Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Paper clips

I had a friend in High School whose last name was Lee. Another friend and I would spend hours each day in the middle of class taking perfectly good paper clips and bending them so that we could form the word "Lee" is script.
Hundreds a day.
At the end of each day, my friend and I would put all the "Lee" clips in Mr. Lee's locker throught the slits at the top. This would take about 5-10 minutes or so. Time well spent.
Every morning, Mr. Lee would come to school, open his locker and have these little twisted paper clips come tumbling out all over the floor. He would curse and stomp his feet. This amused us to no end. The best part was that some of the clips would get lost in his locker. On the off chance we missed a day to put new ones in, there would always be one or two that would be shaken loose when Mr. Lee reached for his books.
He often told us to stop. That was so not happening.
I have another person named Lee in my office these days. I would love to bring these shinanagans back for my own personal amusement. Unfortunately, two things stop me from doing this. 1: He does not have a locker and I don't feel putting them under a door will have the same effect. 2: He has a much, much higher position than me in the company and therefore I could be fired. That last one would be a real buzz kill.

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