So a few years back a friend from work decided to go on vacation. Without cause of provocation, Brian decided to 'decorate' his office. After breaking and entering into the temporarily unoccupied office, he tacked some Saran Wrap behind the window creating a pocket which he filled with empty water bottles. From the outside it looked the whole office was filled with water bottles. It was funny.
But he couldn't just leave it there. Oh no, about a year later our friend (who will remain nameless, but whose name rhymes with 'Jayanth') took a few days off just after we moved cubes. At this time there were a whole pile of empty boxes sitting around just waiting to be put to good use. When I, the innocent witness, walked by, there was Brian standing on top of the cubes stacking boxes into the temporarily unoccupied cube. I have to admit, it did look really nice. It was funny.
A few weeks ago, Brian took of on vacation for a few weeks. I think we're all on the same page here. He had it coming...
NOTE: No names have been used in this report... except for Brian's
In honour of Brian's trip to Scotland, the ideal prank had to involve sheep. Unfortunately, it's hard to come by sheep here in the city. So the Cube Decoration Crew (CDC) decided to fall back on the next best thing: WOOL. One member of the CDC picked up something like 800 millisheep worth of yarn (technically acrylic) with a Technicolor Bill Cosby sweater theme.
The CDC were going to build a spider web that would put all other spider webs to shame. Spiders from the far points of the globe would make pilgrimages to his cube to bask in its glory and to take detailed technical notes to educate spider children back home!
On the Friday before Brian's return the CDC struck with a speed and efficiency seldom seen in cube decoration operations. They started by laying down a solid base of Deep Blue.
Next a mixture of Rainbow Reflux (aka. 'Piņata') yarn was used to entangle the mid layers with special attention paid to the visitor chair, telephone and monitor.
Finally, an upper layer a 'Red & White & Blue' was secured to the upper levels of the cube.
The final result was exceptionally beautiful.
Unfortunately, one member of the CDC was captured in action in one frame.
While the results were impressive [8], some collateral damage spilled over to nearby cubes. Luckily they were deserted at the time.
In the end the CDC decided to be good sports and leave a pair of scissors in the cube.
On 6 July at the crack of 10:30, Brian entered the building through the rear door. He proceeded past MPG and entered IOG without and visible indication that he suspected the righteous revenge that awaited him. As he turned down his isle, he first noticed the abundance of wool (or acrylic) in the region of his cube. As he arrived at his cube, the full majesty of the CDC's action became apparent.
He immediately set to work disassembling the web but seen resorted to the use of scissors.
At this point, another member of the CDC was caught attempting to film the deconstruction.
Brian Scissor-Hands!
The remains of the day.
It was found that wool (and acrylic) make an ideal holiday cube decoration. Easy to assemble, impressive to look at and not terribly hard to remove (but not terribly easy). As an added bonus, I have a feeling that bits of yarn will be turning up for a few weeks in unexpected places...
As for the identity of the CDC, well, we'll probably never know all of their identities. A few members showed up in photos. Other photos of dubious origin have turned up purporting identify other members, but their authenticity is suspect at best. However, it is believed that members will remain active in the future should any other vacations occur.