Monday, September 29, 2003

Bored during meetings?

  • Discreetly clasp hold of someone's hand and whisper: 'can you feel it?' from the corner of your mouth

  • Draw enormous genitalia on your notepad and discreetly show it to the person next to you for their approval

  • When refreshments are presented, immediately distribute one biscuit to each of the attendees, then systematically smash each one with your fist in front of them

  • Chew tobacco

  • Wear a hands free phone headset throughout once in a while drift off into an unrelated conversation, such as: 'I don't care if there are no dwarfs, just get the show done!'

  • Write the words 'he fancies you' on your pad and show it to the person next to you while indicating with your pen

  • Respond to a serious question with: 'I don't know what to say, obviously I'm flattered, but it's all happened so fast'

  • Use Nam style jargon such as 'what's the ETA?', 'who's on recon?' & 'Charlie don't surf'

  • Reconstruct the meeting in front of you using action figures and when anyone moves re-arrange the figures accordingly

  • Shave one of your forearms

  • Draw a chalk circle around one of the chairs then avoid sitting on it, when the meeting starts. When someone does eventually sit in it, cover your mouth and gasp

  • Turn your back on the meeting and sit facing the window with your legs stretched out.

  • Announce that you 'love this dirty town'

  • Walk directly up to a colleague and stand nose to nose with him for 1 minute

  • Mount the desk and walk along its length before taking your seat

  • Reflect sunlight into everyone's eyes off your watch face

  • Gargle with water

  • Repeat every idea they express in a baby voice while moving your hand like a chattering mouth

  • Gradually push yourself closer and closer to the door on your chair

  • Hum throughout

  • Pull out a large roll of bank notes and count them demonstratively

  • Bend momentarily under the table then emerge wearing contact lenses that white out your eyes

  • Drop meaningless & confusing management speak into conversations such as: 'What's the margin, Marvin?' 'When's this turkey going to get basted?' 'If we don't get this brook babbling we're all going to end up looking like doe-eyed Labradors'

  • Produce a hamster from your pocket and suggest throwing it to one another as a means of idea-exchange

  • Use a large hunting knife to point at your visual aids

  • Announce that you've run off some copies of the meeting agenda. Then hand pieces of paper that read: My secret agenda 1 Trample the weak 2 Triumph alone 3 Invade Poland. Re-collect them sheepishly and ask everyone to pretend they haven't seen them

  • Attempt to hypnotise the entire room using a pocket watch

  • When referring to someone in the room always call them your 'homey' or 'dog'

  • Leave long pauses in your speech at random moments. When someone is prompted to interject shout 'I AM NOT FINISHED'!


I especially like the "hamsters" item :) Other than that, not really in a good mood today, so that'll be it for the day.

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