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Office Mules
use a small herd of mountain scaling mules instead of an elevator system | |
This idea is especially suitable for the type of building with
a
large surface area, part of which can be devoted for grazing
purposes - like the roof.
In the morning the mules would be stationed on the ground
floor concourse, ready to transport the office staff to the
upper levels. Scree
and rubble carpeted stairs would assist
the mules to clamber up the otherwise difficult polished
surfaces. Each mule would be accompanied by a sherpa, but
in
time the mules would learn which floor to go to by being
fed a
corresponding number of carrot fragments. A system of
dangling baskets inside the enlarged stairwells would
enable
the mules to be lowered quickly to the ground, once they
had
dropped off their passenger load.
Key members of staff would get their own personal mule
placed on permanent standby with a small grazing and
frolicking area adjacent to their office, and at weekends for
a
reward, staff could get a mule to take home.
Mules - not just sterile horse-donkey crosses you know!
http://dictionary.r....com/search?q=mules
[jonthegeologist, Jan 11 2006]
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If you change mules to llamas, you get my vote. Llamas are just so much cuter, so much softer, and can reproduce. |
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I'm not opposed to the llama, but I'm actually now leaning
more towards donkeys, as I really like them |
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Are we forgetting that these animals
have body functions that are large and
smelly? I wouldn't want to have to clean
up after them. Also, think of the
hazards of stepping in said mess. |
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We can train them to go and perform these 'functions' in a designated area. |
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Donkeys are better than mules, but I still want my llamas. In my ideal office, the whole place would be warm and cosy, with a roaring fireplace and rocking chairs, complete with cats in every crevice, and ferrets zooming around too. And llamas. And little flying robots that fetch things for you. |
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I have known mules, llamas, cats, and ferrets that I've liked, but your "ideal office" is going to stink. |
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Coming from the author of the long gone, "Pedro The Office Ass", I hereby pass you a bun under the table.
(I have always loved the image of an ass, not the boss, meandering by cubicles with fresh hot coffee and danish attached to it's saddle.) |
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I so thought this idea was going to be
about special office shoes, really comfy
ones - a sort of mufty day for your feet. |
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I'd quite like to wear slippers to the office. |
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re: <link> what's the difference between a hinny and a mule ? would there be that much environmental difference (mother's a horse or donkey) that they have to make up a new word ? |
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well I was hoping that this idea would be about using a few choice individuals to move contraband in the work environment. |
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There might be a catch- you'd find the younger male staff members shaving go-faster striper on the mules. Or the Mercedes logo. On the other hand this might be a perfect way for car makers to get some low carbon advertising.. |
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I thought [DVineMissEva] showed that they're not so low-carbon after all? |
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