I turned 29 last week. This weekend I had my final birthday celebration with my parents and older brother (previously I had celebrated with my husband and his parents). Anyway, an old tradition in my family is the "treasure hunt" - making someone follow lots of obscure clues to find a present. The most infamous instance of this is when my Dad was a kid, and either he or one of his brothers created a treasure hunt where one of the directions said "Look under the little rock by the tree." Also, they neglected to keep a master list of all clues, so due to the vagueness of that instruction, the treasure hunt was effectively ruined. However, it has become a multi-generational inside joke to say "Go look under the little rock" or "by the tree." Anyway, my older brother, in true Giles form, created a treasure hunt for me:
1.
When you're tired of the roses white
Look to the porcelain best left out of site (Yes, the next post-it note was stuck to a toilet)
2.
I am the chesire cat
There is a hole above my head where I scat (the cat's litterbox)
3.
The site you seek is hard to find,
Unless cardecorators are on your mind. (A domain name my brother owns - another family tradition/inside joke)
4. (from the website)
There is a place where records spin round.
And yet today, they don't make a sound...
LOOK BESIDE THE ROCK! (a shelf where my parents keep lots of old LP's)
5.
These are not the droids you are looking for
Go back and look down, click for more (scroll down on the original webpage, deliberately made bigger than the screensize)
6.
WAIT! and you thought you were done!
But without understanding you will find none. (scroll down again)
7.
Coffee is black and eggs are white.
But the cinamon is kept out of site! (in the pantry spice rack)
8.
Go back...
Come in...
Flip me over (flip the post-it note)
Login (on the website, which links to Gmail)
9. and I logged in to find an email alerting me to an e-giftcard from Lowe's, so that I can buy some paint for what I want to do in my house.
I've got to say, that was one of the most innovative treasure hunts I've been on. I liked the e-twist.
