The trophy used to kill Bulkely in Chapter 17 was something I saw a lot of back when I was in sales. We would get these gigantic trophies and call them 'unidentified blunt objects', just like on the police shows on television. I used to see carved slabs of granite or Corian that could break a foot if you dropped them, giant bronze eagles that could kill if they fell off the wall, and oversized paperweights with razor sharp edges and needle points. Dangerous objects!
Personally, I could live without the plaques. Some of my fellow salespeople loved them, covering their walls with them. Me, I preferred something more tangible, like vacations. Over the years I earned a couple of cruises, a trip to Vegas, and another to Hawaii. My plaques I stuffed into a box in the closet.
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