I recently read an article from David Stein where he talked about having fun and humor in the work place. I think he did a good job of pointing out that making people laugh is important. Sometimes we laugh at our self, sometime we share at laugh with others and if it is done in a respectful way, it makes everyone feel better. Humor in the workplace makes people look forward to coming to work each day.
There are some people who just see humor in things and when they share, it opens our eyes to some of the more ridiculous things that we all do. Allot of the time I am so “heads down” that I miss some of the funnier moments. In the early nineties I worked for a guy who collected mixed up metaphors. It is truly amazing how many of these things go undetected everyday and they are really funny.
The list below was compiled by me and are things that people actually said. If you listen close in meetings you can have allot of fun. The list was too big to include in one post so I’ll save a few for a follow up post.
Dec 16 2002 | Clean as a bell |
Dec 19 2002 | What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander |
Jan 30 2003 | Run around like a fish with it’s head cut off |
Feb 04 2003 | Drum up the bushes |
Feb 06 2003 | Life is a much better place |
Feb 07 2003 | Nothing that looks serious at the naked eye |
Feb 14 2003 | We could walk them over the phone |
Mar 03 2003 | They clean up their own dirty work |
Mar 05 2003 | The dog must wag the tail |
Mar 25 2003 | These are some of the issues I’m going to have to hurdle |
Mar 25 2003 | He kinda put that ball in my park |
Apr 09 2003 | For a guy who bets on Kansas, he has an awful lot of balls |
Apr 09 2003 | The sooner we get the balls rolling the better |
Apr 09 2003 | I have to choose between a rock and a hard place |
Apr 15 2003 | You’ve started to walk down a dirty path |
Apr 15 2003 | That train has run |
Apr 16 2003 | You guys had already gone through that hoop |
Apr 30 2003 | I knew the light bulb would turn |
Jun 02 2003 | Don’t jump the gun |
Jun 06 2003 | I’ll keep my ears peeled |
Jun 17 2003 | When you see the lights of my eyes |
Jun 20 2003 | A deal at half the price |
Jun 24 2003 | All over them, left right and center |
Jul 24 2003 | Jacob, you’re standing on thin ground |
Jul 15 2003 | It all works right out of the wash |
Jul 18 2003 | I’ll at least plant it in their ear |
Jul 28 2003 | He’ll talk your arm off |
Jul 28 2003 | There’s a flaw in your ointment |
Aug 26 2003 | The new applet interface is dirt slow |
Sept 09 2003 | As soon as you put your toe in that water, you have to have enough to colour the surface of that pond |
Sept 30 2003 | I don’t know where the dust is settling |
Sept 30 2003 | Do we need to continue down that vein ? |
Sept 30 2003 | It’s a scary can of worms |
Oct 23 2003 | The patch that we did is not a very good band aid |
Oct 29 2003 | All over them like a wet blanket |
Nov 04 2003 | We’ve got to dot all those i’s and t’s |
Nov 05 2003 | I have a couple of hurdles I have to conquer |
Brilliant!