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International Mindfuck Day.
March 19, 2010, 6:48 am
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So thanks to a bit of mischief recently executed by my colleague Olly,, we want to try and pull off an international, workplace social experiment and was hoping you would like to be involved/help us out.

The only things required are:

1/ An individual with a hint of mischief.

2/ The acquisition of an object not normally found in a workplace loo.

3/ A workplace loo.

4/ Frequent trips to the toilet.

5/ Ears.

Interms of the object we would you you to source, it can be anything as long as it is dramatically out of context [which should be pretty easy given we’re talking about an office toilet!!!] and be relatively innocent.

What that means is you can get a rubber duck but you shouldn’t use a rubber doll.

Without going into the details quite yet, we’d like to know If you’re up for it … as well as spread the word … because if we have enough people willing to take part, we’d like April 19th to be the inauguration of International Mindfuck Day.

If you’re willing to take part – and we promise it won’t be anything so bad that you will get in trouble – then please sign up as well as direct your friends/colleagues here, the more the better.

Ta.


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does it involve something perverted? it fucking sounds like it involves somethig perverted. you fucking pervert. id be well up for it but every fucker in the office will be doing the same thing so whats the fucking point. but virgin is virgin territory. fucking a.

Comment by andy@cynic

I’ll go warn George to be sitting down when he comes back to his computer.

Comment by Pete

are you feeling better now george? its ok, its something harmless, campbell says it wont get anyone in trouble and you know how professional he is.

pete. you are a fucking crawler.

Comment by andy@cynic

This has danger written all over it. I’m in.

Comment by Billy Whizz

YEah I’m down – does a webcam count as something you’d not normally find in the loo?

Comment by Grumblemouse

thank fuck someone on here has balls. even if theyre small marbled sized. well fucking done billy, youre loss is still felt large but not so large i feel the need to buy you back. lol.

Comment by andy@cynic

Does it have to be a convenience at your own workplace?

Comment by Chris

who the fuck is this grumblemouse and why the fuck arent we friends with him? he sounds our sort of person. well my sort of person.

welcome grumblemouse from your new brother mr fucking miserable rat.

Comment by andy@cynic

He appears to be a bonsai expert and therefore should be introduced to bazza forthwith.

Comment by John

dont give me that semantic shit chris, who the fuck cares, its toilet humour and thats always cheap and cheerful so are you in or out?

Comment by andy@cynic

Oh no.

Comment by George

what the fuck are you getting all flustered for george? dont you want to help your friend out? some mate you are.

Comment by andy@cynic

Robert I can handle, it’s your first comment that has been seeking out oxygen.

Comment by George

@andy@cynic we’re not friends yet because I’m new here but glad we’re friends now – I have a google alert set up for ‘Frequent trips to the toilet’ – you wouldn’t believe the amount of friends I’ve met that way – great to be part of the ‘gang’

Comment by Grumblemouse

In, of course. Arranging appointments at an alleged Commercial Hub forthwith.

Comment by Chris

excefuckinglent.

ill make sure you get the best fucking value out of your h2o mask then.

Comment by andy@cynic

thats much fucking better chris, screw that dilly dallying, youre a man for fucks sake.

grumblemouse. youre in the initiation phase of being accepted as part of the gang. dont get too ahead of yourself despite a fucking awesome application submission.

if this all turns out to be an anticlimax of bazza ipad proportions, im going to hit you campbell.

love ab

Comment by andy@cynic

I’m with team Andy which means I’m in and hope it’s not some insipid planner idea of fun.

Comment by DH

in that case were fucking doomed because planners idea of fun is always fucking insipid.

Comment by andy@cynic

Good news Robert, a friend of Sarah’s who doesn’t know I work with you emailed this post to her saying how fun it sounded. What have you started?

Comment by Pete

What I have in mind is pretty lame I’m afraid … but if you want to do something more evil with it, be my guest – just don’t think you can blame me when you’re in court for wrongful dismissal.

Comment by Rob

Incongruous items show up in our bathroom already. Like random free deodorant samples.
Not sure how well the Japanese ladies would take a joke, but it would sure be fun to find out.

