2008 Scooter Photo Scavenger Hunt Week 7: Scoot to Work

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:13 am

Well I am a little bummed that I wasn't the first to get the Jello pic. We made the Jello yesterday but I was afraid someone would be there on a Saturday. So thought Sunday afternoon would be best...

But yeah, even at that, it seemed like the most clandestine thing I've done since I was old enough to know better

But sounds like O'Scoot had to work way harder than me. We set it all up, moved the copy machine out and the water cooler from across the building so I didn't have to roll my scoot on the carpet. Had my kid prop the door open and rolled it in took some pics.. and if the jello hadn't slid off and hit the floor, I would have been in and out in less than two minutes

Anyway...
4 points - Scooter at work
4 points - Copy Machine
3 points - Water Cooler
5 Points - Stapler in Jello (do I get extra credit for matching the Jello to the Blur?) :p
16 points Total

I threw in the Phone, White Out and Yellow Highlighter just cuz they were easy

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:13 am

i love the office so i thought it was a hilarious idea.

and i seriously cant believe someone actually took their scooter up the elevator just for the sake of the hunt. i mean...wow.

my office is just inside our building. one story flat. very small staff. and im completely freaked out to roll my scooter in there.

i might just have to take a cut of points this week and make a minimal effort.

scootlemont....how about we broaden the props category and have everyone use two props they normally use at work?

i have an office job, so i use all those things, but not everyone does.

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:35 am

sailortot wrote:i might just have to take a cut of points this week and make a minimal effort.

That goes against your grain! You always put so much effort into the hunt, I for one, would be a little sad.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:46 am

sailortot wrote: scootlemont....how about we broaden the props category and have everyone use two props they normally use at work?
i have an office job, so i use all those things, but not everyone does.

Well... I hate to change the rules now that we are going but I would consider it if thats what everyone wants to do...
That being said... I realize that not everyone can do some of these props but most you can get at walmart for a couple dollars if you dont have them laying around... yeah the copy machine, water cooler & office phone might not be found at some people's work place... but there have been things every week that some people couldnt get.
Like the pts for a Major League ballpark, Scooter poker some people couldnt play because there simply are not any other scooters in their town (like me), I bet a lot of towns dont have police trucks, & a lot of people couldnt get the points for a pic with fireworks becasue they dont have them in their state.
And... the biggest prop points were for the stapler in jello - that only takes about $5 (if you dont have one already) & a willingness to do it.
I dont want to be a point nazi but some weeks are going to be harder for some players than others.
Most weeks there have been a bonus that some people are not able to get. Understand what I mean?

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:56 am

ScootLemont wrote:but I would consider it if thats what everyone wants to do...

Not everyone wants it. The challenge is the fun part ... at least for me.

I work from home and the copy machine is just not an option. But I can make some points happen with all the options you threw out there.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:00 am

sailortot wrote:i might just have to take a cut of points this week and make a minimal effort.

I wouldnt do that yet... we have a long way to go...
What if we had a week that featured bonus points for a photo with a building over 700ft tall? You might not be able to get that.
We are not even 1/2 way yet, you can back off if you want to, but I wouldnt assume you will get to keep this lead in the 2nd half (things can change after the all star break - sorry baseball reference)

BiscuitHead · Post by **BiscuitHead** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:05 am

I just want to give a big thanks to ScootLemont for taking the time to organize the hunt. Bravo!

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:16 am

ScootLemont wrote:
sailortot wrote:i might just have to take a cut of points this week and make a minimal effort.
I wouldnt do that yet... we have a long way to go...
What if we had a week that featured bonus points for a photo with a building over 700ft tall? You might not be able to get that.
We are not even 1/2 way yet, you can back off if you want to, but I wouldnt assume you will get to keep this lead in the 2nd half (things can change after the all star break - sorry baseball reference)

just getting the photo with a few props will be easy (i work a quarter mile from my house), but trying to get the max points is kind of scary. ive only got a few hours to pull it off before i leave town for a week, possibly without my scooter...so we'll see.

im getting a kick out of everyones risk-taking. thats for sure. good entries, guys!

