What is Fun at Work Day? It's Hilarious Mayhem!

While perusing the Associated Content assignment desk desperately searching for something to write about, I stumbled upon a video assignment called "Fun at Work Day."

The assignment read as follows:

In honor of Fun at Work Day this month, bring your video camera to work and record the hilarious mayhem that occurs at your work daily. Have fun!

Remember, all video content on AC must be PG.

I don't do video-aside from the tripod and camera I have next to the bed-so I didn't claim the assignment. But it did get me wondering what the hell Fun at Work Day is all about. I'd never heard of it before. It sounds like an oxymoron to me. You have "fun" and you have "work" and unless you're employed in the porn industry, I don't really see those two words connected in any way. And since all video content must be PG, I'm guessing nudity is a major no-no. So if you happen to be, say, a "fluffer" for films with names like "Shaving Ryan's Privates" or "Saturday Night Beaver," AC's gonna reject your Fun at Work Day video anyway.

Off the subject for a moment...

For those of you unfamiliar with the term "fluffer," Wikipedia defines it as "a hired member of the crew of a pornographic movie whose role on the set is to sexually arouse the male participants prior to the filming..."

Bet that looks good on a resume.

"So Miss Woodmaker, it says here you were a fluffer for three years."

"Yes, but I had to quit-bad knees."

Sorry, my mind wanders sometimes. Now, back to the subject at hand...

So what is Fun at Work Day and what kind of "hilarious mayhem" is supposed to be captured on video?

According to FunAtWorkDay.com, Fun at Work Day is January 25^th, 28^th, 29^th or April 1^st-nobody seems to know for sure what day it is which makes you wonder who the dipshit is that came up with this day in the first place. And how stoned must he have been that he couldn't remember which day he chose.

The web site also gives these "fun ideas" for your Fun at Work Day:

Have a theme for the day

Have everyone bring food to share

Plan a group outing

Two Words: Cube Warfare

If that doesn't sound like all the ingredients for a fun day at work, I don't know what does. Unless of course you have strippers, a keg of beer, and wet t-shirt contests.

As I continued my research, I came across another web site for an organization called Playfair, who bill themselves as "The World's Leading Experts on Fun and Play at Work." If you want to meet a wacky group of people who know all about hilarious mayhem, check out this foursome. After all, they are "America's Pied Pipers of Play." The folks at Playfair claim to be the originators of Fun at Work Day, which they celebrate on April 1^st.

Some of Playfair's crazy suggestions involve bringing your dog to work, eating "Sundaes on Fun Day" and inviting your company's competitors over for lunch. Throw in a couple of Twinkies and a can of Mountain Dew and you got yourself one humdinger of a good time.

But when the hell is Fun at Work Day? The video assignment says it's "this month," which according to my calendar is February. And the people at Playfair who take credit for inventing this stupid day celebrate it on April 1^st. If Fun at Work Day really was January 25^th, 28^th or 29^th, nobody told me a thing about it, which perhaps is what made it so damn much fun for everyone else.

"Let's not tell Frank about it. Then we'll video tape the clueless dumbass sitting at his cube working hard while we secretly engage in hilarious mayhem. We can pass food around, throw wads of paper at each other-we'll call it Cube Warfare-then we'll eat sundaes and smear 'em all over our faces! Bob, you bring the video camera and Christy can be in charge of the food committee, and..."

But who needs to have fun at work anyway? The biggest appeal of the workweek has always been the eager anticipation of the weekend when you can forget about your asshole boss, sit naked in your recliner, smoke dope, drink yourself silly and have real fun before returning to work Monday morning with your head pounding and already counting down the minutes to 5:00 Friday evening. That's what I've been doing for years and as you can see I'm a happy, well-adjusted man who only occasionally wets himself.

But if that's not good enough for you and you really feel the need to have fun at work, do as I suggested earlier and get a job in the porn industry.

I hear they're looking for fluffers.