# The SDMB is going places. (contest) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233 "2005-11-03T03:12:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/61 "2005-11-07T06:34:19Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > \ > > I’m not sure of any way to remedy this, though, and I still enjoy going around getting photos of me in strange places, just some thoughts. You know, a lot of people are pointing this out…so it’s leading me to believe that, yeah, I did underestimate some points like the banana and the Dollar and game and stuff. They shouldn’t have been that high. You’re all correct, guys. However, I don’t want to go back on my word or change the points after it was already given out to someone. Not unless it was okay with **Anastasaeon**. But since I’m the one that made the mistake, It’s my opinion that she has the right to keep them if she chooses. For any other things not yet done that anyone disagrees with pointwise, give your arguement and I’ll probably wind up changing it. 🙂 Just as long as it’s not for every little one. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/62 "2005-11-07T08:27:14Z")
I suggest the following using the specified point ranges as a guideline. It’s not perfect but assures some degree of fairness in pont distribution. If you want to add a new item, just figure out the best category and use the point ranges for that category to come up with a specific point value for the item relative to the other points avaiolable in that category. I tried to make it fair based upon how hard it would be for most Dopers to get the photo. **Common Indoor Residential Setting (10-25 points)** Shower 10 Bath 20 SDMB written on a one dollar bill (or form of currency) [Not large] 10 **Unique Indoor Residential Setting (25-75 points)** SDMB written on a banana 25 **Common Urban Setting (50-200 points)** Playground 60 Football Field 100 Baseball Field 75 Basketball Court 75 Motorcycle 75 Bar 100 Car 50 Swimming Pool 100 Movie Theater 70 SDMB written in chalk on a sidewalk 50 SDMB typed on a peice of paper and tacked up on a pole 50 SDMB written on a chalkboard in a classroom 125 Classroom Inside 100 **Unique Urban Setting (100-300 points)** Hockey Rink 175 Subway 150 Arcade 175 Miniature Golf Course 200 Merry-go-round 250 Ferris Wheel 300 Courtroom 150 Rollercoaster 275 Trampoline 150 Airplane Inside 200 Limo Inside 250 Tiger Cage at Zoo 300 Operating Room 175 In a Coffin 300 In a Submarine 300 In a Helicopter 250 In an Air Traffic Control Tower 300 Atop a Flagpole 100 SDMB as a “high score” name on a video game 125 **Common Rural Setting (50-200 points)** Farm 50 Snow 100 On Horseback 100 SDMB written in the sand 75 **Unique Rural Setting (100-300 points)** Interstate Rest Stop 200 Cornfield 150 Mountaintop 250 Floating Boat 150 In a Train Caboose or Engine 200 **Common Activity (10-100 points)** Wheelchair 50 **Rare Activity (100-300 points)** Live Snake Around Your Neck 150 Dressed as Pirate 150 Flying a Plane 200 On a Donkey 250 Carriage/racing sulky/high perch phaeton 150 **Unique Activity (300 & up)** Hot Air Balloon Inside 300 Skydiving 800 In a Space Capsule 800 On a Llama 500 On an Elephant 400 On an Ostrich 600 **General Locations (100-300 points)** State/Province Capital City 150 Major University 100 State/Province Capitol Building 175 Hard Rock Cafe 150 Madrid, Spain 150 Libson, Portugal 200 Istanbul, Turkey 250 St Petersburg, Russia 250 Hamburg, Germany 200 Oslo, Norway 250 Ottawa, Canada 200 Brussels, Belgium 200 Sofia, Bulgaria 250 Tokyo, Japan 175 Mexico City, Mexico 175 Los Angeles, California, USA 100 South Africa 300 **Sepcific US Urban Landmark (200-500 points)** NASA 400 Wash. DC Mall with US Capitol, Wash. Mon., Lincoln Mem., White House 300 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 200 Top of Empire State Building 300 Sears Tower Background 200 Alamo 200 Las Vegas Strip 200 Knott’s Berry Farm 250 Ground Zero 250 St. Louis Arch 250 Statue of Liberty 200 Golden Gate Bridge 200 Disneyland (with costumed character) 450 TubaDiva’s House Inside 500 **Specific European/Australian Urban Landmark (200-800 points)** Big Ben 250 Eiffel Tower 250 Sydney Opera House 250 Berlin Wall 250 Roman Colosseum 300 Kremlin 500 Venician