Team Appleby Arrows

gishwhes team circa 2016!

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Hello friends!

Looking for an easygoing for-fun team for GISH this year? Then Team Appleby Arrows is for you! We’re international and a mix of veterans and newbies. Let me know if you’re interested!

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Here’s the mess from challenge 1! (Don’t worry - we left the table as spotless as we found it)

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Hi everyone! I know we’ve kind of disappeared (and disbanded. Heh). But Misha brought the gishwhes spirit back to life in the form of the gish app, and I met up with a couple of local gishers yesterday at a coffee shop to complete challenge #1.

My fellow gishers’ instagram handles are forewordo9, sumzzz_2000, deanlittle_67, and pirateofmaddness and mine is acciolunass.

Challenge #1: Manifesto

Every global, conspiratorial organization needs a manifesto. Meet up with 3+ accomplices at a coffee house. Together, you will create a ransom-note style inspirational manifesto using free found magazines, newspapers, or flyers from the coffee shop. Your message must convey the spirit of GISH! Bribe the barista to display your work by buying a beverage (or more) as a surprise for the patron(s) behind you in line.

This challenge was amazingly fun to do and I loved meeting these awesome people! Post-completion mess photos are on the way!

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Do you like sanitary napkin art? Or dressing up as a stormtrooper for a great spa vacation? Well, then, you’ve come to the right place!

Team Appleby Arrows is a second-year GISHWHES team playing as competitive for the first time. We’re international and welcoming of all kinds of people, and are looking for a few more awesome folks to fill our ranks this year.

If you’re interested, you can fill in this form or message us on this tumblr here or message acciolunas (team captain) about joining.

Happy gishing!

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Do you like sanitary napkin art? Or dressing up as a stormtrooper for a great spa vacation? Well, then, you’ve come to the right place!

Team Appleby Arrows is a second-year GISHWHES team playing as competitive for the first time. We’re international and welcoming of all kinds of people, and are looking for a few more awesome folks to fill our ranks this year.

If you’re interested, you can fill in this form or message us on this tumblr here or message acciolunas (team captain) about joining.

Happy gishing!

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Item #176 48 points

Every year William Shatner hosts The Hollywood Horse show celebrating the unique and special work of therapeutic riding animals. http://www.horseshow.org/ It's about time your freeloader pet got a job and moved out. Show us their career trajectory by writing a formal resume highlighting their special skills and qualifications. Post it on LinkedIn. Get ten people to give a recommendation.

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Item #174 62 points

We here at gishwhes feel that it’s important to embrace A.I. because - let’s be honest - it just feels good. We also feel it’s important to be able to identify species other than our own when the time comes (soon) that aliens arrive (likely borough or splatter) on our planet. If we can’t make these differentiations, we put ourself at extreme risk of interstellar species misidentification (a plight none of us should be subjected to nor a party of). Accordingly, please treat this item and the ensuing exercise with the respect and devotion it deserves. You’ll also get points. So there’s that. If that’s still not enough, know that this is part of a legitimate research paper that will further scientific research methods worldwide. If it’s not clear, Gishwhes likes supporting science in addition to stormtrooper humiliation, weird food art, and global kindness. http://ubee.enseeiht.fr:8080/PartsSimilarity/home.html

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Item #173 42 points

You may have heard about a little show called Hamilton. Lin Manuel Miranda lit up Broadway with his innovative style, combining traditional theater and rap to engage delighted theater goers with the story of history’s hippest President. But that was just a big “win all the 2016 Tonys” ploy. We want to hear and see– in full costume a rap song about another historical figure important to you. Upload a 15 second video on the site AND send it to @Lin_Manuel.

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Item #171 44 points

Time to prove you are the person Mr. Rogers knew you were capable of becoming. Ask an overwhelmed mom or elderly neighbor for a list of five chores they could use some help with. Show us that list and you getting them all checked off.

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Item #169 28 points

Time-lapse this submission to 20 seconds or less. Join The Hunt, and wear sensible shoes. Grab a friend and go for a walk. A really, really long walk. Unlock the 2.0KM, 5.0KM and 10.KM Poke Eggs and show us what you've hatched. Capture the journey in a 20 second time-lapse video and submit to Gishwhes. Extra Points if you photo grab your hatchlings and ping @OsricChau with a map of your travels. - Osric Chau

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Item #168 33 points

At Hope Chest they create butterflies and transform lives http://www.myhopechest.org/ Channeling your inner Monet, pen a message of hope with colored ink on a white bra. Then, channel your inner supermodel and stage a public photo shoot of someone wearing this “support undergarment." (You may wear a shirt underneath it if you prefer and you must adhere to local laws. Please note that Gishwhes does not provide bail money.) Once completed, submit your image on the gishwhes website and also tweet to @MyHopeChest your awesome results on the final day of the game. Extra points for incorporating butterflies into the design. - Ruth Connell

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Item #164 17 points

We have Declared August 1st to be a new international holiday: It’s Retro Twitter Day. Retweet something you posted 4 years ago today with a comment. Hashtag it #RetroTwitterDay.

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Item #159 56 points

Zachary Levi is one of a kind. But what would be better than Zachary Levi? A pair of Zachary Levis, naturally. Paint a portrait of Zachary Levi on a pair of jeans. (The jeans may be distressed, but the depiction of Zachary should not be.) Feel free to get Zachary to model the pants.

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Item #158 86 points

If there’s one thing all of us over the age of 35 are nostalgic for it’s the rotary dial phone. We pine for that satisfaction of being able to insert our fingers in that hole and spin the dial. Help bring us back to those halcyon days: Make a smart-phone app that interfaces with a real, old-fashioned rotary phone. (Note: this must not be an app that renders a digital simulation of a rotary phone. It must be an app that somehow works in concert with an actual rotary phone.)

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Item #155 133 points

Get a 2016 candidate for high-ranking national office (or someone currently in office) to say that they think preserving the habitat of the endangered Slangaroo is a top legislative priority. In the US, this person would need to be either running for President, VP, Senate or the House, or someone currently in office in one of those positions. In other countries it could be a prime minister (or a current head of state) or members of Parliament, etc. They must be candidates or elected officials on the national stage.

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Item #152 36 points

Write a poem in binary so that the zeros and ones also form a beautiful pattern.

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Item #151 17 points

Generate an application form for the job of “Director of Imagined Realities.”