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Recently I had a few conversations about "remember Chico and the Pace hat?" and so I have dusted off the blog...

The long and short of it is that I shared a cubicle wall with a man who had this monstrosity of a hat sitting on top of his overhead cabinet. We had recently been reorganized to report to the same manager, and I asked her if I could steal the hat as a joke. With a gleam in her eye, she said yes and became my accomplice. (I barely knew Jack at the time. )

I decided to send him pictures a la Photoshop of where the hat might be. Add in a couple of my son's stuffed animals, and it got out of hand pretty quickly. My friend provided the plotline and a few Eurodisney photos that made the joke last for a good portion of the summer. Even at the end, he had NO idea it had been me, until I handed him the hat back.

To experience the story as Jack did, use the archives in the right and go through the postings in chronological order. Then you will see the messages in the order that Jack received them.

enjoy!
~Carly

Donkey WINS!

Dear Jack,
I won!! I won!!!
I will bring you the hat soon!!!!
Your friend,
~Donkey

Jack has a bogus meeting coming up soon. He doesn't know it, though. I am going to show up at the meeting and give him this stupid hat back!!!

The race

The foolish Donkey has agreed to a race.
A few more furlongs and the hat belongs to Chico forever.
This is a fine hat.
(signed by Chico)

This will actually drop about Tuesday or Wednesday of this week due to vacation of Person and/or Accomplice. It's almost over, kiddies. Thanks for keeping me company.

Almost caught up

"Dear Jack,

He's here! I saw him! I'm really going to get that hat this time.

Don't worry, I will keep looking!

Your friend,

~Donkey"

You know he's going to find Chico, right? It's about time for this gag to end? This one was delivered to Jack yesterday and he has it hanging in his cubicle.

Back at work

Someone Jack strongly suspects has been out for 2 weeks.

she's baaaaaaaaaack! so the photos can resume again (we will wrap this up Aug 30th)


Chico is relaxed now. The weather is great here at Saratoga. This is a fine hat.

The Beginning of the End

This sets the story into motion, that will return the hat at summer's end.

Dear Jack, I hope you enjoy your vacations this summer. I was doing some thinking, and I remembered that EVERY summer Chico bets on the horses.

The horses, of course(s), return to Saratoga today.

Hi

Jack is on vacation this week.

We needed a break!!

Donkey at Eurodisney

This will hopefully deliver to Jack on Friday if I can get an accomplice to help.

Dear Jack,
EuroDisney is awesome! Wait, it has a different name now. Anyway, I think Chico is here somewhere.
Don't worry, I will keep looking!
Your friend, ~Donkey

Chico at Eurodisney

Thanks to L. for the photos. As promised I have erased your cute kids.

I have to drop two on Jack's desk in the next couple of days because someone he strongly suspects is out of the office for a week and this will hopefully frustrate him.

Chico has slipped back to Disneyland Resort Paris for a short visit.
This is a fine hat.

For My Friend Oliver

I am so, VERY sorry Oliver!

I was at a friend's family gathering today. I walked into the living room and said "Yeah!" because at the time it was 1-0.

Then I realized everyone in the room was of Italian- American heritage. Oops. They let me stay.


Dear Jack,
I was so sorry to find out that not only was Zidane red carded, but also that Chico was no longer at the stadium. The confetti was fun though!
Don't worry, I will keep looking!
Your friend, ~Donkey

Updates

Spies report that after Donkey's inquiry(the PS on his most recent message) , Jack showed the video to several people. Apparently he DID view it when he received it, but didn't share it with everyone due to all of the office moves.

This week he played it for a few people (the music was heard several times... it's QUITE distinctive...) and it sparked a debate about whether a woman would walk into a men's room for this gag. A bystander affirmed she would absolutely do it, but Jack was apparently not convinced. Another bystander said "What, with all of the cameras/security here?"

Currently he still thinks it's someone named J, who sits near him, and a woman named N.

J is the person Neil originally suspected, (quite some time ago a spy heard Neil discuss plans to go by J's house to examine his deck).

J and N have no idea who's really behind this. Ha!

PS: Sorry about Italy, Liz.... Donkey will appear soon with Zidane if that helps....

Football

I would be remiss to ignore the World cup, wouldn't I ???

"the real secret behind Italy's exciting football victory the other day....

this is a fine hat."

Now you KNOW Donkey will be at the finals on Sunday, right?

Donkey searches on

I do hope that Manolis will forgive me if he ever realizes that I'm using his photos. They are spectacular and he has traveled far more than I can ever hope to.

Donkey writes:

Dear Jack,

Manolis was surprised to see me, but I know that Chico is here in Greece somewhere. I'll keep looking. Don't worry! Your friend, ~Donkey

PS: Did you like the video on the CD I sent you?

I need to know if Jack ever saw the video!!!

Incidentally

found a great site - http://web.mit.edu/manoli/www//

Manolis has traveled all around the world. Some of his pictures may look VERY familiar to Jack someday.

Greece

Jack somehow thought it significant that the New York airport photo was "old" because of the TWA logo. I thought we were well past that question now.... Chico is NOT ACTUALLY TRAVELING WITH THE HAT!!! Sheesh. Because, if a Person had that kind of money, the Person would not be skulking about CWB!!

Honestly, now that I've learned how to erase the background around Chico, resize him as needed, and drop him onto a scene, the hard part is finding a picture of whatever location I have in mind.

* * *

So Jack, you were concerned that the airport picture was "old" because it showed TWA. Here is another old building for you. Does this tell you anything?

Perhaps if Chico travels in alphabetical order, Jack and Donkey can catch up. France, Greece... Italy?

This is a fine hat.

Poor Donkey

He's trying so hard.

He just CAN'T find Chico. Not yet, anyway.

"Dear Jack,
I know that Chico is here somewhere. I'll keep looking. Don't worry!
Your friend, Donkey
PS: the food is GREAT here!"

Croissants

"Chico is enjoying his visit, even though the weather is not picture-perfect. That silly Donkey will never find him. Donkeys aren't very smart, are they Jack?"

Chico's been quiet for a few days. We moved to new cubicles at work; Jack didn't hang up any Chico pictures at first so I thought the joke was played out. But I passed by today and saw the NYC airport photo has now been put up; so now we should let Jack know where Chico is.

Donkey will have to go to the Louvre or the Arc de Triomphe; Donkey is always a little bit confused about where Chico is. He's got a good heart, he's just not as fiendishly clever as Chico.

The donkey /smart remark is a subtle jab at Jack's Democrat status. Just to needle him a little.

Photos from France were taken by my wonderful friend Marco... thanks!!!

Leaving on a jet plane

Chico is off to Paris. Don't tell Jack.


"Chico is leaving the country. Where do you think he's headed, Jack? Hint... the food is better than your average fund-raiser dinner...)"

I'm tired but

Jack has jury duty this week. Not much creativity here but perhaps Jack hasn't mentioned it very much. He certainly never mentioned it to ME.

Video

(Created by Virgil, aka Accomplice 2) - goal is to make Jack think Person is on a specific floor in the building. Turn your sound on, because the song makes this video VERY funny somehow.