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U of Chicago Scavenger Hunt List - 2004

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the distributed-approach dept.

nightsweat writes "The list of items and tasks for the 2004 version of the infamous University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (or scavhunt for short) is up as a PDF. As a veteran of the first hunt in 1985, I'm glad to see the youngsters carrying on the madness. Some of the highlight items - the URLs of the blogs of the judges, five pages of Queer Eye for Doctor Doom, A McDonald's Sad Meal, Mrs Potatohead giving Mr. Potato head, Eudaemonia (300 points!), and a permanent tattoo that says 'Sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?'"

12 of 268 comments (clear)

  1. #1 on the list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A PDF viewer for Windows that doesn't suck up more resources Doom III. Good luck on that!

  2. I'm over here! by mrpotato · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Mrs Potato wants to give me head.

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  3. electric pickle by lahosken · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A demonstration of the edible electric pickle."

    I have attached a pickle to an electric cord to make it (the pickle) glow. But I'm not sure if it was edible in that state. First of all, it was emitting burnt-pickle smoke. Second of all, the eater probably would have been electrocuted.

    Then again, that's a small price to pay for science.

  4. Slashdotted... by Dr.+Bent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe the first item on the list should have been "Another Web Server"

  5. The Real #1 on the list is... by Chris_Compton · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) SCO's Case

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  6. Rising Costs by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...a permanent tattoo that says 'Sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?'

    Geez, the Scavenger hunt is getting more expensive every year. And now the contestants have to add to their expenses a return bus ticket from Illinois to Alabama?

  7. To anybody competing by soybean · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have that tatoo already, and for five dolars, you can use me in your game.

  8. Unrealistic Item by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Funny
    Mrs Potatohead giving Mr. Potato head


    Comeon. They're married. Really, what are the odds of this hunt taking place on Mr. Potatohead's birthday?

    -Peter
  9. Top 10 Accidentally Found Scavenger Items by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny
    Top 10 Accidentally Found Scavenger Items in Chicago:

    10. Mayor Daley the First

    9. An effective WinXP security patch CD

    8. 11,000 Bush vote ballots brought home early in 2001 by Bill "Lex Luthor" Daley and hidden in a landfill.

    7. My car keys!

    6. (still missing)

    5. The Beagle

    4. 8,700 ballots from 1960 election marked as votes for Nixon.

    3. WMD's

    2. Meigs Field

    1. Jimmy Hoffa

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  10. the scary thing is... by size1one · · Score: 5, Funny
    "...a permanent tattoo that says 'Sorry about the syphilis, can we still be cousins?'"

    There is probably a college student dumb enough to get the tattoo.

    They better post a picture.

  11. Re:a couple years ago... by Twirlip+of+the+Mists · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fucking Internet. Fucking, fucking Internet. Can't even spread a good urban legend any more. Every time you try, the subject of the damn rumor pops up and starts spouting all kinds of unnecessary facts!

    I hate the fucking Internet. It's taken all the fun out of a well-crafted lie.

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  12. Re:They forgot number 283, a non slashdotable serv by Christopher_G_Lewis · · Score: 4, Funny

    284) A keyboard with a space bar :-)

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