Monday, April 02, 2007
You could learn a lot from a Peep.
| With Easter looming on the horizon, I once again feel the need to bring in the Peeps for a little fun in honor of one of my all time favorite web sites www.peepresearch.org. The title of this post is of course an homage to Vince and Larry, The Crash Test Dummies. (Not to be confused with These idiots. And yes I know it would have sounded better if I had gone with "Bunnies" instead of "Peeps" but frankly, the bunnies don't have butts, and there's something seriously wrong when a bunny doesn't have a butt. Be that as it may, I spent some time today contemplating Peeps and what they might teach us in a Zen sort of fashion. Somehow let the Peeps speak to us and help us to be more Peepish. So without an further delay, here are a few lessons from my friends, the Peeps: 1) No matter what color you are, yellow, pink, purple, blue, white, or whatever, Peeps are really all the same. What a wonderful statement on race relations. After all we are all the same color on the inside. (Please trust me on that. Do not go cutting people open to check!) 2) Peeps are very environmentally aware. In fact you never see Peeps traveling by themselves. They always car pool in groups of 5:  3) Peeps are great at teamwork. Peeps stick together!  4) Peeps are all about recycling. Have you tried "Peep Poop" TM on your cereal in the morning? YUMMY!  5) Even when seperated from the group, Peeps are still very resilient.  (Bet you can't tell I whacked the heck out of the one on the left and he came right back for more) 6) Peeps know what it takes to survive in today's corporate world. When you've had your head bit off in one meeting, and gotten your butt chewed in another, Peeps just keep moving right along. Nothing gets them down.  So let this be a lesson to you. When life gets tough and things just don't seem to go your way, think of the mighty Peep and take strength from their teachings. Sure they may be squishy and exceptionally sweet, but they haven't an ounce of fat on them, and if you leave them alone on the counter til Halloween, they'll be tough enough to chip your tooth! Yes for the record I left out a lot of other great Peep facts. Like have you ever floated a peep in your coffee or hot chocolate in the morning. Sure some people in the staff meeting with stare at you, but deep down they'll all be jealous of you.  |
