So, a valuable lesson to all:
If you have a car - make sure at least two people have keys to it. And Oh by the way EVERYONE on the team should have a cell phone.
Case in point - During our expedition our team became seperated by a clue - two members dashing away without a word leaving the other two hanging on the phone getting directions about driving somewhere.
Only two problems - one -- the only person with keys just dashed away and two -- neither of the two people who dashed away had cell phones.
Result: an illegally parked (locked) car with flashers blaring and some very confused people.
*Laughs*
A secondary moral in our tale is to listen to clues very carefully -- especially taking note of E or W portland streets.
We tried to rectify the situation by grouping up with another team that also was confused - so we figured they could drive us to the next spot and then we'd figure things out from there -- ONLY one problem this time - we went to the wrong side of the River--
By the time we got back to the starting point our missing teammates had re-appeared and all was well.
Operation Peachblow IV (2005) - date added: 2005-03-02 14:16:59
Kimberly | Agent: BrickRed | Team: Consattentions
So, my husband brings up to our team that it might be useful to search for clues in the intial letter that was sent out. I was off and running...What follows is the most involved, interesting, educational and ultimately useless pile of internet sleuthing ever!!!!!!!! I will spare the reader the process and just get to the results. Here's the conspiracy I, singlehandedly and quite uselessly uncovered.
......Viruses, Voting, and Science Fiction.......
"Crows and hawks and falcons, scavengers and birds of prey" happen to be the exact order of words that show up in a multitude of links to West Nile Virus. Any searching of those websites leads to conspiracy theories about West Nile Virus being the "new Anthrax," an underhanded attempt by our own government to keep the American people in fear and therefore in servitude to those who can redeem them, like Dr. Lester Crawford, President Bush's hand picked conservative head of the FDA. Coincidentally, NASA and the FDA are two of the larger organizations "dealing" with West Nile Virus. Now, bare with me, there's a little leap coming next, but Clint Curtis, a man who recently signed an affitavite swearing to the fact that Tom Feeney, now in the House of Representatives and former Republican running mate of Jeb (who cares if I spelled that wrong)Bush hired him (Clint Curtis) and the organization he worked for, Yang Enterprises, to develop a "rigging" machine in that little county in Florida that got us our current President. Clint Curtis's boss at Yang Enterprises has since died of "mysterious causes." Now, the sign off on our letter was from "lem," who, in my ingenious moments of discovery could not possibly just be "lem." The digging here, resulted in finding quite quickly Stanislaw Lem, a film director and writer who is all about conspiracy theories, robots and, low and behold, rigged voting schemes. “Lem’s” latest movie, Solaris, is connected to the Anthrax scare which is related to West Nile Virus which is related to Crows, Hawks, and falcons which are related to the FDA which is related to NASA which is related to Clint Curtis who is related to Jeb Bush WHO is SOOOOO related to our President who just so happened to be voted in by some miracle in Florida.
Needless to say, I thought I HAD IT, we were way ahead of the game ... hee hee hee NOT!!!!!!!!!!!
Added note: No, I haven't been diagnosed with mania or paranoid personality disorder. I have this game to thank for my first ever conspiracy digging expedition. So, Thanks.
Operation Peachblow IV (2005) - date added: 2005-03-01 19:16:17
Agent: Agent Blue | Team: Voltippitche
I guess the $24 I found in the pocket of a pair of brown courderoy pants in the suitcase was not part of the operation.
We used it in our own way to complete the mission. Thanks.
Operation Peachblow IV (2005) - date added: 2005-03-01 19:15:45
Sven Mogul | Agent: Mauvelous | Team: Gerbeltants