You are a type-setter in a brokerage office, south of Sussex, married, 2 kids, a 3 year-old boy I should think, and an older girl, about eight. Your wife is a Lutheran and wears spectacles.
It is worth noting that both of the rectangular objects are noticeably larger than lighters.
Some more thoughts, about individual clues.
Black, Brown and Purple. Still not seeing the commonality of those colors. As for the tape - are we talking black duct tape (textured appearance) or black electrical tape (smooth) or more unusual tape?
Can we get the approximate dimensions? Aside from a lighter, it could be a cellphone or iPod, depending on your definition of ‘small’. The two objects, are they the same size?
Does the damaged area span the entire width of the hand?
These seem related. It sounds like your nail got partially pulled back or detached at some point, and the callous suggests that finger got a lot of use.
Absent a job explanation, my next guess would be a medical condition that causes some clumsiness.
Would that scar correspond to the tip of a flathead screwdriver?
Did he know it wasn’t really pelican?
Sorry, I get carried away with these puzzles.
Okay, painting and taping in enclosed spaces, so anytime you move suddenly you get an abrasion. You’re a Jeffries tube engineer.
Both objects are larger than a lighter but smaller than a deck of cards. They are both well-approximated by rectangular prisms of length 3 inches, width 1-1/2 inches, depth 1/2 inch.
Here is the scar on the left hand: Flickr (SFW)
The tape is most similar in appearance to duct tape. Some might recognize it immediately as gaff tape. The tape has silver writing on it that says “Doodad”, though if you asked me what that means, I would confess that I don’t remember.
It is likely that I would end the conversation with “Be safe, brother/sister bear” regardless of the time of day or how well I know you.
Is it insane to want a breeding pair of them? They are way freaking cool! I like donkeys [not that way :dubious: ] and think that they would be great for saddle packing! I am guessing they get along with horses and saddle mules just like regular sized donkeys …
I have distinctive crutch callouses on my hands, and the canadian crutch callous on my wrist. Fat, pasty white, reading glasses but I also have tailors callouses on my fingers [including the band of tiny needle scars on that area on the side of the thumb that always gets accidentally stabbed when you are learning to handsew] The closest he could come is probably handicapped seamstress. While I am making a small amount of money under the table occasionally making costumery for recreationists, I don’t consider myself as a seamstress.
These are my thoughts exactly. My initial guess is also stagecraft industry. :dubious:
I feel that mine may be pretty easy. But I think it may also be very easy to misinterpret.
Female
White, Pale
Fairly fit
Wearing far too much makeup for the time of day
Hair is up in a style that is very dated using lots of bobby pins and hairspray.
Wearing comfortable clothing and shoes.
You can clearly see that my bag contains a pair of t strap black high heels and a water bottle.
Well, those are definitely cellphone-sized objects, then.
The scar could be from the slip of a screwdriver or a knife, definitely.
Heh. Yes, that could be misinterpreted.
Aeris is either a model or a hooker.
Or a period actress.
And you are a professional mover.
Borrowing Cryptic’s form above, let’s see what you fine folks can deduce about me. I very much doubt you will obtain my occupation.
- Gender: Male
- Age: Mid 20s.
- Attire: Gray sneakers with neon green highlights, light khaki pants or denim jeans in light or dark blue. In warm weather, a t shirt. In cooler weather, a long sleeve shirt, not button down. Might have a collar and a few buttons or a zipper near the neck. On any given day there’s a good chance that the t shirt has some pop culture reference easily recognizable as belonging to science fiction, fantasy, or other elements of geek culture. Outer wear is usually a trench coat.
- Hair: Light brown, 2 to 3 inches.
- Facial hair: Full beard, also 2 to 3 inches. No mustache. The beard is ever so slightly reddened.
- Build: Just shy of 6’0", skinny. Long legs and a fast stride. Not even remotely toned. Slightly pudgy around the middle despite overall thinness.
- Complexion: Pale
- Smells: Speed stick deodorant.
- Tattoos / Piercings: None
- Detail 0: Wide rectangular eyeglasses in a modern style. Looking carefully, one might be able to roughly estimate that the prescription is on the strong side.
- Detail 1: Fingernails cropped very short, with subtle variations in length from one nail to the next. Thumbnails slightly longer.
- Detail 2: No visible scars, callouses, or rough skin.
- Detail 3: Bad posture, especially noticeable if I am sitting. Makes me look shorter than I am.
- Detail 4: A frequent habit of my hands always moving and fidgeting.
- Detail 5: Careful observation may reveal that my eyes in particular and my focus in general tend to dart rapidly over everything I see.
Okay, let’s see what you’ve got.
Well, insomuch as horses who aren’t used to donkeys tend to be alarmed by burros of any size, since they look sort of like horses but OH MY GOD THEY SMELL DIFFERENT! :rolleyes:
Where are we getting dark paint colors for a mover? I’m not familiar with gadgets, but I’m guessing the boxes are electrically related - could be cell phones, could be pagers, could be battery sources or receivers for something else (no microphones or headphones menioned though) ??? I’m not very good at this game.
Capitaine Zombie is well-endowed and chronically constipated.
Of the professions suggested, there has been at least one which I have held at some point. None of the guesses are anywhere close to my current job, though I don’t expect anyone will be able to guess that based on these clues. I am curious to see if anyone can formulate a theory that explains all of the details that have been given.
And, just to complicate the matter further, here is another detail: If you observe me standing still for any amount of time, one of three things will begin to happen at some point:
- Tapping my hands or feet while muttering “takadinagah” over and over again
- Bouncing up and down on one foot
- Singing “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond”
Regarding the palm blisters: No, the damaged skin does not span the entire width of the hand. Just before each finger, there is a small circular area that is blistery or dead.
While it is not at all unusual that nail length would have a small amount of variation from finger to finger, the fact that you would mention it suggests that the lengths of your nails is actually important to something that you do.
Perhaps you are a classical guitarist, which would explain why your thumbnail is longer.
Perhaps you wrestle or do jiu-jitsu, which would explain the need to keep your nails short to avoid slicing people with them.
I feel like I’m on What’s My Line.
Cryptic, the tapping, bouncing and singing suggest music to me.
If you have pants that were stained with paint or marked with tape in the past, and have not replaced them, that suggests that you either like the look or can’t easily afford replacements. Either or which fits with the musician theory.
I’ve got nothing for ‘Brother/Sister Bear’.
The two rectangular objects could be a pair of cellphones - are you, in fact, Arthur ‘Two Phones’ Jackson?
ADD, or Meth? 
The former.
Cryptic - yes, you’re right. Even mentioning something implies some kind of significance. Ultimately, it’s not related to what I do for a living. One of the other details I mentioned is much more related to my occupation.
Pale, so you’re indoors a lot, no callouses so you’re not a hands on laborer (or a weightlifter). Your hair and beard wouldn’t be kosher in a lot of professional jobs, so you’re either a student (probably grad student, given your age) or in a professional position where your appearance doesn’t matter quite as much, like IT.