Kids Say The Darndest Things!

It’s Kiddie Thursday.

Boy, do kids say the darndest things!

Today, we’re sharing some of the funniest / outrageous / memorable things that our kids, nieces, nephews have said that have got us either laughing for days or wondering… where the heck did they get that from?

How about those funny little things that mum said YOU did as a tot?

Ok... so it may not be something that was said, but funny little acts such as wearing mummy's shoe, make up or sunglasses. Get the picture?

Speaking of pictures, if you have photos of such a moment we'll love to see them too!

Happy hunting!

Here are a couple of videos to get those stories coming:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDI6GuAyo94

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSz-Fm-66yE&feature=related

UPDATE: Comments After (via facebook):

Facebook Mary Emma Ellis Tetteh--

My 5yrs old boy this morning told me to treat him like a human born . He meant to say human being.

Facebook Contributor:
baby gives evil eye, too funny!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ALIL7T764&feature=related

Comments After (via facebook):
Lynda Essuah-Mensah--
picture this..was caught in an awkward moment recently when my 7yr old daughter asked....'Mummy,what is RAPE?!!".....now how would u get outta THAT one????

Otu Amankwah (comment on video)--
Funny, funny, funny I pray he doesn't grow up with the evil eye.....hahahaha

UPDATE From facebook contributor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs


UPDATE From facebook contributor:
This little red headed kid is hilarious! Check out his nice dance moves...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtvOP32eM0k

Comments after (via facebook):

Otu Amankwah--
This is so funny, I can't stop watching the first one over and over again. You have really made my day........hehehehe

Christina Ansah--
The first kid is hilarious, could not stop laughing.

Best and Worst Movies?

The Oscars are coming up this weekend and that has everyone talking MOVIES! We want to know who you want to win (or lose)! Let us know what you think. What films are you rooting for or rooting against? Who do you think should win for best actor and actress? Was someone left of the nomination list you felt should have been on it?



Here are some of this year's nominees:

Performance by an actor in a leading role

• Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart"
• George Clooney in "Up in the Air"
  
• Colin Firth in "A Single Man"
• Morgan Freeman in "Invictus"
  
• Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker"

Performance by an actress in a leading role

• Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side"
  
• Helen Mirren in "The Last Station"
  
• Carey Mulligan in "An Education"
• Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
  
• Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia"

Best motion picture of the year

• Avatar
• The Blind Side
  
• District 9
  
• An Education
• The Hurt L ocker
• Inglorious Bastards
• Precious
• A Serious Man
• Up
• Up in the Air

All Around The World

Ok Hunters, pack your bags and get ready to take a trip. Where are we going? To your favorite places around the world.

People travel for many reasons: family vacations, spring break, humanitarian relief, study abroad, and business travel. But regardless of the reason, every travel experience offers us new perspectives on the world. The best trips can even inspire us to make changes in our own lives.

We want to see the world through your eyes. Send us pictures of the places you love around the world, and your top destinations for a future trip. We are based in NYC, so if you live out of the NYC metro area, you can upload a picture of your neighborhood.

Here are my pictures. First is the famous Eifle Tower, a picture I took on my last visit to Paris, my favorite place. The second is my Sudoku book, I would love to visit Japan soon.

Update: We received some pictures. The first is from Carlton, who wants to visit Egypt and Karen would love to visit Greece.

Spring (Training) is in The Air!

With the arrival of March it won't be long now until the warm weather returns and spring is in full swing. While there is still snow on the ground here in New York City, down south professional baseball players have arrived at their respective camps to prepare for the upcoming season.

Here in New York optimism again reins as the Yankees begin their quest for a 28th World Series title and their second in a row. Personally I am a baseball fanatic. I live for the game and await opening day from the last out of the World Series.

Today's Scavenger Hunt Item is to submit a picture of your favorite Major League Baseball Stadium. Be creative, it can be yourself at a game or just a photo of your favorite team's park!

To get things started, here is a photo I took when I was lucky enough to get tickets for Game 1 of the 2009 World Series at Yankees Stadium:

(The Yankees Taking the Field)

Jay Z, the Masons, Satan plotting to take over the world?

