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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

It's Time For... Guess Whose Desk!

Posted by on Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 4:31 PM

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DOUG. 1
Trent Moorman.
Posted by DOUG. http://www.dougsvotersguide.com on November 16, 2010 at 4:33 PM
d rock 2
trent...its right there on the manila envelope! sheesh.
Posted by d rock http://www.13th-Grade.COM on November 16, 2010 at 4:35 PM
3
I left that envelope for Trent...
Posted by scratchmaster joe on November 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM
4
Based on the punctuation, I'd say it's the desk where one might gain information about Whose. Whatever that is.
Posted by Mimsy Borogoves on November 16, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Fnarf 5
I assume it's not Trent, since the envelope is too much of a giveaway. Music, though. No cupcake evidence. Hmm.

I know that if it was my desk those foosball handles would fairly quickly irritate me to the point where the entire table was sent flying out the window with an almighty bellow of frustration. You can always gain a bit of space in a shared situation by being frighteningly crazy.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 16, 2010 at 4:40 PM
6
I don't care whose desk is is. I do want to know if that is where the HUMP! ballots are. I want to know who won--I can't be the only HUMP! goer that is still panting to know the results.
Posted by good vagina on November 16, 2010 at 4:44 PM
heywhatsit!? 7
No wine bottles so it's not Charles. No bongs so it's not Dan. Actually, the lack of a bong eliminates the entire staff.
Posted by heywhatsit!? on November 16, 2010 at 4:44 PM
Joe Szilagyi 8
For some reason I'm compelled to say Eli.
Posted by Joe Szilagyi http://twitter.com/joeszi on November 16, 2010 at 4:46 PM
despicable me 9
Who would the name "Pig Pen" fit best on The Stranger staff?
Posted by despicable me on November 16, 2010 at 4:46 PM
Danger 10
Lindy
Posted by Danger on November 16, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Canuck 11
Really?! Doesn't a 5 inches deep messy desk like that mess with your chi, or mojo, or something?
Posted by Canuck on November 16, 2010 at 4:50 PM
COMTE 12
Definitely not Charles' - you can still see parts of the desk top beneath the clutter. Besides, Charles' desk has that gawd-awful you'd-be-killed-in-an-earthquake-if-you-were-standing-by-it bookshelf right next to his desk.
Posted by COMTE http://www.chriscomte.com on November 16, 2010 at 4:58 PM
Fnarf 13
Oh, come on, Canuck, that's like two inches at most, right in the worst part.

We've already seen Charles's desk. It has four hundred thousand books on it, heaped. There was some concern for the structural safety of the building, and of Charles himself. This is piddly stuff in comparison.

I'm going with Mr. Grandy. He seems like the sort who would have a Beatleybook.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 16, 2010 at 4:59 PM
14
I see what looks to be a red clutch on the far side...
Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER on November 16, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Grant Brissey, Emeritus 15
@ Fnarf: I just measured, and it's just over four inches at the highest mark.
Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus http://www.grantropolis.com/ on November 16, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Canuck 16
HA! Do I know my clutter, or WHAT?? Fnarf, right after your appearance, do you think gus and I should profile the owner of this desk on our show, on our weekly "Clutter-fuck" segment?
Posted by Canuck on November 16, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Ziggity 17
Only Tom Cruise and people who wish they were Tom Cruise drink Fiji water.
Posted by Ziggity on November 16, 2010 at 5:07 PM
motofly 18
As the desk and monitor are oriented so that no one can see what's being looked at on the internet, I figured it's dan's porno station. And with the fooz ball table in the way he can wank all he wants with no one the wiser. Assuming he even give a shit if anyone sees him.
Posted by motofly on November 16, 2010 at 5:14 PM
Mahtli69 19
The only thing sadder than the foosball table being used for storage is the fact that there isn't room for anyone to play it anyway.
Posted by Mahtli69 on November 16, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Fnarf 20
@13, @15 -- if that's four inches, then my own desk clutter must be -- oh, my. Two thousand feet. Shocking.

Still think Grandy. Seling would always have a place to put a pan of cakes or cookies.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 16, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Will in Seattle 21
I voted for A. Birch Steen.

See, this is why you need more French Interns.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on November 16, 2010 at 5:28 PM
gloomy gus 22
It can't be Bethany, who's written that she thinks diet Dr. Pepper tastes like soap. Aside from that, I admire the higgledy-pigglediness, especially that the desk phone is impossible to reach.

Tonight on Clutter-fuck, our special guest, the young man who wrote:
I just measured, and it's just over four inches at the highest mark.
Posted by gloomy gus on November 16, 2010 at 5:38 PM
care bear 23
Does the foosball table ever get used? Because it seems like it would be really annoying just sitting there all the time.
Posted by care bear on November 16, 2010 at 5:52 PM
24
Kelly O and Ari Spool give foosball table can of Rize...
Posted by The Incredible Sulk on November 16, 2010 at 6:13 PM
Reverse Polarity 25
Well, it's obviously way too clean to be Mudede's desk, so we can scratch him off the list.
Posted by Reverse Polarity on November 16, 2010 at 6:19 PM
metardtard 26
No cupcakes, No Megan
Posted by metardtard on November 16, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Fnarf 27
@22, see, this is why I come here.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 16, 2010 at 6:48 PM
Urgutha Forka 28
There is a pan and glass pie dish (?) on the foosball table, plus that white box of who-knows-what-was-inside, so maybe Seling isn't out of the running?

