Epidemic Alert: The 'Bubbles Syndrome'

There is a spreading epidemic of some sort here in our office and it is slowly taking over everyone. The symptoms: temporary loss of awareness of one's surroundings, incessant staring at the computer monitor with glassy eyes, involuntary seizures of the index finger tapping on the left mouse button, adhesion of the hand to the mouse, and sometimes even momentary deafness. The culprit: little globules of bloody red, slimy green, hepatitis yellow, hematoma blue and rash-like purple.

Nobody knows where they came from or who the first victim was. One thing is certain, like a virus, it has spread from one person to another effortlessly. The rapid spreading is attributed to the deceptive nature of this affliction. The globules may look harmless but beware, they are quite nasty.

They do not attack outright, but coax you subconsciously (by way of the victim's curiosity) to surrender yourself to its clutches. Once you succumb to their persuasion, you are likely doomed to a zombie-like mode and before you know it you are one of them - 'people-afflicted-with-bubbles-syndrome'.

The epidemic attacks happen at random throughout the day, usually peaking at noon. It's not uncommon to see rows of hapless, glassy-eyed victims who have fallen to the epidemic.

Unfortunately, I am one of them. I am victim too. I thought my defenses were strong and I would never succumb to such an ancient-looking, mind-numbing, pointless, idiotic doodad. But I was dead wrong.

Now I am compelled to spread the affliction even further. Click here and be one of us. Resistance is futile.