Affliction bingo

Wherein I repeat old office humor


There was a coworker in an office who had some of the most annoying habits. Loud outbursts, inopportune singing to himself; you'd run into him in the hall and he'd do his odd thing with his arms and shout out one of a handful of pet phrases. Basically, just annoyed everyone. I was convinced he had a mild form of tourettes.

One day, being bored and having internet access, I went to the Tourettes website and copied down a few symptoms. Next I mixed in a few of the coworker's more infamous tics and created a bingo sheet. Forwarded to a couple other coworkers as a little joke and moved on. Time spent, maybe 15 minutes.

Next thing I know, copies have been made and are being used at meetings. People I barely know are stopping me in the halls telling me they had a "bingo." In a couple days it was everywhere. Don't know if the subject in question caught wind of it.

Just in case you have a similar coworker, here's a version I was able to locate and convert to html table (with help - thanks!)

Print your Tourettes Bingo Card

Spits sunflower seeds in cup	Says "waz up?"	Says "what up dawg?"	Says "FANTASTIC!"	Makes animal-like noises
Squeaking	Snorting	Yelling or Screaming	Whistling	Humming
Facial Grimaces	Smelling Objects	FREE SPOT	Coughing	Echo phenomena: own words or sounds; other's words or sounds
Sniffling	Unusual changes in pitch or volume of voice	Says somebody's full name by drawing it out unnecessarily long	Throat clearing	Burping
Give the two thumbs up	Touching people	Says "AWESOME!"	Singing with headphones on	Says "WooHoo!"