Life Tips

so last Friday our office team decided to do a team building escape room everyone was pumped finally a chance to show off our Sherlock's skills outside of finding who keeps stealing lunches from the fridge we arrived at the venue but instead of heading straight to the game room we found ourselves inexplicably trapped in the lobby the receptionist who bore an uncanny resemblance to my aunt Edna handed us clipboards with forms that looked suspiciously like tax documents confused but committed we started filling them out thinking it was some clever riddle 30 minutes in we realized we'd been outsmarted by a locked door and a sign that read push rather than pull defeated but not deflated we finally got into the escape room with our heads held high later explaining the situation to HR we cleverly said "Well we were testing our team building skills on bureaucracy which it turns out is the ultimate escape

  so my aunt decided to host this murder mystery dinner party right it was supposed to be a classy affair with everyone dressed to the nines and playing their part in a who done it game everything started smoothly with guests mingling and sipping on their mocktails while eyeing each other suspiciously aunt Linda had even gone the extra mile dimming the lights for added drama but just as we began unraveling the mystery chaos erupted in the middle of the living room a loud crow echoed and there stood the neighbor's runaway rooster Reginald strutting around like he owned the place turns out he had sneaked in through the open patio door while everyone was trying to catch the feathered fiend Uncle Joe never want to miss a pun shouted "Well I guess the real foul play was under our noses the whole time." Everyone groaned but it was hard not to laugh at

  so my friends and I decided it was time to take our garage band the Desel Dudes to the next level we wanted to be cooler maybe even land a gig at the local pizza joint our drummer Tim mentioned he knew a professional sound engineer so we jumped at the chance when the day came in walked Greg a middle-aged guy with glasses and a cardigan who introduced himself as a librarian we were skeptical but he had this quiet confidence greg immediately started shushing us every time we got too loud at first we thought it was weird but then we realized our music sounded clearer more refined greg had a way of balancing our sound with just a gentle pitch it was like magic after the session we asked Greg how he learned to manage volume so well he adjusted his glasses with a smile and said "Years of practice keeping teenagers quiet in the library it turns out

  last Friday our weekly poker night took an unexpected turn My buddy Dave brought his dog Max claiming his wife kicked them both out for the evening Max a golden retriever with a pension for fetching slippers and leftovers sat beside Dave watching us intently We all thought it was cute until Dave jokingly dealt Max a hand With a nudge from Dave Max tapped his paw on the table to callull and nudged his cards like he'd been playing poker for years As the night went on Max kept winning hands leaving us baffled We chuckled at the idea of a dog outsmarting us until the final round when Max laid down a full house We just gked wondering if we should be proud or embarrassed Dave shrugged and quipped "Well he does have an ace up his sleeve He's got fleas." As Max wagged his tail and barked at triumph we realized we might need to

  so there we were at our annual family picnic complete with potato salad Frisbee and Uncle Bob's questionable barbecuing skills this year Grandpa decided to spice things up by bringing his new drone along now grandpa isn't exactly techsavvy last Christmas he mistook the TV remote for his phone and tried to call my aunt but today he was determined to show us his drone piloting prowess as he fiddled with the controls the Drone soared into the sky wobbling slightly like a baby bird on its first flight suddenly it off course disappearing over the neighbor's fence we heard a faint thud followed by Grandpa's triumphant shout look it's coming back sure enough the Drone returned but now with a pizza box dangling beneath it courtesy of the neighbor's backyard party Grandpa beamed see I told you I could deliver we all laughed and someone [Music]

  so there we were basking in the sun at Dave's backyard barbecue ready to devour some burgers and hot dogs dave was beaming with pride over his new state-of-the-art grill claiming it was the best money could buy as he fired it up we heard a faint melody drifting through the air at first we thought it was the neighbor's radio but as the sound grew clearer we realized it was coming from the grill itself confused we watched as Dave fiddled with the knobs only for the grill to switch from sizzling steaks to swavely playing girl from Epana turns out Dave had bought a Bluetooth enabled speaker disguised as a grill as we laughed at the absurdity my buddy Jim chimed in "Well Dave at least this way your grill marks will always hit all the right notes