Why, why, WHY have I never thought of this?

I find it a little churlish of Simon to be having fun at a Christmas party when many of his fellow BOFHs and PFYs are being denied similar enjoyment by Scrooge-like corporate entities in this time of financial instability...however great paintball (with frozen balls) might be

Paris and frozen balls - I think not

perfect way to finish off..... awesome, on form, brilliant...

now, what to do for the rest of the day in the office on my own..

*goes to delete files*

That is all.

After a while the peons will discover there's no point in trying to be nice to the BOFH or PFY in the hope that they will get help from them in the future.

And everyone has a fridge....

as work is having a xmas party this afternoon. Time to put those paintballs in liquid Nitrogen for that "extra good" feeling.

that one coming. I mean both the PFY and BOFH saying paintball, it was bound to happen.

I'm surprised though the BOFH didn't have any erm "surprises" waiting near where the treasure was by accident...

Just Brilliant,

Its my works xmas part tonight.... I think I need to go get some night vision equipment....

Kind of expected all the presents to be replaced with software from Ep38.

Having been paintballing recently on a stag do where the condemed and his best man had to run the gaunlet to get their weapons during the final round (i.e. use up all ur leftover paintballs) this really made me laugh...

Hope we see a few more BOFH's before xmas...

R

Love it, love it, love it... Only question is whether the paintballs spent the night in the freezer again!

Where would xmas be without a little paintball, although one does wonder if the PFY has frozen his balls again :)

Paintballs in the freezer are fantastic. Let's just say that the groom (who was so keen to go paintballing for his stag do) was very glad that the wedding was a month away...

Absolute class, i nearly needed a new monitor after that(must remember never to drink while reading the BOFH).

I really thought they had given up on the paintball idea and offering to to share the christmas treasures should have set alarm bells ringing if not with the boss and director but the helldesk geeks should have known better,

The only thing missing was Vagners Ride of the Valkeries or the music from Predator blaring out over the PA system.

Roll on the New Year.

Both to the BOFH and the PFY :)

It's unlike the PFY to make such a generous move - unless it was part of a plan to lull everyone else into a false sense of security...

Excellent, nonetheless!

And paintballing really hurts if you aren't adequately prepared (speaking from experience, here!)

Mine's the well-padded, ankle-length one with the extra-high collar...

I have to admit that our cube farm would make for a great paintball scenario.

I would volunteer for "securing the Director's Row".

In light of a recent managerial u-turn on the policy of working from home over Christmas that sounds like perfect retribution. Perhaps there's time to convince people a sedate pub lunch isn't the way to go. Now to implement the automatic building management system for having the shutters automatically close and lights go out at an opportune moment...

Ive had dreams about slotting my colleagues with a paintball gun, Im gonna see if I can organise somthing for our xmas party, hehe

Where's JIMTHEBOSS with the follow up entertainment? I have loaded the freezer up and cranked it to maximum cooling...

Of course, hidden in the depths of the pile of treasure there must've been a frozen paintball grenade!

Excellent BOFH once again, thanks Simon.

best for some time

The paintballs do not freeze, however the "brittle" shell becomes significantly harder. If you combine that with an overpressure cannister (which I am certain the PFY has) you can achieve a savage bruising overkill for the plebes.

(Thumbs down for the fallen...)

Can thaw my b......

Oh it'll probably get deleted

Put the paintballs in the freezer, why did I never think of this /writes note to self. Now if only the xmas parties at any place I've ever worked at were like this, I'd be much happier this time of year. Once again a choice BOFH offering Simon.

should have been put to rest long ago. Mind you, a well chilled paint ball does tend to transfer a lot more kinetic energy to one point before distributing its contents onto the target.

I have not as yet tried immersion in liquid nitrogen though. Anyone know the solidification point of the fish-oil based contents?

Now if they had gotten just a wee bit more creative and supplemented the contents of the paint balls with more interesting materials.

One wonders - oh like, the perfume / cologne worn on a regular basis by the office hotty / hunk - would make for interesting explanations to now former significant others / spouses of either gender or persuasion.

The gift that keeps on giving...

*Mwahahahahahaaa*

Some paintballs will freeze. IT all depends on the mix. If there is a high propylene glycol content then they will obviously freeze at a lower temp or refuse to freeze.

From what I remember HPB used to make a paintball that froze effectively.

Everyone knows the best way to get the most from paintballs is to use CO2 charges and hold the barrel down (so when you do eventually shoot the CO2 has had a chance to really build up to give the paintball that extra kick out of the barrel)

Funny, someone writes paintballs in the freezer then people start thinking, "oh, they must be assuming water and that it must freeze".

All it has to do is become more viscous to have the intended result, we're not arguing about putting one through 4 inches of concrete. Ideally it will be cold enough that it does not break open upon impact, it's much easier to hit your target after they've fallen down from slipping on little balls all over the floor, 'course an extra couple packs of BBs or a quart of oil on the floor would tend to reduce the number of reloads needed.

Ah yes paintball, a feared sport by my last manager. Even more so as I play Tournament Paintball and have my own kit lol Strangely no one wanted to play a spot of fun team building paintball against me .......can't think why MWUHA HA HA HA !!!!

Putting paintballs in the freezer will make them more brittle and prone to breaking more easily. Which defeats the idea really. What you want to get are some really cheap and nasty punter site paintballs, rather than the top end ones. The cheapest ones are like marbles :D

No, I don't mean put an Aucklander in the paint gun. I've been told that the lovely choc-orange sweets are the right diameter for the pain gun (or 'marker' as the Ozzies call them).

Just buy some boxes of paintball-balls and forget about them for a year (or two).

The outside will harden very well with age and makes great cuts in soft flesh.

There is a reason for those safety goggles ...

It becomes PAINBALL!

As well as replacing the oil, how about replacing the pigment / dye with something a little more permanent than the standard water-based wash-out stuff? :)

As an added spot of fun, since it's taking place in the office, accidentally-on-purpose leave a few patch cables lying around...

I'm not going to your office party!

Whatshername because I don't think she would attend either. Blokes have a STRANGE idea of fun!