I'm sitting in my little cubicle/cell/hell and one of our maintenance workers walked in, sat down and pulled her chair close in an attempt to keep the conversation down-low.
Eva: "There's a problem with the gingerbread house in the cafeteria."
Me: (immediately running through a mental list of the Ten Passover Plagues: I've already had a swarm of locust (ant infestation); a river of blood (burgundy & forest green candy canes melting into a dark-red puddle on the Royal icing snow); and darkness (generator blew out second day and all the electric lights on the house went out). This still leaves seven more.)
Me: What's wrong!
Eva: The snowman fell over.
Me: Really! The one standing by the bike?
Eva: No...this one fell on the railroad tracks.
Me: (immediately relieved) Oh, that's okay!
Eva: But it's laying on its side?
Me: Yes! It's supposed to be tied down on the tracks.
Eva: (confused look)
Me: ...you know, like the Perils of Pauline Pitstop?
Eva: (confused look)
Me: ...helpless maiden kidnapped by evil guy twisting his moustache?
Eva: (confused look)
Me: evil guy? The Hooded Claw? Dick Dastardly?
Eva: (confused look)
Me: You know what, I'll stop by at lunch and fix it.
Eva: (relieved look.)
https://moderateinthemiddle.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/05_12_09_railroad_pauline.jpg
Eva: "There's a problem with the gingerbread house in the cafeteria."
Me: (immediately running through a mental list of the Ten Passover Plagues: I've already had a swarm of locust (ant infestation); a river of blood (burgundy & forest green candy canes melting into a dark-red puddle on the Royal icing snow); and darkness (generator blew out second day and all the electric lights on the house went out). This still leaves seven more.)
Me: What's wrong!
Eva: The snowman fell over.
Me: Really! The one standing by the bike?
Eva: No...this one fell on the railroad tracks.
Me: (immediately relieved) Oh, that's okay!
Eva: But it's laying on its side?
Me: Yes! It's supposed to be tied down on the tracks.
Eva: (confused look)
Me: ...you know, like the Perils of Pauline Pitstop?
Eva: (confused look)
Me: ...helpless maiden kidnapped by evil guy twisting his moustache?
Eva: (confused look)
Me: evil guy? The Hooded Claw? Dick Dastardly?
Eva: (confused look)
Me: You know what, I'll stop by at lunch and fix it.
Eva: (relieved look.)
https://moderateinthemiddle.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/05_12_09_railroad_pauline.jpg