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40 Notable People
Those who've served on the
Anvil staff, and the reason for their dismissal

  Note: Anvil’s Human Resources department has kept employee records since Anvil’s earliest days (see attending story "Hey Anvil, Who Made You?"). The earliest personnel files were recorded using cryptographs and hieroglyphs, and, in some cases, physical tattooing and scarification. Later, HR managers turned to ink and papyrus, and finally, to paper and other more modern means, thereby improving filing dramatically.

Unfortunately, nearly all of the fine Anvil stories created by those nomadic tribes without a written language have been lost with the storytellers that created them. We recommended they get a written language, but our numerous memos went unread. Below, then, is but a partial list of notable Anvil contributors through history (in no particular order). We invite you to search our online archives for their contributions.

1. Micheal Jackson: Totally two faced.

2. William Shakespeare: Put "codpiece" on an expense report.

3. Harry Houdini: Would disappear for days on end.

4. Pope Pius XII: A bit too holier than thou.

5. Mahatma Gandhi: Very passive-aggressive.

6. P.T. Barnum: Made a big deal out of everything.

7. Walter Mondale: Zzzzzz.

8. Ho Chi Minh: Took people’s food from the fridge.

9. Mickey Rooney: Motto: "Hey look at me, I was in ‘International Velvet’!"

10. Captain Kangeroo: Lied about his rank.

11. Gallagher: Absolutely no sense of humor.

12. Buck Owens: Was Hee-Hostile to co-workers.

13. Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen: Couldn’t read or write.

14. Charles Lindbergh: Too plain.

15. Alexander the Great: Too full of himself.

16. René Descartes: "I think, therefore I’m taking a cigarette break."

17. Henry Ford: Churned out the same stuff every issue.

18. Charles Darwin: Aped everyone else’s style.

19. Marcel Marceau: Couldn’t think outside the box.

20. Suzanne Somers: Should’ve used the Brainmaster®.

 

21. Marie Curie: Too many sick days.

22. Evel Knievel: Terrible speller.

23. O.J. Simpson: Killed co-workers.

23. Gloria Steinam: Slut.

24. Ferdinand Magellan: Had trouble following directions.

25. Cher: Didn’t know when to quit.

26. Ted Nugent: He was a loose crossbow.

27. Eli Whitney: Invented the cotton gin, but also liked drinking it.

28. Marco Polo: His work was all over the map.

29. Sigmund Freud: Smoked cigars in the office.

30. Jacques Cousteau: Smelled funky.

31. Genghis Khan: Did not work well with others.

32. Steve Gutenberg: Two words, one number: Police Academy IV.

33. Johannes Gutenberg: Blah blah blah printing press blah blah blah.

34. Andre the Giant: Had a bit of big head.

35. Nicolaus Copernicus: Thought he was the center of the universe.

36. Judas Iscariot: Caught stealing office supplies.

37. Orville Wright: Was always high.

38. V.I. Lenin: He was revolting.

39. Jesus Christ: Had a real persecution complex.

40. General George Custer: Not always good at picking his battles.