Several years ago, I participated in a Secret Santa exchange at work. Participation was voluntary, and to help the gifters choose something appropriate, each participant filled out a tag with 2 or 3 inexpensive suggestions.
My go-tos were always coffee and chocolate, and that particular year I added "Lawn ornament" because there were lots of cute options out there.
Well, the Coworker I Disliked The Most drew my name. And she bought me a lawn ornament.
Now, there is absolutely nothing offensive about this lawn ornament. It's a little cherub with reflective wings, much like this one:
http://outdoorstatue.org/store/cherub-garden-statues/seated-cherub-statue-medium-121702069919400/I probably wouldn't have picked it out for myself, but it's inoffensive and I did find a perfect use for it on my deck.
However...because it was given to me by someone I really didn't care for, it's very hard to get attached to the little thing.
And as time goes on, it's sort of become affectionately hideous in our eyes.
And, every few months, someone spots it and starts another round of "Weeping Angel."
This geek game involves taking the statue and sticking it in places designed to startle other members of the family.
This week it was in my dresser drawer (thank you son!)
From there it went to Mr. Dragon's sock drawer.
He, in turn, put it in the kid's bathtub, where a groggily awake teenager would be sure to get an eyeful first thing in the morning.
(Got an unexpected victim when Big Sister when to borrow the teen's tub for a late night bath. She shrieked most satisfactorily!)
So that is what geeks do. They find lemons and turn them into Dr. Who games of "torment the family!"
