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Today, around lunch time, I heard a commotion in the conference room next to my teeny-tiny office. Lately, since the weather has gotten cold (and they can’t eat outside), some of my colleagues have been taking their lunch break in said conference room (the room is rarely ever used, and almost never during lunch hours). Anyway… today, they finally discovered that the satellite TV still works. Over the buzz of conversation I hear the familiar tinkling of sounds that are only produced during a 30 minute session with Pat and Vanna. They were watching a very old episode of Wheel of Fortune on the Game Show Network.
As I meandered my way to the break room to get my lunch and join them, they called me over to view the antics of a particular contestant (she had some interesting body movements and her intonation of letters and words was quite comical). As the contestants took turns spinning the wheel, I found myself curiously reading the wheel to see what prizes were popular back in the 80’s.
The flashing colors and monetary amounts whirled by after each spin, and it didn’t take too long to phase out the surrounding conversations as I became mesmerized by the wheel. At one point.. the letters R.U.G spun by.
Me: speaking unusually slow ”What’s an R.U.G?”
Coworker: “Huh??”
Me: Displaying puzzled Jessica Simpson face
Coworker: “an R.U.G? It’s a RUG. You don’t know what a rug is??”
Me: Realizing that the piece of the wheel was in reference to an actual rug and NOT an abbreviation for some other prize , my puzzled face was instantly replaced with face that says “I’m a totally dumb ass”
Me: ” Buwwwhahahahahahahahahahah”
The combination of our hysterical laughter clued our other coworkers into the fact that they had missed something golden.
Oh yes folks… I really do have an MBA!
In my defense though…… when was the last time you can remember a RUG being a valid game show prize??
** Oh I wish I could say that this was the first time my brain and mouth haven’t been in-sync, but it isn’t. I’ll share more of these lovely jewels with you as I remember them. Because you know what they say … “If you can’t laugh at yourself…who can you laugh at?” **