Canal 500 Leaning Tower of Pisa 400 Louvre Artwork Not Mona Lisa 300 Mona Lisa 300 Eurodisney (with costumed character) 600 **Specific Canadian Urban Landmark (200-800 points)** West Edmonton Mall 300 **General Rural Setting (100-500 points)** Lighthouse 200 Nuclear Power Plant 500 Dam 300 Windmill 300 Glacier 400 **Specific Rural or Large Landmark (100-300 points)** Mississippi River 200 Pacific Ocean 100 Atlantic Ocean 100 Gulf of Mexico 250 Giant Redwood 300 **Remote Landmark (realtive to most Dopers) (500-1000 points)** Niagara Falls 500 Space Shuttle in background 500 Indian Ocean 600 Caspian Sea 750 Mediterranian Sea 500 Black Sea 700 Red Sea 800 Gulf of California 500 Mt. Rushmore 500 Grand Canyon 500 Stonehenge 700 **Extreme Location (relative to most Dopers) (1000 & up)** Nile River 2000 Bering Strait 2000 Yellow River 1000 Amazon River 1000 Arctic Ocean 1000 Taj Mahal 2000 Egyptian Pyramid 2000 Great Wall of China 1000 Panama Canal 2000 **Other (TBD)** Any place or landmark mentioned in one of Cecil’s Articles/Staff Report. [If you can link to it, then sure]. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/63 "2005-11-07T09:21:52Z")
I’m not necessarily suggesting an alteration of existing points awarded, but, by comparison, under my recommended system, we would get the following result: ```auto 25 Banana 20 Bath 10 Currency 55 Total AND 300 Windmill 100 Pacific Ocean 200 Golden Gate Bridge 200 Lighthouse 60 Playground 75 Baseball Field 100 Bar 1035 Total AND 50 Wheelchair 175 Operating Room 225 Total ``` ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/64 "2005-11-07T16:13:47Z")
Whether it be about war in Iraq, gay marriage, _Starship Troopers_, or the points total for a photo contest… by God, we’re gonna have an argument! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/65 "2005-11-07T16:50:27Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Whether it be about war in Iraq, gay marriage, _Starship Troopers_, or the points total for a photo contest… by God, we’re gonna have an argument! 😃 Heh. 😛 The points revamp idea is more of a friendly suggestion to avoid arguments in the future, encourage people to play, and get great photos. I mean, if people knew, for example, that someone writing “SDMB” in mustard on a hamburger could get more points than someone spray-painting “SDMB” on the side of a wild polar bear at the North Pole, well, nobody would want to do any of the hard stuff at all because it’s not worth the trouble, and the game suffers for it. As long as people can rack up points disproportionate to the level of difficulty with “home photos” you’ll end up mostly with a bunch of “home photos” and not much more. I’m just trying to help improve a great idea, and it’s best to get the rules squared away early since the game is expected to go a year. **Idle Thoughts** can accept, reject, or modify the recommendation … no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/66 "2005-11-08T18:03:45Z")
I’m calling 150 points (and getting this back onto the first page) for my photo of the [provincial capital of Ontario](http://www.flickr.com/photos/tcp909/61307148/). It took me at least ten tries to get the CN Tower, the card, and my oversized cranium in the frame. So if y’all want to hand out points for degree of difficulty, pass them along. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/67 "2005-11-08T20:12:54Z")
Well done, **bouv**! Love the OR one… still waiting for the coffin, though. Heh. I dont’ care so much about the points, but that’s probably cause I can’t play (no digital camera). Good luck to all! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/68 "2005-11-08T23:56:59Z")
