First, I must swear you to secrecy (especially if you work in my building. Please, don't come down to my office and make monkey jokes! Some of you, I swear, are trying to get me fired.) and then I will tell you the tale of a brass monkey.
This monkey is a genuine 100% brass monkey-replica pen holder that currently resides on the desk of our department director. It was, apparently, a gift from his wife. Anytime the boss is out of his office or at a meeting, I would dress up the monkey and take photos. He then began appearing on my website as decoration.
Other coworkers began taking an interest and soon they were helping to dress-up the monkey, stand watch for the boss while I photographed the monkey and even pose with the monkey in the photos.
The monkey gallery has now gained international acclaim and is starting to take on a life of its own.
One of these days, the boss is going to be ushered to my website and shown all these photos and I'm going to be fired.
But what can you do. At least it keeps me happy.
