so last Friday at the office our annual secret Santa gift exchange took place where things are usually pretty tame mugs socks and the occasional quirky desk toy but this year Jeff our resident jokester got a gift card for a free hug clearly amused he decided to redeem it at the HR department insisting it was part of his employee benefits package as Jeff strolled into HR he found Karen our ever serious HR manager who was in the middle of explaining company policy updates to a new recruit without missinga Beat Jeff presented his gift card with a flourish demanding his hug Karen caught off guard paused before awkwardly standing up to fulfill her HR duties just as she leaned in for the world's most uncomfortable Embrace Jeff pulled back with a Sly grin saying on second thought I'd like to save it for a rainy day consider it my hugging account Karen trying to stifle a
so my buddy Jake decided to train his cat whiskers to fetch it started innocently enough with a small rubber ball to her surprise whiskers took to it like a duck to water or a cat to catnip one Lazy Sunday we were lounging in Jake's backyard sipping homemade lemonade when whiskers zoomed off into the neighbor's yard ignoring the ball entirely we chuckled assuming he was on one of his cat whims moments later whiskers pranced back proudly carrying something that looked suspiciously like a small furry animal as he Dr it at Jake's feet we realized it was Mr Thompson's missing tupe which had been the talk of the neighborhood for weeks just as Jake was about to scold whiskers Mr Thompson peaked over the fence his bald head gleaming in the sun he grinned looks like whiskers is a cat burglar