Fun Activities

Just because we work from home doesn't mean we can't have a little fun together!  Every Friday, we have a fun activity we post on our internal Microsoft Teams channel to get everyone pulling together and put a smile on everyone's face.  When we work (and play) together, we can make great things happen!

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Below is a recent story-building exercise we did - here’s how it worked.  The story began with an opening sentence and another incomplete one.  The next person to comment needed to finish the incomplete sentence and then add another incomplete sentence.  As you will see, we have quite a creative group!

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Jack was sitting at a coffee shop on a sunny Saturday morning.  He was enjoying his steamy cup of java and reading his paper when...

he saw an old friend at the other side of the shop...

but Jack was with a new friend and didn't want to be seen...

so he held up his paper in front of his face. But in the process he knocked over his coffee which...

then rolled across the floor, scaring the shop owner's cat who jumped into the...

middle of the table hissing and spitting in the face of...

the mailman who had just come to deliver...

his birthday cake. He was turning....

into a giraffe.  Jack stared and...

suddenly realized he was taller then everyone around him, looked in the mirror and said...

how handsome I am I just need...

to get out of here and find... 

someone to spend my life with, who...

has the height to kiss me so I...

don't get lonely. The coffee shop proprietress couldn't believe her eyes.. a man turned giraffe?....as she reached for the phone and...

called the animal control, she was unsure if...

they would believe what she was reporting...

how joyous, when animal control came they said they had a special potion that will turn him back into a man...

and poof he was back to himself, only a bit taller and more handsome. With his new self confidence he decided to...

introduce his new friend to his old friend and...