KRUSTYburger · Post by **KRUSTYburger** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:14 am

First, I just like to say that this hunt is kinda one-sided to folks that don't work at OFFICE buildings... Anyways, I managed to get my pic in this week despite the minor setbacks! I finally replaced my computer, which was fried by lightning last month

. So here's my crappy pic:

Scooter @ work (I ride my Bud there everyday unless its stormy): 4 points!
Tada! That's a yellow highlighter in my hand: +1 point!
Gnarly and un-appetizing as it may be, that's one jello-fied stapler my friends! +5 points!
edit: Sorry ScootLemont, I forgot to put my total: 10 points!!!

Okay, it looks pretty lame I admit, but I promise I didn't just stick that stapler in some smooshed up Jello. It's really in there! I think if you really look at it you can tell (also you'll be able to tell my glasses were fogging up

). It's a mix of melon fusion and peach (hence the gross color). DELICIOUS!!! My sister told me I should've greased the bowl first... DUH! Why didn't I think of that?! Also, I was planning to get a shot of the front of the building, but like 2 minutes after we got there they turned the light off

. So, it is just a pic of me in front of a truck (I got my sis to shine the car headlights on it so you could see) but the truck is parked in front of the entrance. They always park delivery trucks there at night to block it off... Anyhow, WOW! that's long, sorry.

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:13 am

KRUSTYburger wrote:First, I just like to say that this hunt is kinda one-sided to folks that don't work at OFFICE buildings...

And the baseball one was kinda one sided for those of us who don't live near a baseball field.

In the end, it should all sorta even out. Thanks ScootLemont for putting this together, fun stuff.

And if you're going to do the jello, you gotta double up on the jello mix to make it solid enough to stick together

Mine even hit the floor and stayed mostly together.

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:34 am

ScootLemont wrote:
sailortot wrote: scootlemont....how about we broaden the props category and have everyone use two props they normally use at work?
i have an office job, so i use all those things, but not everyone does.
Well... I hate to change the rules now that we are going but I would consider it if thats what everyone wants to do...
... but there have been things every week that some people couldnt get.

I vote don't change anything after you've started. That's not fair to those that have already submitted pics. And you're right on. There were lots of things that some of us can't get....night shots of fireworks 30 miles away....major league ball parks.... multiple scoots...etc. All of those had some major points. Besides....some of us risked our jobs for this last pic. Shoot, that oughta be worth even MORE bonus points for just the guts to try it

pretz_ruck · Post by **pretz_ruck** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:51 pm

2 points for office phone
1 point for highlighter
4 points for scoot at my work(thanks Oscoot

)
7 Total

sailortot · Post by **sailortot** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:56 pm

4 pts for the picture
5 pts for stapler in jello
4 pts for copy machine
2 pts for adding machine

15 pts total

and here is the closeup of my jello mold, which started falling apart very quickly.

7eregrine · Post by **7eregrine** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:02 pm

I am stunned by how many people are actually doing the jello thing. Y'all rock. And for those of you taking them inside??!? Speechless...

My boss is a perfectionist and would throttle me if I left any tire tracks on the carpet. hehehe

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:07 pm

question for the huntmaster: can we get bonus points if we don't get the base points? also does the highlighter color matter?

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:17 pm

[quote="pretz_ruck"]2 points for office phone
1 point for highlighter
3 Total

You forgot your 4 pts for the photo AT YOUR WORK.....assuming this is at your workplace, of course!

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:19 pm

[quote="sailortot"]

4 pts for the picture
5 pts for stapler in jello
4 pts for copy machine
2 pts for adding machine

15 pts total

WTG sailortot....I knew you'd come thru!

sikken · Post by **sikken** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:08 pm

BiscuitHead wrote:I just want to give a big thanks to ScootLemont for taking the time to organize the hunt. Bravo!

I second this! Thanks to ScootLemont for taking the time to organize this. I look forward to seeing the pics every week...

pretz_ruck · Post by **pretz_ruck** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:16 pm

OScoot! wrote:
pretz_ruck wrote:2 points for office phone
1 point for highlighter
3 Total

You forgot your 4 pts for the photo AT YOUR WORK.....assuming this is at your workplace, of course!
Thanks for the reminder!! I can t belive i almost missed that.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:56 pm

Christy wrote:question for the huntmaster: can we get bonus points if we don't get the base points? also does the highlighter color matter?

re bonus points.... from the Friday post:

But ScootLemont…. I don’t ride to work… but I still want to play!
Ok, Ok, you can still play this week by using up to 3 props in your scooter photo taken at home (or anywhere else) you just don’t get the initial 4pts for the photo of your scooter at work.

so yes... you can go for only bonus points if you cant ride to work.

