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i reached into the darkness under my desk feeling for the zip disk on top of my mac g3 case. my fingers encountered some thing very alien and unexpected.
quick and sudden surprised confusion, like when you take a sip of water expecting it to be milk. not sure what it is, but very sure of what it is not. in the briefest moment your brain recognizes the texture, weight, shape to be very wrong. my fingertips had detected some thing slight, some thing delicate yet brittle.
as i quickly retract my hand, i hear some thing gently but solidly land on the carpet floor. i froze, slightly scared to find out what it was. the creative department is dimly lit to reduce monitor glare. the space under the desks could be used for mushroom farming. i pull the microsoft schwag pen light from my drawer to investigate.
the zip disk is on top of the g3 case. whatever it was dropped behind the g3. half under my desk on hands and knees i flaunt ass crack to anyone who is interested. slowly sweeping the floor with the pen light i catch a glimpse of two bug eyes the size of peas. the flight instinct causes me to smash my head into the underside of my desk. i sat on the floor feeling stupid for scaring so easy. i pull the g4 aside to find a giant dragonfly.
he was magnificent. obviously he had been mounted by some one who knew what they were doing. perfectly preserved with his wings spread perpendicular to his body. it was the largest one i had ever seen, possessing a five inch wingspan. his segmented body was a cool metallic greenish blue. the extra long tail was necessary to offset the weight of the two large spherical eyes. he looked like a super futuristic evil helicopter of some sort.
it has been over two years since i found him. the prankster is yet to reveal himself. such an odd prank. why was the dragon fly mounted in such perfect form?
thanks to witold riedel for reminding me of this story! read about his find!
Posted by griff at July 02, 2002 02:12 AM