One of the most exciting moments of the 2006 Minneapolis Org Invasion was arriving Saturday afternoon for brunch after our first night of sordid celebration, only to find THIS waiting for us at our table:



Yup, that's a big purple top hat full of candy, allright.

We immediately tore open the package and read the card, and discovered the assortment of goodies was a gift to all of us Org Invasion people from the Org's own WillyWonka.

HOW ADORABLE IS THAT?!?!?

Sooo, as a token of appreciation, we all took turns posing in Willy Wonka's purple hat over the weekend as a little 'Thank You' project to our favorite benevolent mystery Orger.

Why am I wasting my time typing? Let's make with the pics!




THANK YOU WILLY WONKA!
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Those pics are FABULOUS!!!!!

endorphin74 said:

i just got a call from lorne michaels. he wants us to be the next cast of SNL, just so he can use us in the opening credits.

one of those orgers looked kinda tipsy

brownsugar said:

I'd say MORE than one does!

brownsugar said:

ONE?! i dare you to find the sober one in the bunch!

i LOVE how your pic came out, by the way - you look like you should be in Cabaret or something.
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Anx said:

I agree. I love EVERY one of the photos but something about brownsugar's is just in a whole different league.

i liked madartista's

brownsugar said:

yes, very dapper. i like john's too - it's nice and sinister looking.

Oh my! What utterly wonderful, wonderful pictures!

Thank you everyone for thinking of me, and for this marvelous pictorial thread. If the candy brought to you even 1/100 of the happiness that seeing these photographs gave to me, then I am well satisfied.

And I must say you all look quite dashing in a top hat. If ever any of you are in need of employment, you each have a standing offer at the factory!

Thank you again, each of you. That you did this means a great deal to me.

WillyWonka said:

what a sweetie pie

Anx said:

They do have that quality to them!

WillyWonka said:

Thank YOU!!! You certainly got our meetNgreet started on teh right note. And supplied enough sugar to keep people conscious on Sunday. It was SOOO appreciated.

brownsugar said:

(I thought that hat was gray the WHOLE time and I had it on for quite a while on Saturday night. It wasn't until we got to Darin's that I saw that it was purple. )

minneapolisgenius said:

either way, what's under the hat in your picture is GLAMOUROOSE.

minneapolisgenius said:

reason #135 why I love you.

Anx said:

Aw thanks.

endorphin74 said:

What's reason #134? That I don't owe you any money this time?

minneapolisgenius said:

wow. wow. wow. wow!!!!

what an awesome fucking bunch we had this time!

it's always over way too soon.

and now i have a cold!

This really was the most fun, adorable thing of the weekend. It got everyone going on Saturday, we had an activity for the next 24 hours (getting everyone in the hat) and if it weren't for alllll of that candy on Sunday I'm not sure some of us woulda made it through the afternoon.

Thank you so much again, Willy Wonka!

I can't wait to see the pics at home tonight (as always my work is blocking them )

What a wonderful thing for Mr. Wonka to do... But, it's not surprising, really

we all look so damned sexxy, man!

You each look absolutely marvelous.

Successfully wearing a top hat with panache requires a very extraordinary personality type, you know!

CarrieMpls said:

You're most welcome, and I am very, very delighted it was enjoyed so much. If I may say so, I do believe I got more out of this than even did all of you.