Tuesday, April 24, 2007

the office

The exam director was on vacation all last week. Things I find interesting about her: She has an aversion to all condiments (ketchup, mustard, mayo, relish, ranch, etc.) I once asked her how she can eat a dry sandwich. She said she butters the bread (yuk!). She also refuses to write with yellow number two pencils and yellow post-it notes. Her aversion here is not directed toward the color yellow, but toward things that are ordinary. She likes bright and bold inks and pencils with flair.

So while the exam director is on vacation her assistants decide to confiscate her collection of fancy pens and pencils and brightly colored post-it notes. They come to me for help in creating a ransom note poster (as a graphic designer I get these kinds of requests all the time). My first suggestion was to go old-school and cut out letters from magazines. They didn't have the patience for that, so my next suggestion was to Google it. I was surprise to find a "ransom-note generator" available, and even more surprised to find that there are many. Who new there was such a demand?

Here's one I made:

I really like the choice of white or yellow paper on this one

So get to ransom-ing!

5 comments:

CëRïSë said...

That's hilarious; how classic that she came back with pens and post-its for all of you!

And poor Mrs. Castle. I hope she returns safely.

Daniel said...

Mrs. Castle is kaput.

Daniel said...

Ashes to ashes, dumpster to dumpster.

Ellen said...

i especially like the spelling of the state's name i live in...ellinois it is.

Karen said...

Well she only brought pens and pencils for her assitants (not me). But at least I came out of this looking more responsible, so maybe next time I'll be monitor!