My first impuse was Lindy, though I don't know why.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on November 16, 2010 at 7:03 PM
Fnarf 29
@28, that's a hell of a clue. Good eye. I change my answer.

In my mind's eye I picture Lindy's desk being four inches deep in beach sand.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on November 16, 2010 at 7:08 PM
emma's bee 30
I voted Brissey, don't know exactly why. I caught a whiff of straight-guy clutter, and his scraggly beard seems to fit the vibe.
Posted by emma's bee on November 16, 2010 at 7:25 PM
31
I totally picked Megan Seling, because I also spotted the pie plate and what looks like two stacked cookie sheet/jelly roll pans on the foosball table. And they seem to be overflow from this desk.
Posted by JenV on November 16, 2010 at 7:31 PM
32
Paul Constant. I'm assuming all those manila envelopes contain book submissions for review,

Why else would anyone send anything to a Stranger staffer?
Posted by Napoleon XIV on November 16, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Ness 33
I hope we find out the answer to this one... I still think the "who wet the bed" poll from the summer has remained a mystery!
Posted by Ness http://www.collegecandy.com/author/nessfraser on November 16, 2010 at 8:46 PM
TheMisanthrope 34
I'm with @32 as well. Though my first guesses were Lindy followed by Schmader. But, it seems more straight guy than either of them. It could be music dept too, but I think they're shit would be...I dunno...different. This seems like a literary hoarder.
Posted by TheMisanthrope on November 16, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Urgutha Forka 35
Anyone also catch the picture on the wall (upper left corner)? I think it's a cat... or baby seal or something cutesy Which one of the staffers is the "cute baby animal lover" again?

Christ on a bun I still can't get over that mess though!
Posted by Urgutha Forka on November 16, 2010 at 9:45 PM
leek 36
I guessed Eli Sanders (why am I bothering to participate again?) but that mug in front of the monitor is a Cupcake Royale mug, for those looking for cupcakenalia.
Posted by leek on November 16, 2010 at 9:59 PM
wisepunk 37
Lots of good points so far, time to bring them all together. The Fiji and Diet DP rule out half the gheys and all the straights. As pointed out before, no cupcakes, no Megan. There would be lots of photo stuff it was Kelly O. The Mac might lead me down a road if it was another office, but it means nothing here since nobody but Anthony can operate a PC in this hipster heaven. The chair speak to someone who doesn't spend a lot of time in the office, it looks like it hasn't been adjusted since the Bush administration.

So, messy girl (read: artsy), not at work a lot, diet soda and bottled water.

The answer is Jen Graves.
Posted by wisepunk on November 16, 2010 at 10:04 PM
38
I'm guessing it's Grant's desk. Wood floors are only in one room of The Stranger's offices if I remember correctly.
Posted by Mr John on November 16, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Canuck 39
So, I was handing out condoms the other day at this trade show, and there were the guys from the "Hot Firefighters Calendar" there, selling their wares. You guys should do a Stranger calendar, and each month could be a different messy desk. You could hide things in the detritus, like in the I Spy books, and have a list at the bottom, "cupcake, dildo, wedding ring"....
Posted by Canuck on November 16, 2010 at 10:17 PM
Grant Brissey, Emeritus 40
Less than 10 percent of the voters have it right.
Posted by Grant Brissey, Emeritus http://www.grantropolis.com/ on November 16, 2010 at 11:04 PM
More, I Say! 41
@17, you have obviously never tasted Fiji water. It's so soft and delicious. Mmmm, silica!
Posted by More, I Say! on November 17, 2010 at 9:04 AM
42
That's a Cupcake Royale coffee mug, is it not...?
Posted by HeyLady on November 17, 2010 at 10:30 AM
Canuck 43
SO WHOSE DESK IS IT???????
Posted by Canuck on November 17, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Fenrox 44
Isn't that a can of like, barqs or whatever?
Posted by Fenrox on November 17, 2010 at 11:04 AM
wisepunk 45
GODDAMIT BRISSEY, TELL US THE ANSWER YOU SLACKMOUTHED INEBRIATE.
Posted by wisepunk on November 17, 2010 at 11:25 AM
Geni 46
I'm going with Paul Constant. No hard evidence, sheer gut feel.
Posted by Geni on November 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM
47
Can't be Grandy's desk; I don't see any giant shrines dedicated to Das Racist or Los Campesinos! at which to lovingly gaze.
Posted by Casual_Observer on November 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM
dangerousgift 48
BRENDAN! KILEY! BRENDAN! KILEY!
Posted by dangerousgift on November 18, 2010 at 3:52 PM

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