Dead Prankster: 1 Treasure Hunter: 0

Posted by Johnny Cat in Odd News on October 5, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Patty Henken thought she’d found more than a bargain when she tore the seat off an old chair she’d recently bought.  Taped to the back was a key, and a note titled “Finders Keepers.”  The note, typed but signed by a Chauncey Wolcott, described a vacant lot in Springfield, IL where a chest containing $250 worth of gold coins could be found.

Henken’s story attracted the attention of another woman, Betty Atkison Ryan, who knew a practical joker (long deceased) named John Slaven, who often used the fake name, Chauncey Wolcott.

Atkinson Ryan told the newspaper that Slaven was her boss in the Journal-Register’s classified advertising department decades ago. She said Slaven often used a typewriter to compose some of his jokes and signed them “Chauncey Wolcott.”

Ms. Henken has admitted to being had, but still thinks there must be something buried there.  She luckily still has use of a donated backhoe; unfortunately the property owners have pulled the plug on her efforts.

Link Photo: Associated Press

 
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The Great Urban Handbag Hunt

Posted by Alex in Advertising, Fashion, Travel & Places on June 13, 2009 at 2:42 am

Handbag designer Rachel Nasvik had a great idea on how to promote her new line for cheap: stage a great urban hunt for handbags!

Rachel places her handbags, stuffed with all sorts of girly stuff like lip gloss and bobby pins along with the note "You didn’t find this bag, this bag found you," hidden in public places around New York City. If you find it, you can keep it.

Clues on the whereabouts of her handbags are on Rachel’s Twitter. You can see imags of the discovered bags on her blog Thrill of the Chase – via Steve Hall and Angela Natividad’s Adrants

Whatever you think of the ad campaign, the photo is priceless! PLEASE NO PEE-PEE.

 
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Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt #7 Winner, and a Little Charity

Posted by Alex in Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt on December 15, 2008 at 4:55 pm

We’ve picked the winner for last week’s Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt on Neatorama at random (Answer page here). Congratulations to bailey1121 who won a gorgeous Tokyoflash I nfection watch in silver.

In the 500+ entries that we got, one really stood out: GrouchieGrumbles (entry #128) told us that if he/she should win, then we should just donate the prize to Toys for Tots charity. A Neatorama reader who prefers only to be called "a retired US Navy radioman" pointed this out to me.

Both of us are touched at the gesture, so we’ve decided to both donate $100 each to Toys for Tots, in honor of GrouchieGrumbles (whoever he is). This Christmas, times are tough – so Toys for Tots and other charities need our help more than ever. I’d like to invite you go open your heart (and wallet) and donate a little something.

Thank you to GrouchieGrumbles for his kind offer, to the anonymous Neatorama reader who contacted me about it, and lastly, to all of you who have done your parts in helping the less fortunate this holiday season.

Here’s the link to: Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

 
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Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt #7

Posted by Alex in Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt on December 11, 2008 at 3:46 pm

Woohoo! It’s time for the Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt on Neatorama!

For those of you who don’t know how to play (what? how could you!), here’s what it’s all about: it’s an online treasure hunt where you can win a free Tokyoflash watch of your choice, courtesy of the good folks at Tokyoflash.

Here’s the basic instruction. We’ll give you 3 questions, for example:

1. What color is the "O" pebble in the Neatorama logo?
2. How many posts are on Neatorama’s homepage? (in numbers)
3. What’s the first insulting word in Neatorama’s article 10 Insulting Words You Should Know?

The answers (black, 30, frenchify) separated with dashes make a URL on Neatorama: http://www.neatorama.com/black-30-frenchify (go ahead, copy and paste this URL in your browser’s address bar).

Easy, right? Let’s get started then. Here are the Tokyoflash Treasure Hunt #7 Questions:

  1. What is the name of the Tokyoflash Kisai watch *model* pictured above? Go to Tokyoflash to find out!
  2. Go to Neatorama’s Online Shop and look for Mike Jacobsen’s Wizard of Oz T-Shirt. What is the last word uttered by the cowardly lion?
  3. One of Tokyoflash’s wonderful watches has an "always on" liquid crystal display with seven colors in one watch. What is the name of the watch?

Visit Tokyoflash and Neatorama’s Online Shop to find the answers, then string ‘em together to make the URL (all words are lower case, separated by dash). Follow the instructions you’ll find there.

Hurry (this contest will end soon) and good luck!

 
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