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Safetygoat sponsors the Photo Scavenger Hunt! (OSPSH)

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Last thursday, 14 londoners assembled for the innaugural Old Street Photo Scavenger Hunt.  In teams of 3-4, we had an hour to take as many pictures of items on the official list as possible, each item worth 5 to 100 points. If safetygoat was featured, you got an extra point, and if a team member, you also received an extra point.

Here’s the list of items…

People
1.  Free paper person – 5 points
2.  A jogger - 5 points
3. Cyclist wearing a bright yellow vest - 5 points
4.  A punk - 10 points
5.  A melancholy emo kid - 10 points
6.  A stranger talking on an iphone - 10 points
7.  Free paper person getting shoulder barged - 10 points
8.  Person on rollerblades - 10 points
9.  Construction worker actually working - 15 points
10. Person in grey hoodie – 15 points (in the city??)
11. G string showing above trousers line – 15 points
12. A midget/giant  - 25 points
13. A baby – 25 points
14. One of you serving beers behind a bar - 25 points
15. Genuine celeb - 30 points
16. A transvestite or prostitute - 30 points
17. Boris Johnson in the flesh - 100 points

Places
1. A four storey house – 5 points
2.  An alley an SUV couldn’t fit through – 10 points
3.  A bridge – 10 points
4.  A fountain – 10 points
5.  A building with buttresses – 10 points
6.  A building with a Canadian flag on it – 10 points
7.  Any building with the word “cock” on it – 10 points
8.  Any street with “Oliver” in it – 10 points
9.  A circus – 10 points
10. KFC – 10 points
11. A hill suitable for cheese rolling – 15 points
12. A celebrity’s house – 20 points
13. An old-fashioned well – 20 points
14. The inside of an adult store  - 25 points

Things
1.  A clover - 5 points
2.  An over priced wine menu - 5 points
3.  Kebab meat on turning thing - 5 points
4.  A scooter  - 5 points
5.  A one footed pigeon  - 5 points
6.  A travel book to Peru  - 10 points
7.  Any fruit based beer - 10 points
8.  Hamburger sauce - 10 points
9.   A horse statue - 10 points
10. A rude looking vegetable - 10 points
11. A banksy painting - 10 points
12. Closing down sale posters in store window - 10 points
13. Harley Davidson - 15 points
14. Packet of mint sauce - 15 points
15. A duck - 20 points
16. Garden gnome - 20 points
17. McDonald’s egg mcmuffin  - 30 points

Here are a few highlights (and favourites) from the night.  You can see all the pictures here.

The winners overall were Taurette-a-saurus Rex (Bash, David, Simon and myself) followed closely by CRAS (Chris, Ruth, Anna and Steve Berryman).  Honourable mention to Dan-Meg Sandwich (Dan W, ShinyHappyDan and Meg) and Deep fried Sausage & hung lo sauce (Ollie, Margaret and Phil Berryman).  It was a huge success, especially the beers after!

Thanks again everyone who participated (especially “Boris Johnson”), and all the good sports at various bars around Old Street!

Free paper man getting shoulder barged: 10 points

Mint sauce – 15 points

Guy in a grey hoodie – 15 points

Travel book on peru – 10 points

An emo kid – 10 points

A canadian flag – 10 points

Pouring a pint – 25 points

Duck – 20 points

A baby – 25 points

A giant – 25 points

A street with Oliver in it – 10 points

Hill suitable for cheese rolling – 15 points

Boris Johnson – 100 points

A prostitute – 30 points

McDonald’s EggMcMuffin – 30 points

Cock on a building – 10 points

Construction worker – 15 points

The after party!

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