Typically I'm not a person who gets into conspiracy theories, but I couldn't help but be intrigued the other day when I came across this video on YouTube called the Jay-Z deception.
The video's author, some guy who calls himself the forerunner, basically said that Jay Z is one of many celebrities who are actually members of an elite fraternity called the FreeMasons, who all worship the devil and are plotting to enslave mankind.
Rediculous, right? That's what I thought too. But I'm an open-minded Jay-Z fan who's curious to a fault, so I kept watching and there was enough going on in this guy's analysis to raise an eyebrow. (Pardon the pun)
The guy made a lot of points, but the most intriguing thing I noticed was Jay-Z habitual use of Masonic symbols in photos and music videos, particularly the Masonic triangle and/or all-seeing eye.

During the filming of the making of his video for "Run This Town," which features Riyanna and Kanye West, he also wore this hoody that said do what thou wilt, which was a creed of Aleister Crowley, a famous occultist who lived from 1875-1947, who according to some is the founder of Satanism. He's the weird guy in the picture above wearing the pyramid thing on his head.

Anyway, what does this have to do with the scavenger hunt? Well, after I watched this video, I started watching Jay-Z's videos from the BluePrint III, and there was a lot of weird stuff, but the weirdest video of all was Jay-Z's "One To The Next One." WTF!!???!

Devil worship and Masonry aside, this was the weirdest rap video I've ever seen easily. But then I found this YouTube video that broke it down and showed it has a lot of Masonic images in it.

According to the conspiracy theory, the most elite Masons are made up of the most elite, successful people in the world, including Bill Gates, George Washington, Barack Obama, George Bush, and Benjamin Franklin among others and they're plotting to take over the world or something. I'm not convinced about that yet, but I am convinced Jay-Z 's video is weird.

So for today's scavenger hunt, find some famous people who are or were Masons and post pictures of them on this blog. Let's see how many we can find. Also, what do you think is the weirdest music video of all time? Post them on this blog if you can. Good luck.

Pet Pix

The 2010 ScavHunt project is on the home stretch…the project officially ends next Saturday (March 6) :( . Thanks to all of you for participating. Today we want you to share your favorite pet pictures with everyone. It doesn’t matter what kind or breed of pet you have – dog, cat, monkey, spider, fish, turtle, whale, elephant – just share it. And, it doesn’t have to be your own. It could be your roommate’s, or maybe a cute one you found on the street. Post it here and come back later to check on what others have posted, or you could comment on other people’s pet pictures.

Calling all Hunters!

We are approaching the final week of 2010 NYC Scavenger Hunt (weep). We want to make it the best week ever, so we are asking for your ideas. Let us know what you think we should add to the list of final hunt items.

Anything Goes!

Iconic Thursday -- NYC

Hello Everyone,

Today is Iconic Thursday.

It’s a celebration of the Empire State of Mind!
We’re hunting for the many icons of NYC…Big Lights, Yellow Cabs, Buses, Subway and all the other items that bring it all together. Please send your iconic photos with or without you in them.

Feel free to share your favorite experiences, eats, hangouts, everything NYC. Photos will make it more fun but we can do with just the memories if you don’t have them frozen in a picture. Please tag your stories, “Why I love NYC” and don’t forget to give us locations where you can.

New York City is full of icons, let’s go hunting!

Here’s a couple to set the tone...




Subway - 42 St.



Yellow Cab - 42nd & Broadway



UPDATES via facebook:

Carlton Rand--
One of my favorite NYC-specific memories comes from 1993:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCTfxOrX4k8&feature=related

Weird Factoid Wednesday!

Today is Weird Factoid Wednesday. Send us some interesting, funny or even useless facts! Did you know...
-Both Hitler and Napoleon were missing one testicle.

-Being unmarried can shorten a man's life by ten years.
-The average four year-old child asks over four hundred questions a day.
-The sentence "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.

-The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.

-No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver or purple. -Butterflies taste with their feet.

