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Amid the very serious allegations of co-worker abuse from Conservative Senator Anne Cools, we at Canadian Expatriates received the following email from an anonymous source on Parliament Hill. Word is that the email has been circulating amongst Liberal Senators for quite some time and may have instigated some of the behaviour which has led to Ms. Cools' complaints.

Tomorrow is the official Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Holiday! *

Do you have a co-worker who talks nonstop about nothing, working your last nerve with tedious and boring details that you don't give a damn about? Do you have a co-worker who ALWAYS screws up stuff creating MORE work for you? Do you have a co-worker who kisses so much booty, you can look in their mouth and see what your boss had for lunch? Do you have a co-worker who is SOOO obnoxious, when he/she enters a room, everyone else clears it? Well, on behalf of Ike Turner, I am so very very glad to officially announce tomorrow as SLAP YOUR IRRITATING CO-WORKER DAY!

There are the rules you must follow:

You can only slap one person per hour - no more.

You can slap the same person again if they irritate you again in the same day.

You are allowed to hold someone down as other co-workers take their turns slapping the irritant.

No weapons are allowed...other than going upside somebody's head with a stapler or a hole-puncher.

CURSING IS MANDATORY! After you have slapped the recipient, your "assault" must be followed with something like "cause I'm sick of your stupid-a$$ always messing up stuff!"

If questioned by a supervisor [or police, if the supervisor is the irritant], you are allowed to LIE, LIE, LIE!

Now, study the rules, break out your list of folks that you want to slap the living day lights out of and get to slapping.....and have a great day

* Canadian Expatriates in no way, shape, or form endorses the official Slap Your Irritating Co-workers Holiday, despite fervent rumours that some of our contributors do, in fact, participate wholeheartedly in the aforementioned holiday.

(Okay, okay! So it is only this contributor who participates! Are you happy now?)