Oh god, that IS a pretty nasty gash. It looks like your prize was a trip to the ER for 6 stitches? Possibly seven, I really didn't want to look close enough to get an accurate number beyond a 5 second at a glance count. Made my stomach churn a bit to see it anyway.

Who'd you guys rent that cage from (as I assume Woot does not own a random dunk tank) cause like, as proven above, that thing is kinda dangerous. If nothing else they need to know so no one else suffers an injury. Maybe attach some plastic shields or put some of those little plastic caps on the sharp exposed pointy ends on the inside to protect the dunkee.

In any case, "It's a bummer, too, because that's the finger he uses to communicate with most". Now you'll have to learn to communicate ambidextrously. Hopefully your other hand gets the point across just as well.

Did you at least get someone to kiss it and make it better?

I hope you added a teaspoon of red food coloring to the water before the rental company came to pick it up. You should know by now that the Legal Dept. always wins.

When can we pick up a Monkey Games t-shirt?

And will you be sending the dunk tank in a Bundle of Crops any time soon? Along with hefty absolving-Woot!-of-any-liability paperwork?

Also, get well soon CEO of Woot! I've nearly cut off my finger with a cooking knife, so I can empathize.

matthew wrote:A month ago!

http://shirt.woot.com/friends.aspx?k=woot-athletics

That isn't the same shirt as the shirt seen/worn at the Monkey Games.

fldeals wrote:That isn't the same shirt as the shirt seen/worn at the Monkey Games.

Well, to get that one, the first step would be to begin employment with woot.com prior to the beginning of summer, 2011.

Also, isn't the fence intended to protect the dunkee?

PocketBrain wrote:Well, to get that one, the first step would be to begin employment with woot.com prior to the beginning of summer, 2011.

Also, isn't the fence intended to protect the dunkee?

My understanding is that his finger was actually pinched in the hinge/rolling mechanism that flips the seat and does the dunking.

ALLEGEDLY his hand was there because someone triggered the dunking by hand when he wasn't looking. There are rumors of a YouTube video, or Zapruder Film, showing distinctly one Woot employee, doubtless blood-crazed with disgruntlement, flipping the switch that sent our CEO's finger into the shredder.

But of course, if you believe in shadowy cabals influencing the events of the company through behind-the-dunk-tank machinations, you're just a conspiracy theorist!

Right?

Its not all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

I am surprised that there hasn't been a push for dunk-tank safety reform. I had a manager get a gash on his head from the dunk tank.

It really got the sharks warmed up for the next guy.

The assets team manager took a deep breath and held his nose prior to being dunked. Weaksauce was sprinkled all over that one. I am sure the depth of his dive was calculated and that woot staff ensured that he wouldn't suffer from decompression illness or nitrogen narcosis.

I got 2 monkey games shirts (different from the woot athletics shirts that were sold). Got them from winning 2 of the weekly competitions. Picked up a green one for myself and an orange for the wife. Get comments on them almost daily.

Also got 2 of the limited woot monkey games flying monkeys!

So I guess those OSHA-approved tests of skill, speed, strength, dexterity, and charisma aren't all that OSHA friendly after all... oh well.

Tell your CEO that he got off easy. Our CEO blew out his Achilles playing volleyball at last summer's company event. Not a fun scene at all... but at least I got the point.

Congrats to Assets and well done everyone else.

Looking forward to next years games!

Done with the monkey games,
Back to the monkey business.

A Haiku:

Monkey games at woot
everyone had lots of fun
give me a carp bag

I am curious as to why I got this most awesome gift of a woot monkey games monkey on my doorstep.

A big thanks by the by to whomever was in charge of that decision.




Apologies, I do not know how to reformat this.

Thanks bluejester for helping me figure out what was going on.

I also give my thanks to the person/persons who decided to gift the rarest of rare monkey.

You peoples are awesome. I love this place.

Thank you.

matthew wrote:Nice callback. You win today's reading and retention award!

What was that - what did you say? Something about reading or what - gotta go get my glasses but they don't help my memory. Oh lordy, but the sweet, dear green hatted monkey will. Now where was I?