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The Anatomy of the Office Prank
1:40AM Mark Wilson | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/comedy/The_Anatomy_of_the_Office_Prank_Cardboard_Warfare_Pics'; The casual office employee stalks his coworker with the intensity of a lion hunting a wildebeest on the African savanna. Never rushed, always contemplated, the average office prank is executed with all the razor precision found in a well-pressed shirt. In part one of our examination of the office prank, we study the first of many techniques office workers use to triumph over co-adversaries. To those with soft stomachs, the gruesome techniques used to humiliate one’s peers with cardboard might be better left unseen. More »
Random Stuff
Man Travels Back in Time to 1738, Brings Laptop and LCD Display With Him
2:20AM Jason Chen | DVICE calls this the most luxurious office cubicle, but we see the world’s first time traveler. Here’s what we think: Mr. Jared Nelson discovered the secret of time travel. He then packed up his favourite gear, which includes his Dell laptop, an LCD display, headphones, a digital camera which he used to take this photo, his office phone (he likes teleconferencing?) and his leather chair that he swiped from the VP when Dan was on vacation. More »
Entertainment
Security Cam Footage of Cubicle Rage to the Extreme is Every Cube Dweller’s Fantasy
12:28AM Adam Frucci | This is a security cam video of a guy who, to put it lightly, is sick of working in a cubicle farm. If you’re looking to get yourself fired in a way that’ll legally prevent you from ever entering the office or interacting with any of your former coworkers again, with a free room at the county correctional facility tossed in for good measure, throwing a computer monitor at a coworker and then systematically destroying the entire office is a pretty good way to do so. On the upside, showing your boss this video might be a good way to get him to upgrade you to an LCD monitor. They hurt less when thrown, one would assume. Update: Hit the jump for video from another angle, a co-worker’s mobile phone, in colour and with sound. More »
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