I have this idea for a get-together centered around a scavenger hunt. Rather than the destructive, potentially illegal, bring stuff back hunt, I thought it would be fun to have one with digital cameras instead.
So, for example, an item to find would be “a woman wearing a trench coat”.
There should be point values, too, depending on the difficulty of finding the object.
For example:
New Volkswagon Beetle (1 pt)
Old Volkswagon Beetle (3 pt)
etc…
So you, gentle dopers, any ideas for this hunt and suggested point values?
Evening on a weekend is the likely time if that makes any difference.
Depending on the area you are having the hunt in, you can look for odd or interesting landmarks - stained glass windows, iron gates or fences, advertising signs or what have you.
A bunch of people from my church group got an event like this together a few months back. A lot of the pictures were things that it’s hard to get, but creativity was encouraged. For example, one of the items was a picture of the team with a tiger. Obviously, this isn’t an easy picture to get literally; however, full points were awarded for a picture of the team with a box of Frosted Flakes (featuring Tony the Tiger.)
A few of the things on the list and random ideas I’m throwing out there:
-Someone on the team kissing a cow.
-A picture with [local celebrity/common friend of many people involved in the hunt]
-The longest hair you can find on a man
-The most people in uniforms in one photo
-A picture of the team buying the single cheapest item they could find in Wal-Mart (the team with the cheapest item gets additional points.)
-A picture of a male member of the team asking a random stranger for a tampon
-A picture of a pizza with anchovies on it (that was not ordered by anyone involved in the scavenger hunt).
-A picture of a local unusual headstone/monument or a headstone with an unusual name – like something that starts with an “X.” (But first make sure that nobody involved is prone to any kind of vandalism.)
-A picture of a dickie or a snood – but don’t tell them what either one is. You may get alot of creative attempts on this one.
Do these actually exist, or was the Simpsons/Family Guy pulling a whoosh?
I’ve seen signs for 17 MPH and 8 MPH. Now granted, they aren’t official highway signs, but a local county park tries to keep people from speeding through its parking lots by placing nontraditional speed limit signs up.
The last time I saw them was multiple 26 mph signs in a gated subdivision of Lake Geneva. I seem to recall seeing a 6 or 7 mph sign somewhere in the Chicago vicinity as well. They are out there, but I don’t think they exist on public roads.
When I worked as a hotel desk clerk, I had a group of guys come in doing this type of scavenger hunt. They needed a picture of me (“a hotel clerk”) kissing one of them. Any one, my choice. I was happy to oblige by kissing a cutie on the cheek; they looked like they were having fun.
I like the open creative ones, probably because those are the ones I am good at. My favorite was the largest tail. People came back with pictures of dogs or cats, we came back with a picture of a fisherman acting out the “I caught a fish<-----------------------> this big” Puns are my friend. Another task was a flower. So I went to the grocery store and took a picture of an aisle full of flour.
Largest tale (tail)
Biggest thing the group can carry.
Authorized Personnel Only – A shot of the group in an off limits area. The photo must include the person who let you in. No trespassing.
Now I know what I am going to be thinking about all day.
Flashing boobs. This takes a modicum of salesmanship, and you can claim that you aren’t a perve, it’s just the contest rules. You have to further define that no one’s boobs in the contest are allowed, unless you’ve only invited women with terrific racks.
Ask for something that is not perfectly defined. “something white, wet and smooth” could get you a pic of a toilet bowl, Moby Dick, a jar of mayo in a kitchen sink or someone’s butt.
My parents used to tell me that their hunts always included a frisbee cat, and my Dad was the only one that ever found one. A frisbee cat is a roadkill cat that has been dried and flattened out from being in the road, to the point that you can throw it like a frisbee.
