I'm a BIG fan of using humor to cut the tension in difficult situations. I'm also a BIG fan of bipartisanship. So, when I saw this, I just had to share!
The Oregon legislature was evenly split with 30 Democrats and 30 Republicans. As things got more and more heated, and more and more partisan, one lawmaker was trying to come up with a way to get people to work together. His inspired idea? To enlist some of his colleagues to surreptitiously Rick Roll the state legislature.
They each were assigned specific lyrics, with the instructions that they were to nonchalantly insert them into their speeches. This had to be done seamlessly so as to not tip off the rest of the legislature. ("I'm never gonna" would be easy. Some of the others, not so much!) The proceedings of the meetings are videotaped for the public record, so after the session, they got the footage & then edited it. Here are the results:
Best of all, tensions were released, it was clearly a bipartisan effort, and the relationships that were formed will be useful going forward. (Oh, and other colleagues have asked if they are going to do any more & if so, can they be part of it.)
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