#179 — Where the Wild Things Work

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Who doesn’t love a trip to the zoo?

Well, probably the animals for whom it is a one-way trip, but that’s not really the point. The point is that you get to spend a happy, lazy day eating junk food and wandering past neat rows of tiny cages containing permanently trapped animals. As you stare at their cute faces, you just know that — if they could talk — they’d beg you to rescue them.

If you can’t afford the zoo, you can get much the same experience with a bag of vending-machine pretzels and a visit to the cubicle farm of any corporation in America. Except, as you walk past the cubicles and stare at the occupants’ cute little faces, they can talk and they will beg you to rescue them. If you’re feeling kind, you might toss a pretzel or two their way. Don’t encourage them too much, though, or they’ll break out and follow you home. It’s not that hard to escape a cubicle — unless all you have is a liberal arts degree. (Full Text)

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Notes:

• Thanks to Vee of http://jugglingscarves.blogspot.com for recommending the show on the MightyGirl.com site.
• Thanks to Andrew Hackard and Ringmaster Greg for great show ideas!
• If you’re willing, I’d be grateful for a review on the new Farpoint Media website at:
  http://www.farpointmedia.com/short-cummings-audio/