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To alert people to the fact that headed paper is about to be run through our printer, we select a daily animal, and yell out the name when someone runs headed. (We used to say "headed", but too many people ignored that, because they'd got used to it as a background office noise. I suggested flashing orange lights and a big klaxon going "AWOOOOGA! AWOOOOGA!", but that was turned down ...)
Following on from recent events in Croydon, todays animal is "Football fan".
Disclaimer: And yes, I know this only applies to a very small number of fans, and the majority are perfectly normal people who just happen to enjoy watching 23 men running around a pitch in pursuit of an inflated bladder (a modern version of "the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible", perhaps). But it made us laugh, and means we can today call out "a pub of football fans" when printing several pages, or "a Croydon of football fans" when printing a mail merge.
Following on from recent events in Croydon, todays animal is "Football fan".
Disclaimer: And yes, I know this only applies to a very small number of fans, and the majority are perfectly normal people who just happen to enjoy watching 23 men running around a pitch in pursuit of an inflated bladder (a modern version of "the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible", perhaps). But it made us laugh, and means we can today call out "a pub of football fans" when printing several pages, or "a Croydon of football fans" when printing a mail merge.