At work we're having a cubicle decorating contest. No wait, it gets better.Prizes will be awared in 3 categories: "pretty", "tacky" and "funny". We threw "funny" in there because let's face it, what guy is going to want to do it for the "pretty"? Exactly.
So I decided (naturally) to go for the funny category because:
a) I'm funny (and apparently have a healthy self-esteem)
b) I like competing with the guys and then saying "who-ya!" when I win.
Then I got to thinking...what's funny about Christmas? Sure, immaculate conception. But not funny enough. Grandma getting run over by a reindeer. But it's been done to death [ahem]. Uncle Arnold getting sauced and then proclaiming he's drinking a warm cup of piss when really it's apple cidar. Hmmm, getting warmer [tee hee].
And then, it came to me...prostitutes!
What WOULD Christmas be like in the Red Light District? At least, in the extreme made up version because the harsh cold reality (much like being single during the holidays) is way too depressing.
I strung up some red icicle lights around the top of my cubcile (only half of them work which is so perfect). I placed a sad little spruce tree (think Charlie Brown) with pop can tabs and sugars packets for decorations at the entrance to my cubicle. Under neath the lights, I put two knee-high fishnet stockings (sugar plum in color). Beside the stockings...the piece de la resistance! I posted this little diddy that I wrote:
A Red Light District Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the streets
Not a creature was sturring, not even the deadbeats
The fishnet stockings were flung on the floor without care
In hopes that Nick soon would be there
To be continued...
I figure I'll write a bit more each week, with the whole story being completed by Christmas vacation.
I began "Operation Red Light District Christmas" at 4:30pm yesterday, after most of the staffers went home; so it will be a surprise when they get in on Monday. I'm out of the office Monday and Tuesday, so hopefully I have a job to come back to.
[Post Blog Note: Nicky if you're reading this, Nick is short for St. Nick so don't go getting any ideas]
3 comments:
What is your picture of exactly? That's a fun idea about the office cubical decorating. You picked kind of a depression theme... But very unique.
K: It's a window with red lights in it taken from the exterior of a brick building. How do you have time to read posts, you and b-i-l should be whooping it up without the kids.
There are a load of shops here selling decorations that wouldn't look out of place in a brothel's Christmas decor scheme. Scary.
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