Yesterday, Tom and I were taking part in a teleconference about water coolers when I mentioned to him that a better version of a water cooler would have Diet Dr. Pepper in it. Unfortunately, what I said went over the entire call, enraging the various water cooler salesmen who were trying to up-sell us on their latest and greatest wares.
Yesterday, I was having a sip of the good stuff at the virtual water cooler when Tom stopped by to ask if we had any hand sanitizer. I told him that we did not but that simply washing your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds would keep him safe. “Eh…I’m not really a soap guy,” he said. “That’s…uh…disturbing,” I said as I took a few steps backward.
In the quest for content during quarantine — or “quarantent,” as I call it, I sat down and started putting together an All-Ohio team from players over the last 20 years who didn’t end up going to Ohio State. This is a pretty arduous process, so to get a break from my hard work, I headed over to the office water cooler for some crisp, paper-cupped water.
We were back at ye olde virtual water cooler today for some nice, cool, sips of some pristine agua when I turned to Tom and said, “Tom, which position group on the Ohio State football team has been affected most by having spring ball cancelled?” “Hmm,” he thought as he took an introspective pull from the white paper cup. “That’s a good question.” He then finished the…
With the shortage in national pastimes happening right now, we thought we’d turn to one of our other national pastimes — standing around the water cooler and arguing about sports. So Tom Orr and myself have begun a series where we take interesting and somewhat random sports topics and lay out our thoughts on them, just as you have done and will do again…
