20 Jun Life, Magnified – Blog Contest Week 3
Last week’s puzzle was a challenge, but my own sister – Marta Laskowski – managed to come up with the first and correct guess – MATCHES! Congrats! A Key Tech mug is on its way… but your keen eye is making the contest look rigged!
To learn more about how matches are made and how they actually ignite, check out this 5 minute video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu1xZDwhVYU
Now, a new puzzle!
Clue #1: It is not skin.
Clue #2: It shoots through the air with the greatest of ease. When it strikes – no wounds left – except hurt dignities.
Clue #3: A projectile made of foam that can stick to your dome (aka Brain). And the foam’s brand name sounds like Pinky’s well-known exclaim!
Household / Key Tech Item @ 40X
Well this week’s puzzle produced every answer from “Orange Rind” and “Bubble Wrap”, to “Rubber Bands” and “Ham” (my favorite)! Due to the obscurity of the image, I can fully appreciate all of these guesses, and the visual of me examining deli ham under the office microscope is priceless. As many concluded by Clue #3, the correct answer was indeed a NERF foam dart (see below)! So this week’s winner is Diane – great job! Your Key Tech “Coffee Mug of Smug” is on its way.
I’d like to thank everyone for their submissions. Dave is our office winner (and – like many at Key – a certified NERF sharpshooter). Good eye Dave. Honorable mention goes out to all those others with the correct answer (only a click too late) – Lei, Vicki, and Derek (past winner).
Another image will be posted on Monday (6/27), so be sure to check back in. Have a good weekend all!
The NERF dart. NARF.
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