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Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Our OA thought she was being cute when she created this little contest for the annual food & clothing drive. Basically, you guess what the items are and you win a free pizza. I think I've got most of them, but I thought I'd put the collective brain power here to work. Besides, she said we could get outside help! [Big Grin]

I'll put my own guesses in a separate post so as not to contaminate the ideas. If I win, I'll be sure to think of you guys when I'm eating the pizza! [Razz]

(BTW, she also said if stumped on one, think "carrot"?!?)

B.J.

Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

My guesses:

flour
rice
tomatoes
?
cooking oil
?
soap
toothpaste
condiments
?
razors
tea
shampoo
paper towels
toilet paper
deodorant
corn
tuna
coffee
?
pinto beans
lima beans
butter beans
baked beans
navy beans
kidney beans
string beans

baby food
rice
cereal
bananas
carrots
turkey
beans
peas
graham crackers
chicken
?
spinach (or papaya!)
?
fig newtons
formula
diapers
wipes

B.J.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

The one with Gwyneth Paltrow & the baby references her daughter, Apple. Under that is PRUNES.

The woman & animal? KISSES, dude.

[ June 05, 2006, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: Shik ]

Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

The one to the right of Popeye is a screenshot of Super Princess Peach, so I'm guessing that's supposed to be peaches.

Or, if you're a child of the 80's and remember Princess Peach as Princess Toadstool, you might be able to get away with mushrooms on a technicality. [Wink]

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

Could the kissing the dog be "Hotdog"?

Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Yup, child of the 80s here. The *exact* reason that one stumped me. Couldn't figure out why you'd want to give a baby mushrooms.

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

I assume the one showing the old central European buildings and the sausages is German sausage, though I don't know why they would be that specific.

And this is only a guess, but the Indonesian island being highlighted, Halmahera, is apparently also known as "Jilolo". So, maybe it's an extremely roundabout way of going for "Jell-O"?

Also, how do you get "shampoo" out of a picture of the Three Stooges and some hors d'oeuvres? Unless you think the Stooges are a sham, and hors d'oeuvres are poo. Nor do I see how ice dancers = rice.

And I can't even guess what diamond rings have to do with anything. Maybe you're just supposed to donate diamond rings. I suppose they could fit in the "clothing" category, and I'm sure the poor people would be happy to take them.

Oh, and one other thing : Princess "Peach"? What, did she get married or something?

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

So each picture represents an item of clothing or food? and the bracketed ones down the bottom? Do they form a sentence or a word or something?

Shampoo?? Shemp?

Oh and what is an OA?

Diamond rings = carrots/carats. I was going to say onion rings! [Smile]

What about the mobile phone above the 'T'?

How did you get 'diapers' from those patterns?

Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :

I'm thinking the one before the cell phones is "Vienna Sausages", not "German Sausages" (which Ive never heard of).

Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

Well, she did say that some of these are a bit of a stretch. (OA = Office Assistant, the new word for Secretary.)

Stooges -> Shemp + food = shempfood ~ shampoo

mobile phone = razor!

For diapers, I thought "wallpapers" sounded remotely similar to diapers. It does fit the theme.

"Nor do I see how ice dancers = rice" I simply thought ice -> rice.

B.J.

Posted by Krenim (Member # 22) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TSN:
Oh, and one other thing : Princess "Peach"? What, did she get married or something?

Not quite.

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

quote:
Originally posted by B.J.:
"Nor do I see how ice dancers = rice" I simply thought ice -> rice.

B.J.

Might be Ice skaters/'taters (potatoes)

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

When I first saw OA, I thought, "Oh those wacky Guardians & their puzzles..."

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"I simply thought ice -> rice."

But where's the 'r', then? I mean, they explicitly stated the 'a' for "tuna", after all.

"Stooges -> Shemp + food = shempfood ~ shampoo"

That would be a hell of a stretch, even if Shemp were in that picture.

"For diapers, I thought "wallpapers" sounded remotely similar to diapers. It does fit the theme."

I figured you were assuming it was a reference to the other definition of "diaper".

Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TSN:
I figured you were assuming it was a reference to the other definition of "diaper".

Cool! I didn't know about that definition!