The hotel lobby

[onejayhawk]

I was passing through the lobby of a very large hotel recently. In one corner there was a collection of chess players who were between rounds of a tournament, agruing about who had had sprung the biggest trap. In another area some ski buffs were trying out their new outer ware. At the desk our event manager, Carol Johnson, already dressed up like an elf to MC the dinner, was frantically trying to organize some entertainment, because the chorus she had scheduled had backed out at the last minute. There was even a guy with his shoes and sox off, trimming his toenails with a pocket knife.

All in all it was very seasonal. After all you had



























Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer,
Jackknife nipping at the toes,
Yuletime Carol being stung by the choir and
Folks dressed up like eskimoes.

J

PS I'll leave the one about the whorey chess nut for another day.