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Gold, Frankincense, a Watch?

Posted by Cindy

Dec. 2, 2009 noon • 20 comments

So, I’m wondering what kind of gift the SR will be giving DFO for his 25 years of faithful service.

A sliver pocket watch
A goat
A year’s subscription to the CDA Press

Care to venture a guess?

20 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

marmitetoasty on December 02 at 12:08 p.m.
oh, I soooooooooo hope its the goat, and then if you dont want it, you can re-gift it to me :) cos I would love a goat… maybe if you do get a goat you might be able to swap it for a donkey cos I would LOVE a donkey even more then a goat :)

x
Fixer on December 02 at 12:19 p.m.
I bet it’s a plaque. Particle board with a simulated wood-grain finish. And a huge S-R logo to remind you of who you work for. Your name will be mis-spelled. Then they’ll ask you for $25 to cover the cost of having the plaque made.
nic on December 02 at 12:39 p.m.
Lifetime mebership to the Mary Souza fan club.
Cabbage Boy on December 02 at 1:00 p.m.
A “sliver” watch? Is that one of those real thin ones, or are you talking a arby’s happy meal watch from the movie sliver?
Cindy_H on December 02 at 1:02 p.m.
Sigh.
I can’t even say I’m blogging at the speed of light!
zelda on December 02 at 1:06 p.m.
A plaque is better than a plague…or a sliver watch.
florined on December 02 at 1:28 p.m.
a life-time online subscription to S-R?
JeanieSpokane on December 02 at 1:31 p.m.
An uncontained goat!
JohnA on December 02 at 2:19 p.m.
I’m guessing it will be a scrapbook of all-time DFO stories.

Two that come to mind concern a colorful CDA Mayor and former County Clerk. :)
JohnA on December 02 at 2:21 p.m.
Meanwhile, DFO, watch out for Marmie. Not only would she have your goat, she’d trade it for your a$$.
poolman on December 02 at 2:25 p.m.
A lifetime subscription to the “Jelly of the Month” club -

~It’s the gift that keeps on giving Clark~
Sisyphus on December 02 at 2:30 p.m.
The whole year. ;-)

Hey, if any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I’d like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here, tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people, and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head. And, I want to look him strait in the eye and tell him: what a cheap, lyin, no good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, bloodsucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-assed, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey bleep he is! Hallelujah! Holy bleep! Where’s the Tylenol?”
Cindy_H on December 02 at 2:37 p.m.
Sis, If you fetch him. I’ll deliver the message :-)
I’ll start practicing. But what’s four-flushing?
Sisyphus on December 02 at 2:42 p.m.
I never did figure that out. I’m just following poolman’s lead quoting Chevy Chase in A Christmas Vacation.
Cindy_H on December 02 at 2:46 p.m.
Oh. Would you like to know where to put your tree?
Sisyphus on December 02 at 2:59 p.m.
Depends on if we’re gonna discuss size again. I have had several people suggest where I can stick things today.
mike_s on December 02 at 3:09 p.m.
A gift certificate for tea bags.
Cindy_H on December 02 at 3:12 p.m.
IMO: It’s a tie between Fixer’s and Mike_s suggestions.
Making me laugh.
Hope DFO gets both!
hhuseland on December 02 at 9:57 p.m.
I’m with fixer on this one. It will be a plaque, and of course a collection will accompany it. Oh, and downsizing the upper 25 year vets due to perceived overpayment is next.
Escapee on December 03 at 2:04 a.m.
A gift for DFO? How about a Really Nice Paperweight which looks like a Death Star?

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