'Tini Tuesday

Is it just me or can Friday not get here fast enough? This time of year, weeks just seem to fly by. It's cold and dark outside, and seasonal depression starts to set in. So I am designating today as Tini Tuesday. As in Martini. Yes, when the going gets tough the tough gets drinking.

Whether you prefer fine wine, fun cocktails, exotic beer or the dark hard stuff, we want your favorite drinks, recipes and fun pictures of you enjoying them! It's always a great time catching up and sharing stories over a drink, so let's attempt to re-create those great times today, here, at NYC 2010 Scavenger Hunt.

Bottoms Up!

Here is a picture of me and my mom enjoying one of our favorites... Sangria!

#MusicMonday 2.0: NYC Edition

A few weeks ago I asked readers to submit a photo of one of New York City's many music venues for the scavenger hunt and we received some great entries.

For decades musicians in every genre have used New York City as their staging location for record cover shoots. Some of them are now legendary, others lesser-known.

So sticking with the idea of music and New York City, today's scavenger hunt item will be to submit a record cover that is shot in NYC.

After you submit your record cover, unless it is clear, make sure you indicate where the photo was shot.

I'll get things started by submitting my favorite NYC-themed album cover:

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was released in 1963 and was shot on the corner of Jones and West 4th Street in the Village.

UPDATE: From the comments, Laura Berlin reminds us that this famous Clash Album cover was shot at the old Palladium in NYC:

Who is the REAL Superman???

WILL THE REAL SUPERMAN PLEASE STAND UP

Wassup everybody,

Ok. So I'm sitting here this afternoon watching the NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers Vs. Orlando Magic. For those that don't know, I'm from Ohio and, by default, I'm a Cavs fan.
Those of you who follow sports know there's a big debate right now going on about Cleveland Center Shaquille O'Neal and Orlando Magic Center Dwight Howard, both extremely large men who adopted the nickname "Superman." How did this all begin?'

About two weeks ago, Shaq called out Dwight Howard after a game for trying to "steel" the nickname from him saying "Superman, MY ASS!!!"
Dwight responded saying, "Last time I checked, I don't think [Shaq] owns the name."
These two guys are going at it right now on the basketball court in Orlando and they're both battling pretty hard. Shaq's bigger and stronger, but Dwight's younger, faster, and has a better jump shot.
But we're going to settle this debate right now.
WHO IS THE REAL SUPERMAN, and why???
Shaq is a lot older and has had a Superman "S" tattoo on his right arm for years, but Howard is known for wearing a red cape with the yellow "S" on it before games and during slam dunk contests.
So the scav hunt topic today is the Man of Steel. First off, find me a photo of Superman's likeness and post it here. Or just answer today's question... WHO IS THE REAL SUPERMAN and why??? Here are your choices...

A. Shaquille O'Neal
B. Dwight Howard
C. Clark Kent
D. Christopher Reeves
E. Dean Cain

Enjoy.

Cuttest Waiter/Waitress

Hi Everyone,
The 2010 ScavHunt is getting interesting, and thanks to you all for participating so far. If you haven’t been, you can start today. Today’s theme is “Cutest Waiter/Waitress.” What you need to do (and it doesn’t end today so you can keep doing, at least, for the next couple of weeks) is take a picture of your cutest waiter/waitress, either in a bar or restaurant. It will be great to have you in the picture as well, if you’re not camera shy. And please caption the picture – the name of the bar/restaurant and maybe the name of the waiter/waitress. You can either post it here or on our Facebook page (just search for "2010ScavHunt" on Facebook). Thank you.

Hottest Celebrity Gossip of the Week

Celebrities. We love to hate them, don’t we? Well, among other things, they are, at least, keeping some people in business – the TMZ’s, Peoples Magazine, etc. And don’t we just love the gossip – who is in who’s bed, who is in rehab, which couple is getting divorced (and what the settlement is), etc.

We are kindly asking you to send in your hottest celebrity gossip for this week. You can contribute on our face book page (just search for 2010 NYC Scavenger Hunt on facebook) or tweet to our twitter account (http://twitter.com/2010ScavHunt). You can update everyday or as and when something scandalous comes up. Lets keep the “gossip” conversation going. Thank you for being a part.

