Fun at Work: What to Do When a Colleague Tells a Silly Joke

So, your colleague told a bad joke, and the only proper response is a rim shot sound. However, you have no drum kit within reach, so what you really need is a keyboard shortcut, shall we say Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R to play the following rim shot sound effect.

So, here's how you do it in Ubuntu:

1. Download the above effect. Suppose you saved it to ~/rimshot.mp3
2. Install some shell tool that plays audio files. I use play from the sox package.
   

   sudo apt-get install sox
   sudo apt-get install sox libsox-fmt-all

3. Go to System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Custom Shortcuts
4. Click on the '+' sign to add a new one:
   
   
5. Pick a name and have it run the command 'play' on your file:
   
6. Click on the word "Disabled at the end of the line of your newly created shortcut, press the key combination you like (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R), and your done.
7. Wait for a colleague to tell a silly joke.
8. Hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R.
9. Go out on a hight note.