Man, I feel SO bad…cause I love your layout and I do appreciate the suggestions **Bearflag** , and I will be using your categories and layout next time I post the list…but I was thinking last night and well, I really want to keep the points I put on them originally as is. 😕 I’m sorry you had to go through all that work to put them singley in. And like I said, it’s not all for naught as I will be copying and pasting your template and using it. 🙂 But I can’t help to feel a bit bad. I DID ask for suggestions, it just seemed you changed, well, most all the scores 😛 and I want to keep most of them the same. If you had a problem or suggestion with, say, just one or two or three scores, I could have changed them if it was your or others’ opinions they were too high or low, but not to that extent. :eek: Anyway, score and list update still coming soon. 🙂 I figure since this will be lasting a year, I’ll only update once every 2 or 3 weeks or so. But I am keeping track of all the suggestions for places being made, and, of course, all photos being taken. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/69 "2005-11-09T00:45:06Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > I’m sorry you had to go through all that work to put them singley in. And like I said, it’s not all for naught as I will be copying and pasting your template and using it. 🙂 No sweat. Have at it! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/70 "2005-11-09T01:59:24Z")
YAY! I get to keep my score so far, then? Because it’s not likely I’ll get too many more points, being an agoraphobe and all. 😉 (I’m only somewhat joking.) I might, though. I will try. I _am_ going up in the mountains this Christmas, maybe I can get to the top of one? 😃 I might have gotten off to an early headstart, but my chances of staying ahead are very slim compared to any travelling Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/71 "2005-12-02T03:09:01Z")
The location list: In any State or Country’s Capital city 10 Note: Rule 3 STILL applies to the location. [please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place] The Growing Point score: Each time you get a photo of yourself in a NEW State or Country or Province, the points will increase by 5. This is the ONLY thing on the list that does not apply to rule number 3. [please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place] In a classroom 20 [del]In a wheelchair 20[/del] DONE [del]On a playground 20[/del] DONE On a football field 20 [del]On a baseball field 20[/del] DONE On a hockey rink 20 On a basketball court 20 Rest stop along a major interstate 20 On a motorcycle 20 [del]In a bar 20[/del] DONE [del]In your car 20[/del] DONE On a subway 30 On a farm 30 In an arcade 30 In the snow 30 In a pool 40 In a cornfield 40 In an orange grove 40 In a cotton field 40 With a live snake around your neck 40 On a miniature golf course 40 On a Merry Go Round 40 On a Ferris Wheel 40 On top of a mountain 50 In a court room 50 On a Rollercoaster 50 On a boat (that is on water) 50 With the Mississippi River behind you 50 [del]While taking a shower [important notice, please do not have any nudity visible. Either be clothed or have bubbles or other things that “sneakily” hide your bits. Remember, PG-13] 50[/del] DONE [del]While taking a bath [important notice, please do not have any nudity visible. Either be clothed or have bubbles or other things that “sneakily” hide your bits. Remember, PG-13] 50[/del] DONE [del]With a lighthouse behind you 50[/del] DONE On a trampoline 50 M.I.T., Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oxford, Bell Labs, NASA, Any Major College or University 50 Nuclear Power plant in the close background. 50 In a movie theatre 50 In a carriage/racing sulky/high perch phaeton 60 Washington DC, in front of: Capitol Building 50 Washington Monument 50 Lincoln Memorial 50 White House 100 In front of a Hard Rock Cafe 100 On a plane 100 In a limo 100 At Niagra Falls 100 At the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 100 With any dam in the background 100 Space Shuttle in the background 100 At the top of the Empire State Building 100 With the Sears building behind you: 100 At the Alamo 100 At a zoo standing outside of the Tiger pit/cage 100 With these bodies of water behind you, or you in them: [del]Pacific Ocean 100[/del] DONE Atlantic Ocean 100 Gulf of Mexico 200 Indian Ocean 200 Caspian Sea 300 Mediterranian Sea 300 Black Sea 300 Red Sea 300 Yellow River 200 Nile River 400 Amazon River 400 Berring Strait 400 Gulf of California 400 Arctic Ocean 1500 [please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place] In a hot air balloon 200 [del]In an operating room 200[/del] DONE In a coffin 200 In a caboose or engine 200 In a submarine 200 helicopter 200 air traffic control tower 200 Dressed as a pirate 