Sports -- Tiger Woods to Break Silence

Hello Everyone,

Our item for today is sports.

Still on top of the list is “The Tiger Woods Saga” of 2009-2010.

A vague press release, string of mistresses, and weeks of hiding later, Tiger is now ready to ‘discuss his past and his future and apologize for his behavior’ in a press conference to be held tomorrow. Since admitting to infidelity, Tiger has been on an indefinite break from golf. Yes, what happened was a private issue between him and his wife but he also let down his fans and particularly those who looked up to him as a role model.

In my opinion, Tiger should have come out with an open, honest and truly remorseful admission in the beginning. With a portrayal of transparency and humanity he would have been well on his way to rebuilding the brand we all knew and respected.

So the questions are:

1. Is Tiger simply out to “make nice” just because he’s ready to get back into professional golf or he really is sorry?

2. How would you grade him based on how he’s handled the situation?

3. If you were to counsel him before his press conference tomorrow, what would be your advice to him?

4. And lastly will he ever get his “Tiger” back? How can he do that?

We’d love to have your take on this.

Did You See That? Movie Goofs and Blunders

Are there really subliminal messages in Disney films? Is that actually a ghost or just a cardboard cut-out in Three Men and a Baby? I've always found these movie goofs and blunders very entertaining. Check out some of these clips that have made it past directors and into the final cut. Also, be sure to share some of your favorite clips with us!

See anything that shouldn't be there?





Three Men and a Baby - 'Ghost'at 0:36?


Teen Wolf - Indecent Exposure?

During the championship game scene, the crowd comes running onto the floor to congratulate the wolf man. While Michael J. Fox is hugging his dad, if you look to the left side of the screen, you will see a guy with his zipper way undone. I'll let you find that clip on your own!

UPDATES: Take a look at these clips some people found.
Can you hear the cat whisper something?


Carlton R. sent in this video link of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. What do you think Donald Duck says at 0:43?

Celebrity Look-A-Like

Today’s hunt item: Find your celebrity look-a-like.

Celebrity lives are entertaining, lavish and dramatic; they produce stories that can only be told in glossy- page magazines. But how do you feel when you get that unsolicited comment…you look just like so and so. Does your celebrity look-a-like make you cringe, get defensive (I do NOT), or smile graciously? Maybe it depends on whether the star is famous for his/her talent, beauty, addiction, or sex tape.

OR MAYBE, in light of today’s celebrity culture, any celebrity comparison provides a tiny piece of validation. You have a face that gets attention. Perhaps, we even secretly feel triumph when a stranger says we resemble someone we admire?

Well we want it all. The celebrity look-a-likes that make you blush and gag. We’d also love to hear how you feel about this comparison, so send us some comments. Happy Hunting!


I routinely get compared (mostly by males) to Stacey Dash. I take it two ways: as a wonderful compliment, she is a beauty, but I also become cautious. Usually a cheesy pick up line is next. GAG!

UPDATE: We found famous faces on Facebook. Where is yours?

Karen Van Suijdam, La'Nita Green, Mary Emma Ellis Tetteh, and Ramona Ayala

Happy Presidents Day!

(Mt. Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota)

Happy Presidents Day!

Today Americans celebrate the history of their Democratic process by honoring our Presidents, past and present.

All over New York City there are tributes to the Presidents. Today's project in the scavenger hunt is too snap off a picture of an object that has been named after a U.S. President.

Remember when you are searching that you do not have to think of statues or monuments, there are many other ways our Presidents are honored.

I got things started here by submitting a photo I took from a cross-country road trip I was on a year and a half ago. Created with Dynomite, Mt. Rushmore honors former Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt.

UPDATE: Some pics submitted via Facebook by Victor Abew.

The Teddy Bear (Named after Teddy Roosevelt)

Monrovia, Liberia (After President James Monroe)

Madison Square Park, NYC (after James Madison)

Jefferson City, MO (named after Thomas Jefferson)

Bill Clinton School of Public Service