Take Your Landmine To Work Day

A landmine goofs off at the photocopier.

David prepares to test
his explosive new filing system.

Jason exposes his landmine
and his brain to radiation.

Alanna instructs her landmine
in the finer points of office etiquette.

I sent away for some information about donating to the Canadian Landmine Foundation. In case you’re confused, this is the Canadian chapter of an international network of organizations who have banded together AGAINST landmines, or FOR removing them. Apparently it only costs $3 to manufacture and plant a landmine, compared to $300 or so to destroy one (assuming you want to do it safely.) There are cheaper ways to destroy landmines, but these are not sacntioned by the Canadian Landmine Foundation (or by me, just for the record.)

In response to my query, the CLF sent me a very informative package, which included, of all things, A LIFE-SIZED REPLICA OF AN ACTUAL LANDMINE. It reminded me a lot of the time I wanted to donate to the Coalition Against Voodoo Dolls, and they sent me a fake voodoo doll. The pins didn’t work on that thing either.

Since education is so important to the War Against Landmines, I decided that I would educate my new landmine the best way I knew how. Enter Take Your Landmine To Work Day, an unprecedented opportunity for landmines, normally problematic in the third world, to learn about peaceful North American culture first hand.

My then co-workers (through no fault of my landmine I am no longer with the organization depicted ) opened their hearts and their cubicles to show my landmine (nickname: Sir Bombsalot) the path to a better life. Thanks to their generosity, Bombsy is now aware of the greater possibilities open to explosive devices who shun their explody ways, don attractive cravats and step forward to embrace the challenges and rewards of corporate life.