The final day of the TOMS contest is upon us, and what a time it's been. I've had highlights (when Josh guessed "baleen"), low-lights; we've gotten a little press. There have been moments of great tension, too, as I wondered when and where the correct guess would appear. Although I can't reveal if the objects have yet been identified, I can say this: keep guessing.
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A lot of people have read The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki. In the book, he gives an example of a group of people forced to estimate the weight of a cow.
The results of the estimation contest are in. There were 164 serious entries (I excluded the $12,000 and $1,000,000 "guesses" from the final data).
This wooden box sits on top of my dresser, and every afternoon when I come home, I dump the change from my pockets into it. It's getting close to full, as you can see:
Several days ago, I mentioned that I had taken over 1,000 pictures on the trip thus far. That number has increased somewhat since then, and I offered a prize to the person who comes closest to guessing the final number, without going over.
1. corduroy or velvet
2. one of those static-cling dusters that aren't made of real feathers
1. Underwear elastic
2. pot scrubber
1. shoelace
2. yarn
1) toothbrush
2) towel
1)sheer & stretchy fabric
2)easter grass, from the planet Krypton
1 dish towl or bra
2 dish scrubber "sponge"
1. feather
2. acrylic yarn, like in a fuzzy scarf or sweater
Jupiter
Mars
1. socks
2. easter basket grass stuff
a) Sole of a shoe
b) Bath Scrubber thing
1. undershirt
2 clown hair
does anyone else see that blue stripe on picture 1?
1]fancy-ass window drapery
2]air conditioner intake filter
1. Corduroy
2. Candy
how did you get a magnification of my eye ball and my butt hole without my knowledge?
1. swimsuit
2. scrubby side of a kitchen sponge
1. tights, like stockings or whatever
2. dish scrubber
1. Top of a ziploc baggie
2. Doll hair
1. top of ziploc baggie
2. punk pubes
1. magic trick
2. other magic trick
paper towel
pot scrubber
1. Undershirt
2. Floss
1. a wing of an insect, like a fly.
2. hair from a clown wig
1)gray & stripy
2)red & fuzzy
1.feather
2.velcro
2. elmo
1) Seafood
2) Boiling spaghetti seen through a red filter