And meanwhile
“Office Christmas Party” is definitely a stock image search worth pursuing. Back when I worked in an actual office as a designer (1998-99), our stock image catalogues were full of pictures of comics writer Grant Morrison, whose bald-headed look was, at the time, compellingly novel. How the tables have turned. Now everyone is bald as an egg and Grant works in our local Tesco Express.
Oh, Tim and Sarah…! What sweet mystery have you discovered, sharing — well, I won’t get into descriptions, just yet. I’m just happy for them if their dental coverage has been sufficient. I’m sure the ambience is suitable, as well, for the other people on either side of the partitions…although I’m willing to believe that Holly’s ordinarily quite clever.
I just have to say, I admire Mr. Allison’s attention to detail.
Tim and Sarah are wearing the *exact same clothing and hairstyles* as the original storyline this is based from in 1998.
http://scarygoround.com/bobbins/index-archive.php?date=19981215
Not until now has the value proposition of box wine been so succinctly and thoroughly captured.
It is notoriously bourgeois, certainly. I hope it still affords a pleasant introduction to the gourmand who, needing that one gateway experience, might appreciate a nice, potable beverage of some sort. (A bloke assumes box wine is potable. Maybe a nice bottled red with a screw-off top, for around £9, would be preferable. Sadly, it’s hard for a fellow to be sure.)
100% what? Awesome? I have been squinting and zooming to no avail…
Adequate, I believe.
That does seem right.
https://giphy.com/gifs/globaltv-stephen-colbert-eyebrows-wiggling-8PBe3VXPD4uk0XoRA7
(Suspicious Mr. Colbert may rightly be suspicious of box wine, but I’ll — hic! — still drink to that. I’m old enough and it’s affordable, after all.)
I’ve just searched “office christmas party” on iStockPhoto, and the results split neatly between “beautiful young people pantomiming enjoyment while wearing Santa caps” and “someone get HR involved *right effing now*”.
You are referring to the one with the copier?
I’ve seen it. I’ve got some glass cleaner for the platen, but we must get her a ride for home. …And maybe write a carefully-worded note for Len, for later.
(I’m sorry, but I thought she was Amy. HR would know, yes?)
This makes me sad.
My party life was standing there resembling Rich and hoping that I would fall into a situation that would require HR, of course due to a mutually agreed breech of the rules with my codefendant, but knowing that I would go home without love, to the snickers of Holly in the background.
Strangely, I did eventually meet my future wife at a Christmas party… Hang in there Rich! All it takes is one good swing and you can knock it out of the park!
I used something like https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Office+Christmas+party , and I’m afraid I found one with Future Christmas Amy in it, at https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/debretts-2017-guide-christmas-etiquette-gifts-dinner-family-friends-drinks-a8083156.html . (I don’t know why Firefox for Android adds URI variables like “FORM=HDRSC2” and “PC=MOZB”, but I don’t care. Oh, Amy…!)
I love the way Shelley’s playful faux shocked look in panel 2 becomes a genuinely shocked (and worried) look in panel 3.
(Gasp…!) Dramatic continuity! Gracious, you’re right (and thanks)!
I rather like Polly’s “resting murder face”.
Don’t fancy Rich’s chance there.
Thanks. I start to feel that my theory-du-jour about Holly is a little validated. Namely, she might be joking or simply a little pickled, and her assessment of others is disappointingly (ahem) inaccurate.
What, Grant Morrison working for Tesco?
Say it isn’t so!
I mean, I hope at least he’s an assistant manager or something.
While Shelley and Ames are my favorite Tackleford team, I think Shelley and Holly are a close second or third. Lottie, Shauna and Mildred are pretty sharp contenders too.