Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Who's There?


Are you in need of a hilarious gift? If not, think of your best friend and just buy something from Knock Knock. It is a riot! No pun intended... then again who ever heard of a knock knock joke that was actually funny.

You might find these Psycho notepads more funny than your recipient; unless your recipient has a great sense of humor, that is.

Sex Flashcards. These will catch someone's attention. Site claims you can "move from 'vanilla' to 'tantric' in mere days!"

For the hypochondriac in your life there is the Things That Might Kill You book.

You might enjoy these files for your file drawer:
Do/Ponder File
Useless/Nothing Nosy File
Total Crap File
Daily Mood Tracker

Then there is the almighty My Top Secret Passwords pad. Feel free to leave this lying around right next to your computer so the kids can hack into your all your sites.

For the friend in corporate America who will receive this and think, "Why didn't I think of this? I could have done this!" The Corporate Flashcards, an explanation to those mind-boggling corporate jargon words.
I wonder if these are in there:
Seagull Manager - Definition: A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
Blamestorming - Definition: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
Salmon Day - Definition: The experience of spending an entire day swimming up stream only to get screwed and die in the end.
Assmosis - Definition: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard.
Percussive maintenance - Definition: The art of smashing, whacking, kicking or punching a machine to get it to work.
-- these funny definitions are taken from
this site.

My favorite buzz-word comes from my days at American Express Financial Advisors (now Ameriprise). Prairie-dogging. Any guesses? Definition: A phenomenon that occurs in cubicle-filled office buildings. [Workers] pop up to look over the walls to see what's happening. Co-worker conversations and team meetings may also take place via prairie dogging as an alternative to the water cooler or conference room. What makes this funny is it was actually listed in one of our handbooks, "there will be no prairie-dogging". The jokes were flying.

There, you can't say you didn't laugh at least once while reading this blog! Happy Hump Day.

Note to anyone who cares: I will be off until Monday.