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Posted by RaJ on October 30th, 2007
Aside: I hope that nice little old lady hooked up with her daughter after I helped her find the train station. Don’t you agree? 
I need help. No, not that kind of help. Okay yes I do, but I’m looking for a different kind of help here. I need you to help me make a list of thirty items for a NaBloPoMo scavenger hunt.
Here’s how it works.
- You suggest items.
- I make a list.
- I find items.
- I write blog posts about items.
- You get credit, links, and fanfare in each post.
- If possible and/or practical, at the end I will award a monkey prize to whomever suggests the “best” item. I cannot promise but I will try.
Please leave your suggestion in a comment. For now at least, I’ll set a limit of one item per person. If I can’t badger find thirty willing radioactive minions over the next week or so, I’ll change the limit. Or ask little old ladies. Or something.
Right now you’re probably wondering, what is spumoni and why are the vowels ‘a’ and ‘e’ excluded? Also you might be wondering what I mean by ‘items.’ In this context the word ‘item’ means “whatever.” Specific or general, abstract concept or material object, mythical creature - I am, as the saying goes, open to suggestion. *ahem*
Here are some examples.
- Button
- Spool
- Roll of toilet paper
- Animal
- Vegetable
- Mineral
- Bedtime story
- Something blue
- Peace
- Train
- Franken Monkey
- Etc.
I intend to physically acquire each item on the final list. In the event an item is, shall we say, intangible or unattainable, I’ll… wing it.
That’s the plan so far. Let the enumeration begin!
And thanks in advance for your help. 
October 30th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
a happy postman
October 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
A house decorated for Christmas BEFORE Thanksgiving
OR
A soda fountain with both Coke AND Pepsi.
I know that’s two, so you can take your pick.
October 30th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
You’re going to wing it, huh? How about an object that rhymes with purple. Try to wrap your mind around that one!
October 30th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
From your list, my first thought was “peace train”.
Then I thought (selfishly, of course) hey, maybe he can find a buyer for my Rebel XT.
Then I thought about an ice cube, shaped like Abe Lincoln.
I don’t know what’s going on with my brain today.
p.s. Thanks, now I can’t get that Peace train song out of my head!
October 30th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
A shrubbery. And a swallow. African OR European will do. =)
October 30th, 2007 at 4:12 pm
A hippopotamus clown.
Hot pink traffic cone.
A jelly bean sculpture.
Odd ducks.
and last but certainly not least, The One Sock. (Yes, that sock. “One Sock to rule them all, One Sock to find them, One Sock to bring them all and in the darkness bind them”)
Edited to add: I apologize deeply. I’m not quite myself today
October 30th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
You could have an alphabetical list… that would get you 26 days through, no?
As for objects, how about a bungee cord, a tent, a sharp object, a light bulb, a pencil, Pluto (dog or planet), chapstick, nail clippers, a horse, a zebra, a unicorn, a griffin, a paper airplane, and dog doo.
October 30th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
A glow in the dark penis.
Or, in honor of Thanksgiving, a turkey dressed in drag.
Did you actually believe I would come up with something normal? Remember, a wise man once called me a “mostly functional crazy person”.
October 30th, 2007 at 6:29 pm
A double adaptor
October 30th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
A spinet.
October 30th, 2007 at 7:26 pm
the all nude Broadway version of “the War of the Worlds”
October 30th, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Well since I’m from Canada how about something with a Canadian Flag on it. I know. Boring. Especially after seeing Angel’s suggestion of a glow in the dark penis. Ok. So if you want, make the flag glow.
October 30th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
I think you should try to find another wayward ballpit ball. Too hard? You can’t go to ChuckECheese and toss one into the corner, either.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:37 am
Hawkins Cheesies.
A Mercedes Benz emblem off a car.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:46 am
Something you have around the house that is fixed with duct tape, or jimmy rigged McGivor style.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:19 am
how about a post on aeaeae?
yes, it’s a word, relates to magic. that should leave you lots of room to play around
and Angel…. my vibrator is a glow in the dark penis (not that I ever use it. no no no. of course not.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:19 am
I get scared anytime someone asks me to get creative.
Apparently, the transit of Mercury occured in November, so that’s my challenge: spot the transit of Mercury.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:32 am
I would love to see you in a shoe store looking for LAVENDAR PUMPS!
gotta say, I absolutely LOVE some of the previous posts. Y’all are hillarious.
glow in the dark penis… African or European swallow (ahhhh!)… The One Sock!
RadioactiveJam, your commentors ROCK! You should get a picture of all of them. Lavendar pumps are my first object, though.
October 31st, 2007 at 12:07 pm
well, I can’t seem to be real creative but how about trying to find the remote. I’m always looking for it.(almost called it a flipper flopper. Do other people call it that? hmm)
October 31st, 2007 at 2:21 pm
On reflection, I’d rather use my vote to vote for Becky’s idea:
A soda fountain with both Coke AND Pepsi
October 31st, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Liquid nitrogen from the holes of Triton
October 31st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
For the record, temporarily absent blog feiend Anaglyph suggests, and I quote, “a squid.”
October 31st, 2007 at 8:55 pm
I like Kari’s second idea. One of your commenters. Second choice: a spigot.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:46 pm
A Darth Vader pez candy dispenser.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:57 am
Bawls.
And a doughnut. Heck, TWO doughnuts.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:24 pm
Your favorite Christmas album (or mine)
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:51 am
Since I’m all about birds:
A duck in a place it shouldn’t be.
(And you’re not allowed to wing it. That would be cruel.)
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm
how about something that is both made of metal and plastic?
November 5th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
This one is purely selfish: A pair of Levi’s 504 Low Slouch Straight jeans, size 3 or 5. For sale.
November 6th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
5 dancing elephants on top of the empire state building.
November 6th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
a punnet of strawberries
November 7th, 2007 at 9:37 am
Ooh! I’ve got one…unless I’m too late.
Something with a radioactive symbol on it that’s:
A. Not actually radioactive (too dangerous for dear OLD dad)
B. Not on your blog (too easy)
November 7th, 2007 at 9:50 am
You’re too late. Not! … And what’s with the OLD jab? How do you expect me to maintain my eternally
immatureyouthful persona with such reminders?“Now I have to face stupid reality again.” — H. Simpson
November 7th, 2007 at 11:20 am
A waffle iron in an animal shape.
November 9th, 2007 at 12:44 am
A rare or unusual Australian related item.
November 11th, 2007 at 6:50 am
A) A dragon item, purple if possible *heh*
or
B) A sign, or advert, or if necessary a newspaper headline or article, with either a really bad or a really clever pun
November 13th, 2007 at 10:07 am
Still taking suggestions?
How about an instance of Pareidolia?
November 17th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
I can tell you where to find a soda fountain with Coke and Pepsi…Bucee’s. If you have them in FL? I think my Target has both too.
Let’s see…I like Angel’s idea about honoring Thanksgiving. How about a dancing Turkey? Or maybe a Pilgrim doing something mean to a turkey.