That bicycle was the only personal item in Joe Pope’s office. He had no posters, postcards, doodads, snow globes, souvenirs, framed pictures, art reproductions, mementos, no humor books on the shelves and nothing to clutter his desk. He had been in that office for three years and it still looked temporary. Every day we had to wonder—who the hell was this Joe Pope, anyway? It wasn’t that we had anything against him. It was just that he was maybe an inch shorter than he should have been. He listened to weird music. We didn’t know what he did on the weekends. What sort of person showed up on Monday and had no interest in sharing what transpired during the two days of the week when one’s real life took place? His weekends were long dark shadows of mystery.
It came with a tempting offer of gaining 20 bucks if I used it as my screensaver for a week--a figurative one-finger salute for all to see but only the clever to parse. After a brief internal struggle, I demurred. It was a struggle, though, believe me.
If that doesn't say yum! I don't know what does.
Their company tagline: "We are pleased to meet you, and have meat to please." For serious.
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