# Office Christmas party this afternoon: who will make the biggest fool of himself? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-christmas-party-this-afternoon-who-will-make-the-biggest-fool-of-himself/333638 "2005-12-01T23:05:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-christmas-party-this-afternoon-who-will-make-the-biggest-fool-of-himself/333638/1 "2005-12-01T23:05:37Z")
The office Christmas function rolls around for another year this afternoon. It’s shaping up to be a warm and humid day so no doubt there will be plenty of alcohol consumed. Last year we were all entertained by a wonderfully embarrassing exhibition by a (now ex) staff member who got completely plastered and made an absolute fool of himself. Everyone’s wondering whether we’ll see anything as entertaining this year. ---
**Author:** ![YellowTail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@YellowTail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YellowTail)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-christmas-party-this-afternoon-who-will-make-the-biggest-fool-of-himself/333638/2 "2005-12-01T23:19:00Z")
Our department’s party is tonight. We’ve always been a close-knit group and felt free to become a tad inebriated in front of each other in years past. This year, due to acquisitions, we’ve got a bunch of new people. I wonder if it’ll be toned down or … It’s going to be cold outside, so no doubt lots of libation will be consumed. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-christmas-party-this-afternoon-who-will-make-the-biggest-fool-of-himself/333638/3 "2005-12-01T23:22:28Z")
Just hope it’s not you! ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-christmas-party-this-afternoon-who-will-make-the-biggest-fool-of-himself/333638/4 "2005-12-02T00:04:15Z")
Our company has a get together every year at a nearby bar. We reserve the whole back half of the joint. This get together is tomorrow. I will report back. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-christmas-party-this-afternoon-who-will-make-the-biggest-fool-of-himself/333638/5 "2005-12-02T16:58:48Z")
There’s a fair amount of competition (not deliberately, just by default) at our Christmas bash. I certainly didn’t win last year since I did none of the following: [ul][li]Fall arse over tit into the bushes and not be able to get out[_]Sing unbelievably badly in the Karaoke (uncharacteristicly sensibly I didn’t sing at all).[_]Throw up (always popular) extra points for hitting a director.Kiss the CEO on the head[/ul][/li] There were many other incidents that I missed as I was _terribly drunk_ at the time.