200 Flying a plane 200 At the Grand Canyon 300 With the Las Vegas Strip behind you 300 At Knott’s Berry Farm 300 In a space capsule (real one) 300 At Ground Zero 300 [del]With a windmill behind you 300[/del] DONE With the St Louis Gateway Arch behind you 300 With Mount Rushmore behind you 300 On any of the following: Horse 100 Donkey 100 Llama 300 Elephant 300 Ostrich 600 With the Statue of Liberty behind you 400 With the Kremlin behind you 400 On top a flagpole [if somebody can really do it, however don’t get hurt, professionals only] 400 Standing next to a giant Redwood 400 [del]With the Golden Gate Bridge behind you 400[/del] DONE In the West Edmonton Mall 400 With Big Ben behind you 400 In front of the Taj Mahal 400 In front of the Effiel Tower 400 In front of the Sydney Opera House 400 On a Venice Canal 400 In front of an Egyptian Pyramid 400 With part of the Berlin Wall behind you 400 In front of the Colosseum 400 With any part of the Great Wall of China behind you 400 At the Leaning Tower of Pisa 500 At the Panama Canal 500 At Stonehedge 500 By any other work of art in the Louvre other than the Mona Lisa 500 At Disneyland/world/Eurodisney (with Disney character in costume) 600 On a glacier 700 By the Mona Lisa 700 In TubaDiva’s House 700 While skydiving 1500 Any place or landmark mentioned in one of Cecil’s Articles/Staff Report. [If you can link to it, then sure] I hesitate putting a point value on this because, like with the celeb, it all depends on how hard it is to get there. Various other photos: [the following photos don’t need to have you or anyone else in them] SDMB written in chalk on a sidewalk 100 [Not large, in chalk that can be washed off, preferribly near or at your house] SDMB typed on a peice of paper and tacked up on a pole 100 [del]SDMB as a “high score” name on a video game 200[/del] DONE [del]SDMB written on a one dollar bill (or form of currency)[Not large] 200[/del] DONE [del]SDMB written on a banana 200[/del] DONE SDMB written in the sand 200 SDMB written on a chalkboard in a classroom 300 After ONE month (and only 11 remaining) in first place is **Troy McClure SF** 910 points and takes a huge lead. But don’t count anyone out yet. It could easily be passed by one or two photos. 🙂 Dropping down to second but still with a big lead is **Anastasaeon** with 450 points. In third place and moving up fast is **bouv** with 290 points. Finally in 4th place is **Palooka** with 200 points. 🙂 11 months remain. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/72 "2005-12-28T04:49:07Z")
After almost two months in first place remains **Troy McClure SF** with 910 points. Still in second but still with a big lead is **Anastasaeon** with 450 points. In third place **bouv** remains with 290 points. and still in the back of the pack is **Palooka** with 200 points. 10 months and 5 days remain. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/73 "2005-12-28T15:40:17Z")
I just found this thread, and I just came in her to say that **bouv** is really cute!! I wish we’d been doing this back in October - we cruised the Caribbean and visited San Juan, Puerto Rico; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and Marigot, St. Martin. Four capitals in seven days! Plus, we lounged in the Caribbean Sea on St. Martin, where I could have written any number of things in the sand. We flew to Florida and back. Plus, the gigantic cruise ship had an arcade, a mini golf course, and a pool. Damn, I coulda cleaned UP! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/74 "2005-12-28T17:50:56Z")
Woo! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/75 "2006-02-06T00:34:46Z")
Can no one stop the seemingly unbeatable **Troy McClure**? After 3 months and 3 days…he’s still in the lead. Guess we’ll see if he can maintain that lead for seven more months. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/76 "2006-02-06T06:33:58Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > With \*the \* Mona Lisa might be difficult, when I saw it they didn’t allow cameras. I was going to say that. Most museums don’t allow cameras at all. How about getting a post card of the Mona Lisa or other work of art at the Louvre gift shop and take a picture it, with an official Louvre gift bag with the SDMB written on it? Or with the Louvre in that background. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/77 "2006-02-06T06:51:54Z")
