On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 23:27:42 -0500, "Morgans" wrote:


"Orval Fairbairn" wrote

Remember -- every time somebody says, "Happy Holidays", an elf dies!

Or elf what? :-)

Reminds me of where I used to work, three years ago. It was a woo-woo high-tech
dot com (now another dot gone) in a snazzy office tower. The main entry on the
ground floor had a two-story foyer, which was open to our second-story office
area. Somehow, it ended up with killer acoustics. Our office
manager/entertainment director capitalized on this...she had musicians and
singers come in and set up in the lobby, and you could hear it perfectly just by
leaning on rail to our office area. She once had an operatic friend come in to
perform, and even for those who didn't care for the classics, it was a real cool
show.

Unfortunately, we didn't own the building and didn't control what happened in
the foyer. Once a year, at Christmas time, one of the other offices in the
building would set up there for a huge chess tournament. These guys were
raucous! They'd yell and insult each other, and brag on how much they'd beat
their last opponent, and it would echo all through our office area.

It was pretty ugly. There's really nothing worse than chess nuts boasting in an
open foyer.....

Ron "Gud Yule" Wanttaja