Spot, the Seeing Eye Dog

Friday
Success! Spot has clearly pushed the boundaries of good taste for Seeing Eye Dog lovers and 'Spot and the Easter Egg hunt' has enjoyed a bright but brief life on the work noticeboard. Less than 24 hours after being posted it has been removed. Rest In Peace old boy.

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Thursday
In my workplace, a number of persons of certain type have teamed up to sponsor a Seeing Eye Dog. This is a worthy cause and a meritorious team building initiative. The dog in question, Zadena, writes to said persons with the most recent correspondence received in time for Easter.
Now I ask you, WHO WOULDN'T SEE RED after receiving a picture like this :

So, a muck-raking we will go. Here is contribution number three (previous contributions here). Many thanks to regular reader, "Rise tall" et al, for his inspiration. You will recognise your work !

Seeing Eye Dogs II

As they say in the classics, 'a gag is a gag.' The second entry posted on our work noticeboard regarding the team fundraising for a Seeing Eye Dog.
Doesn't have quite the killer comedy element I was hoping for, but amusing enough I suppose.


In a small "in-joke" for my own amusement, I named our Seeing Eye Dog in this letter 'Argus' after the giant of Greek mythology who had a hundred eyes.
Apropos of nothing, Argus was a servant of God Hera. When Argus was slain by Hermes, Hera commeorated her faithful watchman by preserving the hundred eyes of Argus in a peacock tail.

Seeing Eye Dogs - workplace pranks

In a bid to undermine the OBs* that think they run this office, I have taken it on myself to gently provoke (for my own amusement, mind) wherever possible. Naturally when slightly more mischievous opportunities arise I maximise the moment (such as the keys to the locked cupboard in the kitchen that have mysteriously disappeared, leaving the cupboard unlocked) but now is not the time.
A number of staff thought that sponsoring a Seeing Eye Dog would be just the ticket to contribute towards something worthwhile in the community. Our noticeboard has since been adorned with a cutey-wootey widdle puppy dog, snuffling up to the camera (stock standard SEDA photo #53) and a sponsor's letter. I can imagine a 9 year old girl just loving to receive this. Here it is (click on the image to enlarge) :


In a bid to mock the entire process (naturally) I have since posted, anonymously of course, the following variation on the puppy theme :


I intend to add another one next week : a beer swilling, gambling addicted greyhound. I hope the owners of said puppy are outraged and rip my contribution down. If I fail to provoke then I will be forced to remove the puppy's picture and post it back to the head OB. I will let you know how I get along. Reader's suggestions for future Dog gags welcome.

*OB refers to certain female personages about whom I will not refer to on-line in any more detail. Off-line however is a different issue !