This contest has been going on for around three months? This is the first I’ve seen it. No wonder some people already have so many points! ---
**Author:** ![moonstarssun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@moonstarssun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonstarssun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/78 "2006-02-06T22:34:26Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > Oh suuuuuurrrreeeee > Design a contest with such an imaginative way to have fun on vacation. > A year and some months after my/our\*\* Big Fat German Vacation.\*\* > I coulda got **Hamburg** , Baltic Sea, North Sea yeah, it’s not on the list and the Great Lakes are strangley exclued, you snob!, but still… Atlantic Ocean, In Front of a **Windmill** and…(reading above) **Niagara Falls!** I was just there last Monday! > AIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! > I coulda cleaned up in this contest…you stinkin’ bastard! > > I can’t win this year in the Dead Pool and now this…will it never end? I feel your pain–we were in Egypt in April and I coulda had 1000 points easily. :grumble, grumble, grumble: ---
**Author:** ![Tio\_Gringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Tio\_Gringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tio_Gringo)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/79 "2006-03-25T22:21:09Z")
OK jumping in here: [In front of the Berlin Wall](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/Berlin_29.jpg) [On a Merry-Go-Round](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_02.jpg) [On a Ferris Wheel](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_07.jpg) [On a boat](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_07.jpg) [At a university](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_28.jpg) [At the Alamo](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_16.jpg) [With a dam in the background](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_15.jpg) [With the Gulf of Mexico in the background](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_13.jpg) [At NASA - JSC](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_27.jpg) [With a caboose](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/SDMB_10.jpg) [In Prague](http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d140/aarontx/Prague_182.jpg), referenced in [this](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980717a.html) column about Tycho Brahe (in fact, he is supposed to be buried in the church behind me). Tally 'em up, **Idle Thoughts**! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233/80 "2006-03-26T21:20:06Z")
The location list: In any State or Country’s Capital city 10 [del]Prague[/del] Note: Rule 3 STILL applies to the location. [please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place] The Growing Point score: Each time you get a photo of yourself in a NEW State or Country or Province, the points will increase by 5. This is the ONLY thing on the list that does not apply to rule number 3. [please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place] In a classroom 20 [del]In a wheelchair 20[/del] DONE [del]On a playground 20[/del] DONE On a football field 20 [del]On a baseball field 20[/del] DONE On a hockey rink 20 On a basketball court 20 Rest stop along a major interstate 20 On a motorcycle 20 [del]In a bar 20[/del] DONE [del]In your car 20[/del] DONE On a subway 30 On a farm 30 In an arcade 30 In the snow 30 In a pool 40 In a cornfield 40 In an orange grove 40 In a cotton field 40 With a live snake around your neck 40 On a miniature golf course 40 [del]On a Merry Go Round 40[/del] DONE [del]On a Ferris Wheel 40[/del] DONE On top of a mountain 50 In a court room 50 On a Rollercoaster 50 [del]On a boat (that is on water) 50[/del] DONE With the Mississippi River behind you 50 [del]While taking a shower [important notice, please do not have any nudity visible. Either be clothed or have bubbles or other things that “sneakily” hide your bits. Remember, PG-13] 50[/del] DONE [del]While taking a bath [important notice, please do not have any nudity visible. Either be clothed or have bubbles or other things that “sneakily” hide your bits. Remember, PG-13] 50[/del] DONE [del]With a lighthouse behind you 50[/del] DONE On a trampoline 50 M.I.T., Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Oxford, Bell Labs, [del]NASA[/del], Any Major College or University 50 [del](University of Houston Clear Lake)[/del] Nuclear Power plant in the close background. 