"Lucie I'm Home!": Plaque Learns Ways of Life on "Chautauqua County, New York Fact Finding Tour"

Marcus’ name plaque has certainly traveled some distance to get here and we'd like to thank the men and women of the U.S. Postal Service for their outstanding job of delivering it quickly and intact.
Little may you know, Chautauqua County is home to comedic pioneer Lucille Ball and one of the last bastions of Amish Life in New York State. Unfortunately the plaque didn't go for a ride on a horse and buggy (for some reason Amish don't like cameras), or visit the Lucille Ball museum in Jamestown, though it did have an interesting time.

The plaque had a heart to heart with an Erie County Lake Trout where it learned how to make a mean pan-seared fish dish.






Reports also indicate Marcus' plaque had a plaque-to-plaque discussion with the county executive. This plaque sure knows how to hold an audience!

The plaque gets some face time with former President Bush.

First Stop: Ohio?

Well it’s mailed off now. Marcus’ name plaque is now on its way to the farthest end of New York State –Chautauqua County. Not quite Ohio, as former Attorney General candidate Jeannie Pirro would have thought. But it’s going to be a several day, 352 mile-long journey to the Southern Tier for the plaque. I must admit, it took a while for me to get the plaque started on this prank, though it could not be sent on just any day; I had to wait until Marcus’ office mischief reached a level of intolerance. That came yesterday when he messed with my flags again despite several warnings. I mean come on, you don’t disgrace the flag -it’s against etiquette, flag etiquette! And it’s my desk!

I failed to take a picture of the name plaque before it went in the mail (this my first semi-pro prank!), though I did document the mailing with a snap shot of the receipt for the record. I have been promised a picture of the plaque when it reaches its next destination.

The Prank

The pranktim (read that prank + victim) of this operation is a long-time friend. He’s been part of my college crew since we met at a community college outside Syracuse, NY. April this year he began working for the same office as I do, and somehow we got onto the conversation that he should get a name plaque for his cubical because everyone else has one. He told me “I don’t need one, I don’t want people knowing who I am!” I think someone took that as a double negative because three weeks later he had one on his desk.

Marcus objected and moved it to a shelf above the coat rack. Another co-worker (read NOT this guy) took it on his/her self to hide it somewhere in the office. Yeah, for about two months we played the game “Where’s the Name Plaque?” It was enjoyable. I even participated once or twice but by August we hid it everywhere possible and Marcus just stopped playing along. It disappeared –to where no one knew, until now. This is the story of one name plaque's travel across the 62 counties of New York State. I present to you….. Tale of the travling Name Plaque!