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1jjlong
For all of you who need yet another reason to skip the laundry or ignore the kids: a LibraryThing scavenger hunt!
Find as many of the items below as you can. This thread will be okay for discussion or updates, but I don't think I'd post your solutions, or your progress in too much detail... why tip off your competitors? Just e-mail your entries to me at jjlong77@yahoo.com. Feel free to enter more than once, if you find something later in the contest.
Winner will be the entrant with the most items found; in the event of a tie: see tiebreaker below.
Deadline: next Saturday, January 13, at 11:59 PM EST.
Judge: that'd be me. Live with it.
Prizes: none. The satisfaction of a job well done. Maybe Tim'll donate something (some of that excellent dental insurance, maybe?)
Good luck!
1 An author whose first name is the same as his/her last name (e.g., Holly Holly)
2 A book tagged both "bedtime" and "transformation"
3 A book whose cover includes an image of a woman with flowers in her hair
4 An LT user with a palindromic username - of at least five letters (sorry, otto and bob.)
5 An author page which contains a photo of the author holding his/her own book (title must be legible!)
6 An LT group name which contains two words that rhyme
7 A review of a book which contains the word "orgy" (in the review.. "orgy" must not appear in the book's title.)
8 An LT user whose profile shows their location as a non-existent place (e.g. "Land of Nod")
9 An LT user whose profile and catalog are obviously a joke ( I hope you find a funny one, as I did.)
10 Any example of someone entering into their catalogue something other than a book, magazine, music recording, or movie
Tiebreaker: Submit the weirdest or most amusing tag you can find. The one that makes me laugh the loudest wins....
Update:Don't scroll down to message 3 if you want to stay in the spirit of the game: there are answers posted!
Find as many of the items below as you can. This thread will be okay for discussion or updates, but I don't think I'd post your solutions, or your progress in too much detail... why tip off your competitors? Just e-mail your entries to me at jjlong77@yahoo.com. Feel free to enter more than once, if you find something later in the contest.
Winner will be the entrant with the most items found; in the event of a tie: see tiebreaker below.
Deadline: next Saturday, January 13, at 11:59 PM EST.
Judge: that'd be me. Live with it.
Prizes: none. The satisfaction of a job well done. Maybe Tim'll donate something (some of that excellent dental insurance, maybe?)
Good luck!
1 An author whose first name is the same as his/her last name (e.g., Holly Holly)
2 A book tagged both "bedtime" and "transformation"
3 A book whose cover includes an image of a woman with flowers in her hair
4 An LT user with a palindromic username - of at least five letters (sorry, otto and bob.)
5 An author page which contains a photo of the author holding his/her own book (title must be legible!)
6 An LT group name which contains two words that rhyme
7 A review of a book which contains the word "orgy" (in the review.. "orgy" must not appear in the book's title.)
8 An LT user whose profile shows their location as a non-existent place (e.g. "Land of Nod")
9 An LT user whose profile and catalog are obviously a joke ( I hope you find a funny one, as I did.)
10 Any example of someone entering into their catalogue something other than a book, magazine, music recording, or movie
Tiebreaker: Submit the weirdest or most amusing tag you can find. The one that makes me laugh the loudest wins....
Update:Don't scroll down to message 3 if you want to stay in the spirit of the game: there are answers posted!
3melannen
1 Jerome Jerome (yeah, I know, it's the easy way out!)
2 The Velveteen Rabbit (Now, to find one of these that isn't owned by mcghol!)
3 My Sister and I - man this was hard; most of the cover images aren't clear enough to tell.
4 Hannah
5 Denise Michaels
6 Book Care and Repair
7 Portnoy's Complaint (by way of Google.) Orgy doesn't even come up on tag search! This must be fixed.
8 cowboyonahorse
9 British Columbia Provincial Map
10 Well, georgewbush is one of course...
I'm afriad I took the easy way out on pretty much all of these, though.
2 The Velveteen Rabbit (Now, to find one of these that isn't owned by mcghol!)
3 My Sister and I - man this was hard; most of the cover images aren't clear enough to tell.
4 Hannah
5 Denise Michaels
6 Book Care and Repair
7 Portnoy's Complaint (by way of Google.) Orgy doesn't even come up on tag search! This must be fixed.
8 cowboyonahorse
9 British Columbia Provincial Map
10 Well, georgewbush is one of course...
I'm afriad I took the easy way out on pretty much all of these, though.
4jjlong
melannen, I bet when you buy something with a 52-page booklet of instructions, you don't read 'em, do you? Just go right at it? :)
good answers, though... eight of yours are different from mine...
good answers, though... eight of yours are different from mine...
