Fukobukuro 19: Fools Rush In

  • This is a Fukobukuro, an unlucky bag
  • That means it’s filled with worthless junk you wouldn’t buy knowingly, and you shouldn’t buy it sight unseen either
  • We used to sell the same sort of thing as a “Fukubukuro”, or “lucky bag”, but the contents couldn’t live up to the name
  • Before that, we used to sell the same sort of thing as a “BoC” (Bag of Crap) at Woot, but someone else runs that business now
  • Long before that, you got your Japanese custom of Fukubukuro dating to the Meiji period, but all we really know about that is what’s on Wikipedia
  • ONLY BUY ONE. Multiple orders will be canceled.
  • (Or buy zero, if you’re smart.)
  • Model: APRFU49
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Mediocrebot's Prankstravaganza / Massacre

At 4:15 I made my way towards Conference Room Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Normally I would roll my eyes at such overt nerd pandering, but I was too excited wondering what prank I might fall victim to.

Every cubicle was empty. It was statistically impossible that every employee had suddenly started caring about meeting start times. This only meant one thing: it was either going to be a “We’ve been acquired” meeting or a “We’re out of business” meeting.

In Conference Room Neil DeGrasse Tyson a Post-It Note sat on the conference table. It read: “Meeting’s been moved to Spock.”

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