Secret Santa
We’ve just had our Secret Santa hand out. This annual event nominates each person in the office to buy one present for another colleague through the process of pulling a random name from the hat (or in our case my cupped hands). The aim is not to reveal who gave the presents to who but we’re all big kids and normally work out who gave what in the end.
This year has been quite thoughtful and we’ve had lovely bottles of alcohol given, gift vouchers, gadgets, and music CDs. However, our favourite is the book of ‘Really Gross Facts’ which was given as a gift to our MD. Being that it is Christmas and if you are reading it this afternoon, you won’t mind me entertaining you with a few little factoids…
… be aware, they aren’t fluffy lovely facts, in fact, they are quite disgusting and we’ve been saying ‘urgh’ and laughing at our perverse sense of humour!
FACT 1: Dust is made up of ten billion tiny scales of dead skin that you shed every day. That’s the equivalent of 18 bags of flour over your whole life! (urgh!)
FACT 2: Women flatulate three times more during the day than men do (hmm… not sure about that one)
FACT 3: When you inhale, the air enters your nose at 4mph, although it rushes in at 20mph when you take a good sniff. When you sneeze, the air rushes out at 100mph!
FACT 4: You swallow half a litre of urine during a 60-minute swim.
The other facts are too disgusting to tell you so buy the book or live in the knowledge that your mind hasn’t been scarred by the yucky facts that are contained in this ever-so-not-festive book.
So on that note, have a lovely Christmas and make sure you don’t work too hard next week even though I know many of you will check your email at the very least!