephew or some random animal video on Yahoo. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2012 #10

I've always felt that ceiling kitty was also prepared to get to work. Kurovski Oct 2012 #12

Honey Badger doesn't give a shit about productivity Schema Thing Oct 2012 #15

Hee. Hissyspit Oct 2012 #16

Imagine what real adorable kitties would do felix_numinous Oct 2012 #18

I can haz make productive flamingdem Oct 2012 #21