50 In a movie theatre 50 In a carriage/racing sulky/high perch phaeton 60 Washington DC, in front of: Capitol Building 50 Washington Monument 50 Lincoln Memorial 50 White House 100 In front of a Hard Rock Cafe 100 On a plane 100 In a limo 100 At Niagra Falls 100 At the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame 100 [del]With any dam in the background 100[/del] DONE Space Shuttle in the background 100 At the top of the Empire State Building 100 With the Sears building behind you: 100 [del]At the Alamo 100[/del] DONE At a zoo standing outside of the Tiger pit/cage 100 With these bodies of water behind you, or you in them: [del]Pacific Ocean 100[/del] DONE Atlantic Ocean 100 [del]Gulf of Mexico 200[/del] DONE Indian Ocean 200 Caspian Sea 300 Mediterranian Sea 300 Black Sea 300 Red Sea 300 Yellow River 200 Nile River 400 Amazon River 400 Berring Strait 400 Gulf of California 400 Arctic Ocean 1500 [please have yourself near a sign or SOMETHING that verifies you’re in that place] In a hot air balloon 200 [del]In an operating room 200[/del] DONE In a coffin 200 [del]In a caboose or engine 200[/del] DONE In a submarine 200 helicopter 200 air traffic control tower 200 Dressed as a pirate 200 Flying a plane 200 At the Grand Canyon 300 With the Las Vegas Strip behind you 300 At Knott’s Berry Farm 300 In a space capsule (real one) 300 At Ground Zero 300 [del]With a windmill behind you 300[/del] DONE With the St Louis Gateway Arch behind you 300 With Mount Rushmore behind you 300 On any of the following: Horse 100 Donkey 100 Llama 300 Elephant 300 Ostrich 600 With the Statue of Liberty behind you 400 With the Kremlin behind you 400 On top a flagpole [if somebody can really do it, however don’t get hurt, professionals only] 400 Standing next to a giant Redwood 400 [del]With the Golden Gate Bridge behind you 400[/del] DONE In the West Edmonton Mall 400 With Big Ben behind you 400 In front of the Taj Mahal 400 In front of the Effiel Tower 400 In front of the Sydney Opera House 400 On a Venice Canal 400 In front of an Egyptian Pyramid 400 [del]With part of the Berlin Wall behind you 400[/del] DONE In front of the Colosseum 400 With any part of the Great Wall of China behind you 400 At the Leaning Tower of Pisa 500 At the Panama Canal 500 At Stonehedge 500 By any other work of art in the Louvre other than the Mona Lisa 500 At Disneyland/world/Eurodisney (with Disney character in costume) 600 On a glacier 700 By the Mona Lisa 700 In TubaDiva’s House 700 While skydiving 1500 Any place or landmark mentioned in one of Cecil’s Articles/Staff Report. [If you can link to it, then sure] I hesitate putting a point value on this because, like with the celeb, it all depends on how hard it is to get there. Various other photos: [the following photos don’t need to have you or anyone else in them] SDMB written in chalk on a sidewalk 100 [Not large, in chalk that can be washed off, preferribly near or at your house] SDMB typed on a peice of paper and tacked up on a pole 100 [del]SDMB as a “high score” name on a video game 200[/del] DONE [del]SDMB written on a one dollar bill (or form of currency)[Not large] 200[/del] DONE [del]SDMB written on a banana 200[/del] DONE SDMB written in the sand 200 SDMB written on a chalkboard in a classroom 300 After almost five months, **EvilAsh** leapfrogs into first place with a whopping 1240 points. Dropping down to second, but still not out of it by a long shot is **Troy McClure SF** 910 points. But don’t count anyone out yet. It could easily be passed by one or two photos. 🙂 Third place is currently held by **Anastasaeon** with 450 points. And the other scores are: **bouv** with 290 points. **Palooka** with 200 points. 7 months and a few days are left. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-going-places-contest/329233.md?page=5)