Comment by Japandra

I can’t be seen taking part Robert but I know a man who can, so as long as it is the sort of experiment that will disappoint Andrew’s mischievous side I can give a tentative yes.

Comment by Lee Hill

It’s very nice to have some new people on here (hello all) but where the helll have all the mischievious people gone? We’re suppose to be in the wild and wacky world of advertising, not the pompous and professional black hole of accountancy.

Comment by Rob

Mischevious people stay home on New Year’s Eve.

Comment by John

Naturally I will get involved

Comment by northern

I know the perfect team to help me get this one right 😀

Comment by Rob Mortimer

if you want to put agent orange in your old distruption crapper northern, we will allow it even if i havent the faintest fucking idea what campbell has in mind but im guessing hes more likely to want people to put a fucking orange fruit in office shitters than some banned chemical weapon. hes so fucking square.

Comment by andy@cynic

Not toilet tennis?

Comment by Will

youll be suggesting fucking piss crossovers next will.

Comment by andy@cynic

Never cross the streams Andy. Never.

Comment by Will

Wee crossovers? A new low/high in blog post tangents.

Thanks to all who have said yes on here and via email and [weirdly] SMS. More info will be coming in the next few weeks.

Comment by Rob

Hang on just ONE FUCKING MINUTE. I do toilets. Find another fucking room.

Hello Boucher.

Comment by Marcus

You do toilets?

I know what you mean but it sounds soooooooooooooooooo wrong.

And this is not an attempt to shift you from your ‘throne’ [hahah!], it’s a genuine experiment we want to do to help us get a bit of insight into how people react when they are either confused or socially embarassed.

Then the loo is back to you. Fair?

PS: That “the loo is back to you” was not supposed to rhyme!

Comment by Rob

Grumble.

Comment by Marcus

Talk to the hand. 🙂

Actually better still, talk to the computer and write your comment on yesterday’s post, I want to hear your view.

Right, I’m off to do my bloody concall [yes, at one fucking A.M.] and then to bed as I have another horrid, stinking plane to catch in a few hours.

Ta-ra.

Comment by Rob

I’m Disruption free now Andy, and since th Disruption agency got funny at any internal, erm, disruption, I wouldn’t have been doing it

Comment by northern

Is that true NP … did they really get pissy at internal disruption?

Mind you I don’t know why I’m surprised, a very senior guy at BBH told me the problem they have is that underneath it all, they don’t actually like black sheep that much … but at least their output is consistently high, driven by quality talent, thinking and attitude.

God we’re the most hypocritical industry – which leads me to this:

http://www.samismail.com/blog/2010/03/introducing-the-adpolice.html

Comment by Rob

” insight into how people react when they are either confused or socially embarassed”

here’s some insight for free: behind the closed doors of a ladies loo, peeps are less likely to be confused or ‘socially’ embarassed. they’re already vulnerable, so defenses are already up and it’s not really a ‘public’ or ‘social’ environment.

Comment by lauren

i have also worked in loos.

Comment by lauren

I’ll give you some insight too Lauren:

Don’t assume you know what someone plans to do before they’ve told you.

🙂

Love ya.

Comment by Rob

And I may not have worked in loos … but as a man, I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in them, ha!

[PS: You know the comment above was being cheeky don’t you … don’t want you thinking I’m a patronising bastard, I’m only like that to clients, ha]

Comment by Rob

This could be a tricky proposition in my office, where “the restroom” is one cubicle for the 16 of us, the door in plain view to everyone.

And, yes, it can be awkward at times.

Comment by Simon Kendrick

what we all want to know is if you have any hotties working in your economic office toilet office. any “im so fucking sorry i didnt know you were there” incidents?

Comment by andy@cynic

Andy – the lock, although flimsy, just about prevents such incidents. “Team bonding” is instead established through the lack of an air freshener, making it easy to identify who went out for a curry the previous evening

Comment by Simon

Fuck yeah I’m in.
My workplace most def needs to be messed with.

Comment by Age

touché campbell.

and my insight also wasn’t intended to be patronising: just passing lessons on.

but i did intend to compete with marcus on the ‘working in loos’ territory.

🙂

Comment by lauren




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