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VoidEngineer writes "Well, it's that time of the year again... the World's Largest Scavenger Hunt has begun again. (This is the same annual Scavenger Hunt where the students built the breeder reactor, for item #240, back in 1999...) Anyhow, you can find the list here. This year, the competition is between 9 teams and there are 307 items. Nerdy items include, but are not limited to: #2 From the fetid swamps of Lotan to the teeming forests of Jojojop, Endor is an ancient, mysterious, beautiful land, deserving to be rendered as a full-color map fit for National Geographic, circa TA 3019; [51 points] #46 Mobius stripper. Must be non-orientable. Must not emphasize the one-dimensionality of the stripper's personality. [28 points]. #98 A piece of the Space Shuttle Columbia with NASA verification [155 points] #101 A hologram of an entire team member. [50 points]
#136 Explain string theory using only sock puppets. The Judge must understand. [19 points]"
I remember summer camp scavenger hunts -- we'd just have to look for trash on the last day of camp.
I remember back in the day, we'd bug the neighbors for different things, beer, wine, cigerettes, and ya know what? They actually gave it to us because they saw it on the list!
NASA has said that any one who is in poession of said parts will be liable for criminal conduct.
... and 155 points.
An original Idea for the scavenger hunt that doesnt weakly attempt to show how witty, creative, pretentious and just plain lame we actually are. The Judges must look like the morons they are. [242 points]
...#98 A piece of the Space Shuttle Columbia with NASA verification [155 points]...
Does anybody else think that this is in bad taste?
No. But I think it makes for a poor challenge. I can just buy a piece off of ebay!
Pffft!
Ya they shoulda asked for a piece of Challenger. I mean c'mon - every body in rural texas had a piece of Columbia dropped in their back yards.
How come all the shuttles that explode start in 'C'?
For some of my (former) TAs, this would be 19 easy points.
Wait.. they said "The Judge must understand. ". Oops, never mind.
how about a LUG member who has had sex?
(Note: a 'phrenologist' is a guy who studies the brain by the bumps on the skull.)
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"103. Phrenological examination of a Judge.
Points: (IQ of Judge) / 10, with IQ as determined by the phrenologist.
Double points if you have a licensed phrenologist."
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Cover your eyes and click this link!
308. _______ An clear and understandable methodology that will enable scavenger hunt organizers and judges to get a date, finally! [532 points for an actual woman] [54 points for compliant farm animals]
Just one. Her arguments are all totally one-sided.
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#136 Explain string theory using only sock puppets. The Judge must understand. [19 points]"
Anyone else feel that Mr. Rodgers or Seaseme Street ruined our childhoods by not doing this.
see the Count, count dimensions....it could work
Yes they are muppets, but it's still just a glorified sock puppet.
Last time I checked, we had a male strip club right across town.
That's nice. Exactly how often do you check?
A "mobius stripper"? Why is it always with the nerdy population that we find such blatant sexism and a desire to exploit women? Are you people still wondering why no women want to enter the fields of engineering or computer science? It's a hostile environment, plain and simple, and you assholes are the cause.
A "stripper" is a job title which pertains to no particular sex, and as a male one, I am deeply offended that you associate my profession with one half the population. YOU try wearing a UPS uniform and spinning a cardboard box over your crotch at an Andrea Dworkin fundraiser, THEN you can spit ideas of "hostile environments" at me.
Now I'm just pissed and need to go to the emergency room as my tongue has punctured my cheek.
Bored with karma, be a fan/freak
Does non-orientable mean we must be unable to determine their sexual preference or do the judges have something against Asians?
Most CS/Engineering types I knew in college were practically -scared- of women, not beer-guzzling chauvenist pigs.
Heck, I'm still -scared- of women, but I have good cause, I was married.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
In honor of our new Freedom of Information, inform as many people as you can of the home phone numbers of John Poindexter, John Ashcroft and Tom Ridge in a massive publicity campaign.
"Weapons should be hardy rather than decorative" - Miyamoto Musashi
I think that goes for OS's too
Only 19 points for explaining string theory with sock puppets?
I know theoretical physisists who don't understand string theory well enough to explain in a years worth of lectures.
IMHO this is an extremely underrated item =+/
I happen to be in the software field, and there are a lot of women in my office doing the same or similar job as me, and everything is as professional as you can get it.
Yeah, but are they HOT???
In honor of Matt Groening, I got fed "Lobster Stuffed with Tacos" tonight, as part of item 159. I love judgehood.
-kd