5melannen
Oh, shoot, you're right. In my defense I only pick ut these kinds of things when I'm already sleep-deprived. I wasn't planning on winning anyway but I went back and spoiler-cut it for everyone else.
6jjlong
>5 melannen:
How very kind of you... sorry you had to use that whole bottle of white-out. Now get some sleep!
Update: there have been additional entries! umm... well, okay, one.
How very kind of you... sorry you had to use that whole bottle of white-out. Now get some sleep!
Update: there have been additional entries! umm... well, okay, one.
7shakespearelibrary
well, this is my first time attempting an official LT challenge. i sure hope that tim pulls through on that dental insurance prize....
8cckelly
The dilema of the one who finds this challenge at exactly 7:53pm EST Sat. Jan 13th:
Do I listen to the manic, inner child voice saying,
"c'mon, you still have 4 HOURS to find them all, no problem."
or the responsible voice?:
"Are you INSANE? You have company for dinner tomorrow afternoon and a huge to-do list. You're an adult. You can't possibly throw off the people expecting a fabulous meal and exhaust yourself on this and then end up serving serving grilled cheese."
Hmmm, not even if I call it Grilled fromage and say it's 'retro gourmet chic'??
Sigh.
Do I listen to the manic, inner child voice saying,
"c'mon, you still have 4 HOURS to find them all, no problem."
or the responsible voice?:
"Are you INSANE? You have company for dinner tomorrow afternoon and a huge to-do list. You're an adult. You can't possibly throw off the people expecting a fabulous meal and exhaust yourself on this and then end up serving serving grilled cheese."
Hmmm, not even if I call it Grilled fromage and say it's 'retro gourmet chic'??
Sigh.
9jjlong
2 hours left... I wonder what your decision was..
Personally, if I was a guest at dinner, I'd much rather hear abour your scavenger hunt over a grilled cheese than sense your loss and depression (about not entering) over coq au vin.
Thanks to all of you who did enter. It was dumb of me to have the deadline at midnight.. you may not see any results til tomorrow morning, given my current state. :)
Personally, if I was a guest at dinner, I'd much rather hear abour your scavenger hunt over a grilled cheese than sense your loss and depression (about not entering) over coq au vin.
Thanks to all of you who did enter. It was dumb of me to have the deadline at midnight.. you may not see any results til tomorrow morning, given my current state. :)
10jjlong
Scavenger hunt results!
No, I admit it: I wasn't prepared for the inundation of entries... the flood of e-mails requesting clarification... the way LTSH fever swept the country. The calls from Oprah, Letterman, Rush.
Here, for your perusal and enjoyment, are all four entries (in order of receipt):
From melannen:
1 Jerome Jerome
2 The Velveteen Rabbit
3 My Sister and I, Helen E. Buckley
4 hannah
5 Denise Michaels
6 Book Care and Repair*
7 Portnoy's Complaint
8 Nowhere, USA; user cowboyonahorse
9 georgewbush
10 British Columbia Provincial Map
*No one submitted my favorite rhyming group name: Holler for Mahler.
From jbd1:
1. Peter Peter*
2. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
3. Daisy-head Mayzie, Dr. Seuss
4. tommot
5. Steven Johnson**
6. Bits for Brits
7. Walkers by Graham Masterson
8. Oz; user ElnElm
9. W_J_Clinton
10. Origami 2004 Desk Calendar
Tiebreaker: "dubious achievements (dunno why, just amused me)".
*Personally, I'd consider a pseudonym.
** Hey! I submitted that photo!
From hebamashundi:
1 Martin Martin.
2 Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
3 Thorn in My Heart, Liz Curtis Higgs
4 hannah
5 Neil Gaiman*, Good Omens**
6 Bits for Brits
7 Girl, Kevin J. Taylor
8 Narnia: Kingdom of Aslan; user laydiefa
9 georgewbush
10 Super Collapse 3
Tiebreaker: "Best tagger I could find: Instigatrix. The most amusing tag of hers I found was "tentacle porn". She also offers up such great tags as "toenail clippings", "social retardation", "Long-Winded", "First Seen as Sidewalk Graffiti" "Massive Plot Holes", "Clumsy Dialogue", "Controlling Jerk", and "Verbally Pornographic".
*3rd picture on the page; in a weird coincidence, I was reading Neverwhere when this entry arrived.