Yes... it must be yellow

And thanks to all of you who thanked me for running this

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:58 pm

OScoot! wrote:You forgot your 4 pts for the photo AT YOUR WORK.....assuming this is at your workplace, of course!

I hope thats a work place.... or do you live in the van... down by the river?

Post by **polianarchy** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:02 pm

sikken wrote:
BiscuitHead wrote:I just want to give a big thanks to ScootLemont for taking the time to organize the hunt. Bravo!
I second this! Thanks to ScootLemont for taking the time to organize this. I look forward to seeing the pics every week...

Thirded here! Thanks so much for spear-heading this initiative, ScootLemont.

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:02 pm

pretz_ruck wrote:2 points for office phone
1 point for highlighter
4 points for scoot at my work(thanks Oscoot )
7 Total

is that highlighter yellow?

pretz_ruck · Post by **pretz_ruck** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:08 pm

pretz_ruck wrote:2 points for office phone
1 point for highlighter
4 points for scoot at my work(thanks Oscoot )
7 Total

Correction in the scoring
4 points for scoot at work
2 point for office phone
total of 6 points

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:49 am

My helmet's off to Mary Jane, OScoot! (19th floor, really?!?), Racenut and sailortot so far, for wheeling their scoots inside the office. I'm getting outsourced this year, but I'd just as soon it not be this WEEK! So I had to get my scoot waiting patiently at the door.

4pts for a photo of your scooter at YOUR place of WORK
+4 Copy machine
+2 Paper shredder
+5pts Stapler IN A JELLO MOLD

=15 points total

MarsR · Post by **MarsR** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:14 am

4pts for a photo of your scooter at YOUR place of WORK
+2 Paper shredder
+2 Office Telephone
+ 5pts Stapler IN A JELLO MOLD

Total = 13pts

Also in photo, but not counted:
+1 Yellow highlighter

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:42 am

Ok... so now I gotta ask...
do the staplers clean up ok & has anyone eaten the jello?

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 5:25 am

ScootLemont wrote:Ok... so now I gotta ask...
do the staplers clean up ok & has anyone eaten the jello?

I cannot speak for anyone but myself. But speaking for myself, do you know where those things have been?

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:22 am

ScootLemont wrote:Ok... so now I gotta ask...
do the staplers clean up ok & has anyone eaten the jello?

The staplers clean up with hot water but the jello goes down the drain!!

OScoot! · Post by **OScoot!** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:25 am

Syd wrote:My helmet's off to Mary Jane, OScoot! (19th floor, really?!?), Racenut and sailortot so far, for wheeling their scoots inside the office.

Yup...19th floor. No joke. And the building only has 21 floors.

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:54 pm

4pts for a photo of your scooter at YOUR place of WORK
+3 Water cooler
+3 Worlds best boss trophy
+ 5pts Stapler IN A JELLO MOLD

15pts!

I work from home (right through that door, down the steps to the right)

And for verification:

And because I thought it looked neat:

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:58 pm

Orange Guy wrote:...

Dayamm! I looked all over for one of those!

Xena · Post by **Xena** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:06 pm

Kudos to everyone who put a stapler in a Jello mold

BiscuitHead · Post by **BiscuitHead** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:26 pm

4pts for a photo of your scooter at YOUR place of WORK
+2 Adding machine
+2 Paper shredder
+ 5pts Stapler IN A JELLO MOLD

Total 13 pts

I ride my scoot every day to work and am able to park it inside. Big thing I learned from this... jello does not travel well in the pet carrier. I won't be bringing the jello mold for the holidays! Oh yeah... and the stapler still works. Fun stuff!

zoomzoom · Post by **zoomzoom** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:18 pm

I would not eat the JELLO after it has been in contact with your stapler, do YOU know what might be lurking on it. Racenut & I have a 11 year old boy who had to try the JELLO while it was in the fridge, he thought it was cool. The whole office escapade included the whole family, and our son could not wait for the photo shoot to be over so he could EAT the JELLO. As Racenut pointed out in his post the JELLO even hit the floor.

