November 18, 2011
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Behold the Pole!
The glory that is THE FRIDAY POLE!
Last Tuesday (November 8th, 2011) I took an empty tube from a roll of plotter paper and wrote the word “Friday” all over it in about 30 languages (Thanks, Google Translate). Thus, the “Friday Pole” was born. Then I threaded ethernet cable through it, tied the ends together, and wore it around the office last Friday to celebrate Friday. Now whenever Friday rolls around, I have a way to celebrate.
Perks of the pole:
- Energy Saved: I can put Post-It notes on the end and use the pole to reach people 42″ sooner than I normally would.
- Pretend it is a quiver and then shoot invisible arrows around the office all afternoon.
- Herald the good news that Friday has arrived.
It looks like this:
ENHANCE!
ENHANCE!
Celebrating Friday doesn’t get enhanced by cardboard much better than this. Yesterday I saw 3 border collies in one day, which was awesome. If I could transpose those events to today, that would make for an better Friday, but instead it just made for a better Thursday.
Most of my coworkers understand the Friday pole (and during the week ask about its pending appearance). But it seems to create confusion as well:
Person: “What is that?”
Me: “The Friday Pole.”
Person: “What is that?”
Me: “A pole that I wrote the ‘Friday’ all over in multiple languages.”
Person: “Why?”
Me: “So that everyone will know it is Friday.”
Person: *Very puzzled look*
Me: “I don’t know how else to explain it.”
Comments (5)
I love it!
It’s sad that some people just don’t recognize awesomeness when they see it.
That’s totally brilliant!
In our office a coworker got one of those crazy greeting cards that play music.
So every Friday afternoon, at five to five we were graced with: Europe’s ‘The Final Countdown!’
Haha
Man, what’s not to get?
Long live the Friday pole.