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Well, after my embarrassingly easy holiday-themed mystery photo quiz, I had considered throwing in the towel. I let all of you down, but most of all, I let myself down. I thought, maybe I’m just not cut out for the dog-eat-dog world of mystery photo quizzes. Maybe I don’t have the intestinal fortitude to succeed in that arena. But then I thought, is that what Vince Lombardi would say? Or would he tell me that I had the stick-to-it-iveness to take it all the way to the big dance?
Since Coach Lombardi is long dead, I guess I’ll never really know what he would have said to me, so I decided to look up some of the things he said to other people and just pretend that he was saying them to me:
"Lil Jenny, in great attempts, it is glorious even to fail."
"Lil Jenny, it's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
"Lil Jenny, teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another…"
It was really that last one that got me. It was like he was talking right to me! I mean, I’m not doing these photo quizzes for individual glory – I’m doing them because I love you! I love you as much as a bunch of sweaty hulking men wearing face paint and giant shoulder pads have ever loved each other.
And so now, I’m just gonna grab my helmet, brush off my short little pants, get back over there to huddle up and scrimmage out of the pocket with an audible and some play action fakes.
Hut One!
Hut Two!
Hut Three!
Hut Four!
Hut Five!
Hut Six!
HIKE!
Posted by runjenrun at February 6, 2006 06:45 AM
You are the master of the dog-eat-dog world of mystery photo quizzes.
I'm guessing moldy edamame for hut five and that's all I've got.
Posted by: Sarah at February 5, 2006 11:02 PM
Matches.
Posted by: trisha at February 5, 2006 11:05 PM
MATCHES! MATCHES!!
PILLS! I SAY PILLS!!
A WRENCH! YES, A WRENCH!!
Stripey plastic? IS IT STRIPEY PLASTIC?!?
Sprouts? Is that sprouts? I HATE SPROUTS!!
I have no idea.
STARBUCKS LOGO! IT'S THAT MERMAID ON THE STARBUCKS LOGO!!
Posted by: Dave2 at February 5, 2006 11:19 PM
What does it say about me that the only photo I recognized immediately was the last one, a close-up of the Starbucks mermaid? Although four and five look kind of like Fruit Stripe gum and the cover of Fiona Apple's newest CD, respectively.
Posted by: breadandbread at February 5, 2006 11:19 PM
hut 1. matches (i'm going with trisha on this one)...
hut 2. the foil seal on something vacuum packed...
hut 3. can opener (wild guess)...
hut 4. chewing gum? (even wilder guess)...
hut 5. broccoli buds?...
hut 6. a mickey mouse watch face (something mickey, anyway)...
hike: the starbucks lady!
i'm think i got 3 of 7. jenny, am i right?
Posted by: kevin at February 5, 2006 11:32 PM
Dear Jenny,
This is a rough one, but with all of that Packer hoo ha, how could I not try.
1. Ok. Matches.
2. Crest Whitestrips
3. The devil's jello mould
4. Gum all bent and stacked
5. Dead grasshopper babies
6. The tattoo on your back
7. The tattoo on your arm, which looks kind of leathery. Are you moisterizing enough?
Love,
Vivian
Posted by: Anonymous at February 5, 2006 11:53 PM
I just sort of stumbled onto here, but I'll give it a go anyway!
1-I'm going with the consensus on matches here
2-My gut reaction was ice cubes on a towel, but that can't be right...
3-A cake pan?
4-Fruit by the foot?
5-It's a plant! Of some sort.
6-A Mickey Mouse watch! (maybe?)
7-I have no clue, so the Starbucks lady sounds fine to me
That was fun (and definitely not easy), Coach would be proud!
Posted by: Samantha at February 6, 2006 12:45 AM
The only one I got on the first try was #6, a Mickey Mouse Watch/Clock.
Posted by: chris at February 6, 2006 01:16 AM
1. Matches
2. Caplets in a blister pack
3. Socket wrench
4. Fruit Stripe gum
5. Broccoli buds
6. Mickey Mouse watch
7. Starbucks hot beverage sleeve
Posted by: The Scarlett at February 6, 2006 09:09 AM
Yay! Another photo contest!!
1. matches
2. gum in a blister pack
3. bottle opener
4. uhhh...
5. something you found after a few years in your fridge?
6. a picture of a caterpillar larvae with a big yellow bubble spawning from the side of it..
7. Starbucks cup
Posted by: Kevin at February 6, 2006 09:27 AM
Good old Coach Lombardi - I'm sure he's looking down on all of you and smiling.
While I am extremely impressed with everyone's enthusiasm, creativity and stick-to-it-iveness, no one has correctly guessed all of the answers. So... there's still time to get in your vote! (Uh, no. No, there are no prizes. But - maybe next time I'll have a prize - a real good prize! I promise!)
Posted by: jenny at February 6, 2006 09:56 AM
While I am all for the kind of enthusiam inevitablbly inspired by the mere mention of the name of Coach Lombard, I must admit to being completely hopeless at this sort of thing, even though it makes me feel like I'm letting down the side. *weeping*
Posted by: Tracy Lynn at February 6, 2006 10:55 AM
k...here we go...building on the work of giants who came before me...
1. matches
2. gum (the candy shelled variety in the foil)
3. combination padlock (for the gym perhaps?)
4. uh...more gum? by the foot?
5. broccoli
6. mickey mouse watch
7. Starbucks cup
Posted by: McMonkey at February 6, 2006 12:03 PM
Dead grasshopper babies! Damn. That is hilarious.
Posted by: trisha at February 6, 2006 03:27 PM
Uh, Jen... not to ignore your excellent photo quiz, but, I did just remember you promised to make your comments remember us (or at least me) as a new year's resolution.
***please, please, please let this distract her from the fact that I am too lacking in imagination to even hazard a guess at her deadly quiz***
Posted by: shari at February 6, 2006 07:23 PM
What if I just tell you that I know ALL of them. You trust me, right?
Posted by: sandra at February 7, 2006 12:49 AM
I know the waiting is killing you, but the answers won't be posted until tomorrow. Well, really, late tonight. But the caliber of responses has renewed my faith in mystery photo quizzes - you have truly risen to the occasion.
[Oh, and Shari - I thought I gave myself until the end of 2006 to fix the "remember me" problem? It's either post entries or try to figure out html crap. So which is it? Fine. I'm quitting blogging just so I can take a class in html. I hope you can sleep at night... ;) ]
Posted by: jenny at February 7, 2006 07:03 AM
1. matches
2. the pack that that strange square gum comes in
3. I was gonna say microwave bowl, but now am thinking socket wrench
4.gum
5. frozen broccoli
6. am going with the masses to say Starbucks logo
hike: tatoo of the good looking guy in front of you at the gym
Posted by: Anne at February 7, 2006 12:38 PM
Newly revised guesses (based upon new findings - meaning I studied the other responses):
1. Matches
2. Blister pack of gum (perhaps 'Eclipse')
3. Combination lock
4. Gum ... just gum
5. Brocoli
6. Mickey Mouse watch
7. Starbucks hot beverage sleeve
Posted by: The Scarlett at February 7, 2006 09:02 PM
