Meet Neville!

[dizzojay]

Okay, so I said I had one more leaving gift, and one that deserved it's own dedicated post. However, I need to give you a little background first ...

I got this gift on Wednesday, and it came from a lady called Heather who I've worked with ever since I started there.  Heather has a delightfully bonkers sense of humour, and that's why I get along with her so well.

Anyway, very many years ago, I returned from a long and boring stint in our archives in the old building which were isolated, dirty, cobwebby and generally nasty.  As I walked back into the office, Heather called out to me, "lonely yet?"

To which I replied (and I've no idea how or why this popped into my mind); "nah, I'm fine, I made friends with a dead spider called Neville."

And thus, the legend of Neville, our shared imaginary friend was born.

Anyway, Heather called me into her office on Wednesday, and there was ... Neville!






When Neville came back to the office with me, he decided to do a little bit of exploration ...



Then he decided to make friends with my lovely Ruth.  She wasn't impressed ...



While he was wandering around, we decided it was time for him to make himself useful, so we got him doing a bit of filing ...



Then he decided he wanted to browse the web ...
(Sorry!)



We got him writing some notes on our whiteboard ...



Then he did a bit of gardening.



And after all that hard work, he was ready for a snack. well, it beats dead flies ...



He enjoyed his snack so much, he was late for a meeting ...



In the end, we decided that he had been so useful, and given that our illustrious overlord, Gaz, was out of the office that day, we thought that Neville should have a promotion. I think he looks far better in Gaz' chair than Gaz ever did.



Needless to say, Neville is home with me now, and is the only spider who will ever be welcome in my house!

Comments

[big-heart-june.livejournal.com]

Haha! *grins and shivers!*

Also? just got in in time to wish you a HAPPPPPY BDAY, BB!!! ♥♥

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ha ha browsing the web....

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

He's a very techno-savvy spider!

[kinkthatwinked.livejournal.com]

Jeez, Ruth, calm down. It's only a spider as big as your face.

Do you think the office would run smoother if Neville were in charge? I mean, he is late to meetings and all ... :)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely an ovverreaction from Ruth if you ask me :D
I don't think Neville could possibly do a worse job than Gaz!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHA! We got one of those for our housemate Timmy about five years ago, and LOL! They are so creepy crawly life like when they move ;)
Nice to meet you Neville, and LMAO! Browsing the Web!!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Heehee, I have to say, as a bit of an arachnophobe myself, he's surprisingly cuddly!

[lysanatt.livejournal.com]

He's adorable! (I'm one of the odd people, who'd actually want a real tarantula because they are fluffy and interesting.) And he sure does a much better job than Gaz the Incompetent. At least Neville doesn't hurt anyone.

I shall now go hunt for one of these, I'm sure it'll be appreciated by my colleagues, and it'll be a nice break from the Nerf gun fights when Neville the Second decides to interfere. *rubs hands in glee*

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I share your enthusiasm for a real tarantula, but yes, I would definitely agree with you about him doing a better job than Gaz the prat!

Here's Neville on Amazon ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Generic-49082-Remote-Control-Tarantula/dp/B00MFP45EK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1459805427&sr=8-1&keywords=remote+control+tarantula

[deceptivemirror.livejournal.com]

Neville is adorable! Can I cuddle him?

(admittedly, I have no real fear of spiders, and he does look soft)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome to have some trans-Atlantic cuddles with Neville :)

[fanspired]

Maybe you should hvae left him there, with a secret camera to film Gaz's reaction when he came back >:}

Surfing the web. lol :))

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I was so tempted, believe me!

[metallidean-grl.livejournal.com]

Oh what fun. You should have let Neville play a little more mischief in Gaz's office. That would have been fun.

So, have the minis met Neville yet? I hope they don't automatically go for the salt or something to kill him.