As a mother i cringed, but thought what the heck, he ate one little piece and decided mom was probably right and had fun DE-JELLOing the stapler.

FYI - The stapler cleans up really well in the Dishwasher, and is sanitized.

olivemusic · Post by **olivemusic** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:05 pm

+4pts for a photo of your scooter at YOUR place of WORK
+4 Copy machine
+2 Adding machine
+1 White Out
=11 points

coffeebrown · Post by **coffeebrown** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:23 pm

EDIT!!! I understand there's only one picture this week so.....

Scooter@ work = 4 pts
Yellow hi-lghter= 1 pt
Work telephone = 2 pts
White-out=1 pt

TOTAL = 8 PTS

StacyB · Post by **StacyB** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:47 am

[quote=olive music = but I have a newboss of one whole week...[/quote]

this is the perfect break-in period for your boss... how does he/she know what normally goes on there?

Daisyscoot · Post by **Daisyscoot** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:25 pm

This is my first attempt at posting a picture, and participating in the scavenger hunt.

I took this picture with my phone yesterday as I was leaving class, so if I can get a better one, with props today or tomorrow I'll edit and repost, but as of right now it looks like

+4 pts for scooter at school (work)

Go me, go me!!

ScootLemont · Post by **ScootLemont** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:54 pm

Daisyscoot wrote:This is my first attempt at posting a picture, and participating in the scavenger hunt.

Welcome to the hunt & thanks for playing!

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 5:15 pm

ok, I am a part time model which means I have no regular place of employment...the other part of the time I am a housewife. SO, I took the picture with my scooter in front of my house with the only prop I had...the yellow highlighter.

4pts for a photo of your scooter at YOUR place of WORK (any day this week – doesn’t have to be on the 16th)
+1 Yellow highlighter

a sad 5pts.

also because I was on my way to the grocery store as my duties of a housewife requires, here's my scoot "working"

MikieTaps · Post by **MikieTaps** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 6:14 pm

i like the "working" buddy! I wonder if there are any people out there that do delieveries and such with their buddies.

siobhan · Post by **siobhan** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:21 pm

+4 for scoot at work
+2 for paper shredder (on footboard)
+2 for office telephone (my actual office phone)
+1 for yellow highlighter (on seat, thanks Beatrice!)
=9 pts

White Out is also there, but a little bird reminded me only 3 props total may be used. Thanks little bird

I thought about asking the president of the college to be in the pics, but I chickened out. That's me with my colleague Silbia on the right. I love my job and I love where I work...I'm so lucky! (Not to rub it in or anything...it's a long time coming 'til I got a job I absolutely love.)

Thanks Paul for taking the pic.

Othergods · Post by **Othergods** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:38 am

6 points this week

close up

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:32 am

Christy wrote:ok, I am a part time model

Prove it!!!

Orange Guy · Post by **Orange Guy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:38 am

ScooterTrash wrote:
Christy wrote:ok, I am a part time model
Prove it!!!

Scroll down.

Christy · Post by **Christy** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:48 am

ScooterTrash wrote:
Christy wrote:ok, I am a part time model
Prove it!!!

heh...ok, well, I had a lot of fun on this one, so I stayed in makeup till I got home and had hubs take a picture.

Jackie F · Post by **Jackie F** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:01 am

It came from UK's version of The Office

Gareth: He put my stapler inside a jelly again. That's the third time he's done it. It wasn't funny the first time.
David: Why has he done that?
Gareth: I told him once I don't like jelly. I don't trust the way it moves.
David: Yeah, you show him a weakness, he'll pounce. You should know that.

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:15 am

Christy wrote:
ScooterTrash wrote:
Christy wrote:ok, I am a part time model
Prove it!!!
heh...ok, well, I had a lot of fun on this one, so I stayed in makeup till I got home and had hubs take a picture.

HOT!!!, i believed you, I was just playin

Scutellosaurus · Post by **Scutellosaurus** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:11 pm

4 points - scoot at work
3 points - water cooler
4 points - copier
5 points - stapler in Jello (Yes, that is a pretty, pink stapler in that green Jello)
16 points total

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