Category: The Lounge

20 Ways to Stay Sane

20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity At Lunch Time, Sit in Your Parked Car with Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don’t Disguise...


The Donkey in the Well

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered...


The Balance of Nature

God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found Him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God, “Where have you been?” God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction, and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, “Look,...


New Words for the Workplace

BLAMESTORMING: Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible. ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather...


Actual High School Student Metaphors and Analogies

Every year, English teachers from across the USA can submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides gently compressed by a...



7 Reasons Not to Mess With Children

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. The little...


Find the Flaw Challenge

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The Star Spangled Banner

From a Chaplain in Iraq: I recently attended a showing of ‘Spiderman 3,’ here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As is the custom back...