There was Farinelli's Grilling Cookbook full of all kinds of meaty recipes for our resident vegan Jamie:
Steve was hooked up with a couple of bottles of the sauce because we all know he is a lush when he isn't in the office:
Then there were the really funny gifts. Luu once again wins out for something cool to put in his cube with his MalibLuu Witchhunter Barbie. Kudos to all the work Jenny put into making this gift. The Tome that explained the stats on the Pink Glasses and Earrings was priceless. Anything that helps Luu when we battle GOA can only be a good thing:
The other real winner, when it comes to creative gifts, goes to Crystal's gift to Rob. It would take far too long to explain all the reasons why this is such a funny gift. It is a mixture of a typo, a great question by Justin and Rob's obsession with sickeningly sweet cat pictures and videos. Great work Crystal:
The gift I got for Farinelli wasn't a real big shock (yeah, i know) since we had talked about getting a set of these several times. The Shocking Battle Tanks always looked fun but I had no real excuse to get a set into the office so now was my chance. I don't think anyone, including myself, was actually prepared for the HUGE shock those things could kick out. So, this first video is right after Jon opened the box and the battle was waged between Farinelli and James:
After we watched Jon's initial reaction we all had to take our turns with the shock. Angie's reaction was a good one:
Then we got Miguel to battle Farinelli. Now the whole thing with these shocking remotes is that they only shock on the metal parts that are on the tops and bottoms of the controllers. Watch as Jon immediately tries to cheat when he gets shocked and tries, unsuccessfully, to just hold onto the sides of the controller. Always trying to find the exploit:
And then Dawdy walked in. Just in time for his turn. Always fun to see the Boss squirm a bit:
Successful party. Thanks Ellie.