**In another weird coincidence, BoPeep (next entry, below) uploaded the "author photo" for Good Omens.
From BoPeep:
1. Jerome K Jerome
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
3. The Jacaranda Tree, H.E. Bates*
4. hannah
5. Hugh Laurie... (and I took the picture, nearly 11 years ago!)**
6. I (Read About Indie) Rock! *Do You?!?*
7. Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
8. The Tardis; user DoctorWho
9. Neil_Artikel
10.Zagreb : plan grada
Tie-breaker: my favourite tag is 'pigeon-filled', which writerofdreams
has applied to several Mo Willems books (most of which I own too). I'm
tempted to use it myself on the same books now.
*That reminds me.. I used to have a copy of Love for Lydia. Wonder where it is? Ex-wife's attic, I bet.. damn.
**Did he sign it?? eBay, baby.. eBay.
Well, I hope you four had a good time, along with anyone else who dabbled in this. If there was a real prize (no, Tim never came through), it would go to hebamashundi ("First seen as sidewalk graffiti").. but we're all winners here, aren't we?
No, I admit it: I wasn't prepared for the inundation of entries... the flood of e-mails requesting clarification... the way LTSH fever swept the country. The calls from Oprah, Letterman, Rush.
Here, for your perusal and enjoyment, are all four entries (in order of receipt):
From melannen:
1 Jerome Jerome
2 The Velveteen Rabbit
3 My Sister and I, Helen E. Buckley
4 hannah
5 Denise Michaels
6 Book Care and Repair*
7 Portnoy's Complaint
8 Nowhere, USA; user cowboyonahorse
9 georgewbush
10 British Columbia Provincial Map
*No one submitted my favorite rhyming group name: Holler for Mahler.
From jbd1:
1. Peter Peter*
2. Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
3. Daisy-head Mayzie, Dr. Seuss
4. tommot
5. Steven Johnson**
6. Bits for Brits
7. Walkers by Graham Masterson
8. Oz; user ElnElm
9. W_J_Clinton
10. Origami 2004 Desk Calendar
Tiebreaker: "dubious achievements (dunno why, just amused me)".
*Personally, I'd consider a pseudonym.
** Hey! I submitted that photo!
From hebamashundi:
1 Martin Martin.
2 Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
3 Thorn in My Heart, Liz Curtis Higgs
4 hannah
5 Neil Gaiman*, Good Omens**
6 Bits for Brits
7 Girl, Kevin J. Taylor
8 Narnia: Kingdom of Aslan; user laydiefa
9 georgewbush
10 Super Collapse 3
Tiebreaker: "Best tagger I could find: Instigatrix. The most amusing tag of hers I found was "tentacle porn". She also offers up such great tags as "toenail clippings", "social retardation", "Long-Winded", "First Seen as Sidewalk Graffiti" "Massive Plot Holes", "Clumsy Dialogue", "Controlling Jerk", and "Verbally Pornographic".
*3rd picture on the page; in a weird coincidence, I was reading Neverwhere when this entry arrived.
**In another weird coincidence, BoPeep (next entry, below) uploaded the "author photo" for Good Omens.
From BoPeep:
1. Jerome K Jerome
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
3. The Jacaranda Tree, H.E. Bates*
4. hannah
5. Hugh Laurie... (and I took the picture, nearly 11 years ago!)**
6. I (Read About Indie) Rock! *Do You?!?*
7. Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
8. The Tardis; user DoctorWho
9. Neil_Artikel
10.Zagreb : plan grada
Tie-breaker: my favourite tag is 'pigeon-filled', which writerofdreams
has applied to several Mo Willems books (most of which I own too). I'm
tempted to use it myself on the same books now.
*That reminds me.. I used to have a copy of Love for Lydia. Wonder where it is? Ex-wife's attic, I bet.. damn.
**Did he sign it?? eBay, baby.. eBay.
Well, I hope you four had a good time, along with anyone else who dabbled in this. If there was a real prize (no, Tim never came through), it would go to hebamashundi ("First seen as sidewalk graffiti").. but we're all winners here, aren't we?
11BoPeep
**Did he sign it?? eBay, baby.. eBay.
You bet! ('It' being The Gun Seller.) Very nicely dedicated, along with Three Bits of Fry and Laurie which is also signed by Stephen Fry. (One wrote 'No!', the other 'Yes!', on seeing that the first one had signed it. I cannot remember without going to look which was which but I think Laurie was first.)
You bet! ('It' being The Gun Seller.) Very nicely dedicated, along with Three Bits of Fry and Laurie which is also signed by Stephen Fry. (One wrote 'No!', the other 'Yes!', on seeing that the first one had signed it. I cannot remember without going to look which was which but I think Laurie was first.)
