It’s been a while since my last Frank cartoon so thought I’d introduce a mirror just to see what would happen.
As usual, his boss came to the rescue with an innovative take on it.
Mirrors are inspiration to many, so I did a quick Google hunt for some fun mirror quotes:
- Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter? Pablo Picasso
- I busted a mirror and got seven years bad luck, but my lawyer thinks he can get me five. Steven Wright
- The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. Dudley Moore
- Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror. Pamela Anderson
Many thanks to GD, long time friend of Just Outside the Box, for coming up with this cartoon after commenting on the last episode of Frank and his boss.
And I was surprised to see that there were more similarities between the corporate ladder and monkey bars
The inventor, Sebastian Hinton, patented the first set of monkey bars in 1920. In his patent application (Ref: US1471465 A) he explained his inspiration and logic for creating this piece of equipment.
‘As exercise for children, climbing has in it conspicuous-features of advantage. It is an exercise wherein all the muscles of the whole body are used. Climbing is the natural method of locomotion which the evolutionary predecessors of the human race were designed to practice, and is therefore almost ideally suited for children…
Again and importantly, the monkey instinct strong in all human beings and perhaps more clearly displayed in children, makes climbing a sport to which children by a psychology about the same as that of a kitten at play with a ball, which of course is practice for hunting.’
And now for a bit of fun, let’s change the word ‘children; with ‘businessman’ and tweak a few choice words
‘As exercise for ambitious businessmen, climbing the corporate ladder has in it conspicuous-features of advantage. It is an exercise wherein all the muscles of the whole body are used. Climbing is the natural method of locomotion which the evolutionary predecessors of the human race were designed to practice, and is therefore almost ideally suited for the want-to-be CEO…
Again and importantly, the monkey instinct strong in all human beings and perhaps more clearly displayed in businessmen, makes climbing the corporate ladder a sport to which businessmen by a psychology about the same as that of a kitten at play with a ball, which of course is practice for hunting.’
