Wook-Off Continued...Don't Smell the Wookie!

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Ok, so I see all you FAL followers (or follower, but much love anyway) shaking your heads and asking WTF (why the face?) Well, I’ll do my best to explain. Today was a perfect example of why we started this blog in the first place. It’s Friday… it’s after lunch (and free lunch to boot, which makes that much sweeter) and our bellies are full. And we’re all feeling a bit punchy. So we’re just shooting the breeze when Fruity-P breaks out this little gem – “this apple smells really good – I can’t stop smelling it.” And no, this is not a euphemism, so get your mind out of the gutter. FP was actually smelling what apparently was a very lovely and fragrant apple, and wanted to share it with her FAL gang. She’s thoughtful like that. And you gotta love a fruit reference from Fruity-P, right?

And then it all went downhill very quickly. We all started looking around our cubicles, wondering what we could smell. Lysol wipes, markers. And then, like a shining brown beacon of loveliness, it stood. The Giant Wookie Pez Dispenser. Yes, I said Giant Wookie Pez Dispenser. Like so:

My Pez is bigger than yours!

As in Chewbacca from Star Wars, for those of you who have never seen the movie. (Don’t roll your eyes. Hard as it might be to believe, there are some people who have never seen it, Fruity-P being one of them, much to the disbelief of Smarty Pants.) And the immortal words were spoken – Don’t Smell the Wookie.

Now granted, the actual dispenser itself is plastic. So the smell is pretty minimal. Maybe some dust. A little mold. Perhaps a touch of Mountain Dew. (I’ll let Smarty Pants explain that one). But that’s not how this group rolls. No, we actually sat around for a good few minutes, trying to ascertain what a wookie actually smells like and why you wouldn’t want to smell one. The hair issue, for one. I mean, Chewie is one massive hairball and have you ever once seen him bathe? Thought not. And I doubt Chewie knows the time-honored rule that patchouli covers not washing. Therefore, hairy and smelly = funky. And Pop-Tart got very concerned about sniffing lice. Apparently it’s the new craze replacing glue sniffing. And wet wookie? Forget about it. And Don’t Smell the Wookie was born.

Oh – and if you don’t smell the wookie, you also don’t touch the wookie. It would be rude and unladylike. And we here at FAL strive at all times to be good girls and boys. Well, at least most of us do. Some of us struggle and would most likely touch the wookie if it wasn’t for the rest of the FAL gang.

And there you go. The first official WOOK-OFF. Below is Pop Tart's rendition.  Happy Friday all.