Wait… What is That? Is That Someone Singing?

February 25, 2012

After having been away for a week on vacation, I came back to the office and went about things as usual: logged in, fired up my email (Outlook), browsed the web a bit.

Every so often, I noticed a slight *ding* in the background. It sounded a bit like someone singing, but I pegged it as some kind of annoying popup thing. I’d hear the sound, then go and scan the tabs I had open to see what was causing it.

Another thing I noticed was that my headphones were unplugged from my machine. I didn’t think much of it, but realized why after I finally tracked down the sounds.

Here’s what I found:

Since Justin has been out sick, I’m guessing this is the work of Chris and Ben.

// Edit: Just looked around in Outlook Preferences, and found the Sounds/Alerts panel. There are two other messages with custom audio: for calendar reminders, someone sings “party time.” And for the “Welcome” message, someone sings “Shave your pubes.”

Well played, gentlemen. Well played.