One of my self-appointed tasks at work is to make people smile. My desk is cluttered with toys and other brightly colored doodads. I usually have a pack of Juicy Fruit gum handy for some of the attorneys who wander by. One of my favorite items is a Far Side mug which doubles as a pencil/pen holder. If you know Gary Larson’s stuff you may be familiar with the Cat Fud cartoon. It holds a place of honor among my toys. (My other Far Side mug is the one I have my coffee in every day. “Latte, Jed?”)
I’ve been a legal secretary for more than 25 years. If there’s one thing I’ve learned in all that time it’s that people need to smile at work. And laugh whenever possible. Consequently, a few years back I started posting comics on the fridge in the kitchen/copy room at our end of the floor. Nothing warms my heart more than to hear someone around the corner laughing out loud at the day’s cartoon. When they stick their head out to say thank you I feel on top of the world!
I especially like the ones that make me say “huh?” Once I “get it”, I enjoy explaining it and I get to see the light dawn on someone else. Then there are those like the one below. They’re visual but you have to be sure to read them carefully or you might just miss the twist.
That’s funny because it is my self appointed job at work to make people bitter! Sounds like you would make them smile then I would make them bitter. They would have no time to get any work done.
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Win-win!
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That office would be quite a conflict heavy zone.
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Took a few read throughs but I got it.
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It did for me too. He’s sometimes like Larson in that respect.
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Ah, the importance of a well-placed comma! 😀
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You did your job. You made me smile!
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Yay!
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Thanks for stopping by.
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speaking of reading things closely, i didn’t know bizarro comics had a facebook page. i don’t really use facebook, personally or for the blog, but now i wonder if the far side has a facebook page. though if it does i’m not sure if i would like facebook more or the far side less.
huge far side fan, own a few compilation books, and i remember actually feeling sad when they stopped running them in the paper.
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