Horseplay

I am part of a minority here at The Daily Gamecock. Yes, that's right -- your typical, middle-class white girl is part of a minority.
I am one of the few people on staff who has yet to be horse's assed.
Horse's assed -- the dreaded disease that attacks the innocent Facebook accounts of copy editors and writers alike.
We have a nice, fun tradition up here in the newsroom, one that keeps all kinds of staffers on their toes and brings the rest of us all sorts of amusement.
If you leave your Facebook unattended and logged in on your computer, it could fall victim to the horse's ass.
I don't know who started this tradition, but it cracks me up. It's always fun to see someone's look of horror when they return after dinner to a giggling newsroom, only to realize they have left their Facebook up for all to see. And then, the stream of expletives that comes when they refresh their page and find their default picture changed to the nice, round derriere of a horse.
OK, so it's kind of childish, especially when people start screwing with their profile information and make posts to other people with the horse's ass as their picture. But it's still hilarious.
Even worse, if you are caught with your Facebook open more than three times, you get an upgrade -- a very awkward, disgusting photo of a pig's penis. A few of our staffers have reached this one several times.
It's just another one of those random things that makes all this worthwhile -- the long hours, the stressful deadlines and the articles and columns that come in 200 words too short. It's something that keeps us from bitching each other out -- most of the time.
It's a lot of fun ... especially if you've never been a victim.
So if you ever find yourself up here at The Daily Gamecock newsroom and you check your Facebook, look out.
Always remember, and never forget.

-- Viewpoints
Rita Koch
Assistant Viewpoints Editor