8 Years Later
When a memo was delivered into my “in-box” requesting office humor for the premiere edition of Automation Notebook, numerous events immediately entered my mind. I thought about an unsuspecting team member’s SUV that was filled with three lawn size garbage bags of paper confetti as retribution for a recent prank he had planned. The paper filled the top of the vehicle from front to back. I also recall that day when a few fellows used a leaf-blower attached to a box of shredded paper to “decorate” the office of our human resources director – once again an opportunity to recycle all that shredded paper.
The funniest and least-known prank, however, involves the men’s locker room in our company gym. During Karate class a rather bright and outspoken fellow decided to poke fun at the tumbling ability of a few of us, I mean – others – in the class. Women in general are better at tumbling, and we were no exception. We were outperforming the fellows five to one on this one exercise. Although I do not recall all of the words exchanged during that week, I do recall that we decided to play a prank on our outspoken co-worker and to this day, I’m not sure who even knows that we succeeded. Well, sort of succeeded, that is. This nameless fellow always showered after the class, which gave us an idea. The next morning (early) we entered the empty men’s locker room and proceeded to remove the shower head from the bath stall. I quickly packed it with Beef Bouillon cubes and carefully reconnected the shower head while the others stood watch. We could hardly wait until lunch for our class. Afterwards, we anxiously awaited the response and odor that we expected to emit from the locker room. Well, let’s just say that the odor of beef-stew was “simmering” throughout the gym area. We laughed to ourselves in silence because we knew he had to be in there, showering as he usually did, and I began to recite in my mind what fun I could have with this one today. Multiple comments crossed my mind and we started laughing as we began to share them with each other. The next moment though I felt my body temperature drop, as he emerged from the door – DRY! He didn’t shower that day! “He didn’t shower today?” I said it aloud to the others. I felt my heart quiver a bit – “Who else could it be, and who IS in the shower?”
After eight years, we must apologize to our company president for that less-than-enjoyable shower he took that day. The beef-bath wasn’t intended for you Mr. Hohmann, but I hope it’s safe to admit it now. By the way – we love the bottled water that we’ve had ever since, but I imagine that the tap water is not as bad as it once was thought to be.
Brain Teasers
1. Which rectangular area is larger?
A line is drawn from the top left corner to bottom right corner of the outermost rectangle. Area A and B are two rectangles. Which area is larger?
2. Logic box with letters
Place the letters A to I into the 3 x 3 box. E is to the right of C. A is to the right of G which is above B, which is to the left of F. I is above D which is to the left of G.
3. What numbers are A and C?
A x C x AC = CCC
A and C are single digit numbers. To make the equation as shown, what numbers should A and C be?