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15 August 2006

Note to self : take camera to work on Thursday [More:]Sadly (or maybe luckily), nobody else in the office sees what I see.

As anybody who works in an office knows, there is usally a supply of cakes, biscuits, sweets, etc., brought in by people for their birthday, return from holiday and such. Our team manager decided that the packets of Jaffa Cakes, custard creams, etc. littering the top of one of the cabinets in our area needed to be tidied up, so today he brought a hideous ceramic Humpty Dumpty jar to put all the loose goodies in.

Humpty is hideous. His face is evil and grotesque. I can hardly bear to take off the top of his head to retrieve a chocolate bourbon.

But it's not his face that's the problem. He is wearing some kind of a tail coat with a big button on the back, and Humpty's hands are under the tails of the coat, making it look like he's doing a ... well, you know, that picture that is so horrible it makes grown men weep.

He sits with his back to me. He is in my direct line of vision. All I can see is Humptse.

On Thursday, when I am next in the office, I will take Humptse's picture and share it with you.

That sounds worthy of SEVERAL photos, ej. I can't wait to see that. :D
posted by BoringPostcards 15 August | 11:51
Humptse!!!
*gets favoriting finger ready*
posted by danostuporstar 15 August | 11:53
That sounds awful, but... I have never heard of chocolate bourbons, but I WANT ONE NOW.
posted by occhiblu 15 August | 11:55
Humptse! I love it!
posted by gaspode 15 August | 11:56
This is PERFECT for the upcming "Alice in Wonderland" photo Friday theme.
posted by Miko 15 August | 12:00
And of course when I said "OMG it's Humptse" not one single person had a clue what I was talking about.
posted by essexjan 15 August | 12:00
I'm intrigued by those Jaffa Cakes, myself. Never had 'em before, but I useta live right by great big groves of Jaffa oranges, and we'd sneak in at night and scrump large quantities of them to take back, mix with other fresh produce and vodka, and make Yuckaflux punch.

Those cakes sound good. My folks are always picking up packets of intriguing British bickies; I bet my mom likes 'em.
posted by Hugh Janus 15 August | 12:02
occhiblu : chocolate bourbon.

Hugh Janus : Jaffa Cake
posted by essexjan 15 August | 12:05
Why did he own a horrible Humptse jar in the first place? Was he planning on sneaking it into a Secret Santa exchange or something?
posted by cmonkey 15 August | 12:06
I second the chocolate bourbon craving.

(perhaps Humptse will have a great fall?)

*devil horns/or dogs/or something...*
posted by Pips 15 August | 12:07
(that jammie dodger looks yummy...)
posted by Pips 15 August | 12:09
Why did he own a horrible Humptse jar in the first place? Was he planning on sneaking it into a Secret Santa exchange or something?

As he's a fairly queeny gay guy I suspect it was probably a joke present from somebody.
posted by essexjan 15 August | 12:11
This post made me simultaneously laugh and cringe. I will click on that photo link reluctantly, but click I will!
posted by mike9322 15 August | 12:15
Oh, see, now, that's no good. "Chocolate bourbon" should be like a rum ball, except with bourbon, and covered in chocolate. None of this biscuit business.
posted by occhiblu 15 August | 12:21
I agree with occhiblu, but for your sake, jan, I'm glad it's not.

There are so very many disturbing cookie jars out there. Fortunately, most don't involve goatse simulation.
posted by me3dia 15 August | 12:33
Disturbing Cookie Jars would be a good band name.
posted by danostuporstar 15 August | 12:37
I have a Cookie Monster cookie jar. You have to take off his head to get to all the half-digested cookies in his stomach.
posted by sciurus 15 August | 12:43
"Chocolate bourbon" should be like a rum ball,

On a related note, anybody ever notice that LifeSavers come in Butter Rum flavor, not Butterscotch? This is strange to me. What of ButterVodka, ButterGin and ButterBeer? Is there a whole world of butterbooze waiting for me?
posted by jonmc 15 August | 12:44
That all sounds very Harry Potter-esque, jonmc.
posted by gaspode 15 August | 12:59
Well, I imagine ButterBeer as something Homer Simpson would enjoy, actually.
posted by jonmc 15 August | 13:11
I know it's only tenuously related, but I just gotta say it:

ButterBong.
posted by Hugh Janus 15 August | 13:20
That was your failed State Fair exhibit, right?
posted by jonmc 15 August | 13:21
ButterBong.

Afterwards, you can eat it.
posted by Pips 15 August | 15:49
I suspect it was probably a joke present from somebody.
Or a serious gift someone gave him that he hates so much he can't stand it in the house except he can't throw it out because he doesn't want to insult the person who gave it and he can't bear to "accidently" break it because the person would rush out and buy another one so his only choice is to tell the person that he loves it so much he wanted to be able to look at it all day so he brought it to work.
posted by dg 15 August | 16:10
A'ight, now stop whatcha doin'
'Cause I'm about to ruin
The image and the style
that you're used to ...


Humpste Dance?
posted by grabbingsand 17 August | 09:50
The oompa-loompas drank butterscotch and buttergin.
posted by brujita 17 August | 11:04
I just now saw my Bunnystock shoutout! || I added lotsa new pics

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