Team Building Exercise '99!

...I mean, '09.

DUDE. My office is almost like THE Office. Better, though. I don't have to wait all week to see some hilarious workday antics, and the greatness happens in more than mere half-hour spurts.

We were supposed to be conducting a meeting this afternoon, but instead: STARING TOURNAMENT. The kind where you try not to laugh.


NOT ALLOWED: Smiling, laughing, talking, hand distractions, bathroom breaks.
ALLOWED: Breathing through mouth or butt (farting!), blinking, face taunting.

Round 1

Short vs. Tall

Intern vs. Intern

Steve vs. Steve

Asian vs. Asian

Tom getting a pep talk before the big round.

Takin' off the warm-ups

Success!

Failure.

(She wins.)

(He wins.)

Round 2
Sue was a fighter. Of course I laughed at something that wasn't even funny (like silence?) and lost. Typical.

Thus began the longest round in history. Notice how many more pictures they're in, just because we couldn't get either of them to crack.

Mosher gets in faces.

And tries intimidation.

See?

Still going...

Round 3
Captured on camera: The awkward set-up. Shortly after this moment, Chris kissed his opponent's hand, thus ultimately guaranteeing his own victory.

The rules had to get interesting at this point. Mosher cracks under the pressure, says to the judges, "Fuck this!" and gracefully forfeits.

My girl didn't pull through, unfortunately.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
The set-up...

...And the defeat.

Nate Dogg ftw.

We heart Casual Fridays

And we heart America, too. Look at those badasses!
(Noteworthy: That flag was there specifically for the purpose of this tournament)

Best heckled line from the peanut gallery: "I will punch Mother Earth in the face."

Monday will be back to normal, though. And by normal I mean awesome.