Board at Work

Name that show: That imagination of yours is an absolute curse.

Sometimes I wonder how much good I would be able to do for the world if I harnessed my creative energies toward work, or even poetry. For today's RA white board, Young Bo' decided on the theme (name that movie) and film and I set about creating the three clues:

1. It was released before any of the RAs were born (Jen squeaked under by just a month)
2. It features the holder of the NBA's most points scored title
3. Don't call me Shirley.

The third one gives it away, I know, but we were all wicked impressed when DocNice walked by, admitted that he was bored, took one look at our board, and said, "Huh. Kareem Abdul Jabbar was in Airplane!? I didn't know that." The ease with which he got all aspects of our riddle got me thinking. And no longer was I satisfied with having a board to amuse me at work. I wanted to go farther.

And that was how Young Bo' and I found ourselves systematically going through a list of everyone in the division. We placed bets on who would and would not be able to name the movie. It's a game of both luck (not everyone stops by the board, not everyone ventures guesses, not everyone is in the office), and strategy (who in the office fits this special blend of generation timing, nerdiness, and pop culture knowledge?). The loser has to make a pair of paper-cup-floss-telephones for the winner. And work just got slightly more exciting. Slightly more bearable.