Affliction bingo
Wherein I repeat old office humor
There was a coworker in an office who had some of the most annoying habits. Loud outbursts, inopportune singing to himself; you'd run into him in the hall and he'd do his odd thing with his arms and shout out one of a handful of pet phrases. Basically, just annoyed everyone. I was convinced he had a mild form of tourettes.
One day, being bored and having internet access, I went to the Tourettes website and copied down a few symptoms. Next I mixed in a few of the coworker's more infamous tics and created a bingo sheet. Forwarded to a couple other coworkers as a little joke and moved on. Time spent, maybe 15 minutes.
Next thing I know, copies have been made and are being used at meetings. People I barely know are stopping me in the halls telling me they had a "bingo." In a couple days it was everywhere. Don't know if the subject in question caught wind of it.
Just in case you have a similar coworker, here's a version I was able to locate and convert to html table (with help - thanks!)
Print your Tourettes Bingo Card
There was a coworker in an office who had some of the most annoying habits. Loud outbursts, inopportune singing to himself; you'd run into him in the hall and he'd do his odd thing with his arms and shout out one of a handful of pet phrases. Basically, just annoyed everyone. I was convinced he had a mild form of tourettes.
One day, being bored and having internet access, I went to the Tourettes website and copied down a few symptoms. Next I mixed in a few of the coworker's more infamous tics and created a bingo sheet. Forwarded to a couple other coworkers as a little joke and moved on. Time spent, maybe 15 minutes.
Next thing I know, copies have been made and are being used at meetings. People I barely know are stopping me in the halls telling me they had a "bingo." In a couple days it was everywhere. Don't know if the subject in question caught wind of it.
Just in case you have a similar coworker, here's a version I was able to locate and convert to html table (with help - thanks!)
Print your Tourettes Bingo Card
Spits sunflower seeds in cup | Says "waz up?" | Says "what up dawg?" | Says "FANTASTIC!" | Makes animal-like noises |
Squeaking | Snorting | Yelling or Screaming | Whistling | Humming |
Facial Grimaces | Smelling Objects | FREE SPOT | Coughing | Echo phenomena: own words or sounds; other's words or sounds |
Sniffling | Unusual changes in pitch or volume of voice | Says somebody's full name by drawing it out unnecessarily long | Throat clearing | Burping |
Give the two thumbs up | Touching people | Says "AWESOME!" | Singing with headphones on | Says "WooHoo!" |
2 Comments:
This is like a ray of sunshine on a bleak day.
Adam says:
That is hillarious!
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