Comic Relief

Posted on December 17, 2009 with 8 Comments

Yesterday was a terrible, awful, no good, very bad day in my world. I got ready for work, headed down to my car, and found… a flat tire. It cost me an hour and $22 to get fixed. I showed up to work late, sat down at my desk… and heard a rip. My favourite jeans had split open at the crotch. AT THE OFFICE. Thank the Powers That Be that I had worn a long cardigan that day that covered the, err, offending area. As the day progressed, I discovered that I work for the same organization as my ex-boyfriend’s wife, and that the uniform that I will be wearing exclusively 6 days a week for 10 weeks straight during the Wee Little Sporting Event My City Is Hosting includes exactly one (1) pair of pants and two (2) long-sleeved shirts, and zero (0) substitutions are allowed and therefore I will be wearing the shirts three (3) times in a row and the pants six (6!!!!!) times in a row before they will have a chance to be laundered. Say it with me now: Ewwwwww.

The general sense of Today Sucks was contagious and by noon, everyone in my pod needed some comic relief. Enter my coworker, who is possibly the awesomest and most hilarious human being on the planet. She decided to let us in on a little secret of hers.

“So when I was getting divorced, it was this long drawn out process and I had to keep going back over to the house I owned jointly with the ex-hubby. And I needed something to look forward to about it, because it was hard. So you know what I did? Every time I went over there, I stole a pair of his socks. Or just one sock, whatever. I’d take the other one the next time I went back.

“So he would rant that the Stupid Mother Effing Washing Machine was eating his socks for snacks. Every time I went over he would complain! And every time I went over I would steal a new pair of socks and giggle to myself. And so he kept having to buy a new pair of socks, which thrilled me to my core. I must admit I took extra pleasure in stealing a pair of his NEW socks. It drove him extra nuts, so it was extra funny. This went on for MONTHS.

“When the divorce proceedings were too stressful, I would go for a walk to clear my head. And I would wear a pair of his socks for each walk. Best guilty pleasure ever.”

This honestly cracked me right up. Can you imagine if this actually happened to you? You’d think you were losing your mind!! I am not much of a prankster but I can’t help but find this one hilarious. What’s the best prank you’ve ever pulled?