They say stepping on a LEGO is the greatest pain one can experience. We Gishers laugh in the face of pain. Make shoes entirely from LEGOs – no fluffy socks or insoles allowed- and demonstrate them in use. Post it to social media and tag the LEGO accounts and @GISH. – Deidra
Tag: builds
Item 138 – Micro-Garden
We have recently seen the emergence of mega-farms, huge efforts that implement farming on an industrial scale. Let’s go the other way! Show us your version of a micro-garden. The tinier and more ornate, the better.
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Item 127 – Little Free Library
Create a Little Free Library (https://littlefreelibrary.org/) or Little Free Pantry (http://www.littlefreepantry.org/) in your community. One catch: include a bookmark in every book explaining why you included it & something spoiler-free you love about that book, and each shelf-stable food item you stock in the pantry must include a note with a recipe and words of encouragement. – Inspired by April B.
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Item 89 – Robot Lipstick
A robot that applies lipstick to a person’s lips. The person must remain still while the robot moves, and the robot must be remote operated and be an actual robot, not someone’s arm dressed as a robot.
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Item 54 – Wedding Cake Rocket
“Love lifts us up where we belong.” Now that you’re getting hitched, it’s time to make the cliche a reality. Create a fully decorated wedding cake that is also a fully functioning rocket. The cake must be at least 3 layers high, made of real cake, and traditionally decorated, and must be successfully launched at least 6 feet in the air—the higher it goes, the better.
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Item 175 – Teacup Holster
Everyone knows “high noon” means “high tea”. Bring a little bit of civilization to the frontier with Wild West teacup and saucer holsters.
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Item 173 – Tomato Trebuchet (Custom Item 9)
Complete one of the more challenging items on your team’s homemade gishwhes Item List.
We selected item 9 from our custom list:
Potato cannons are so over, let’s see a functional tomato trebuchet. Extra points if you can hit within a 5′ diameter target from 50′ away.
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GISHWHES National Scavenger Hunt Day Minihunt – Item 3 – The Knight and the Snail
As all Gishers know, Medieval Knights were often depicted battling snails and nobody knows why… except you. YOU know. Show us a historical re-enactment that adequately explains this centuries-old rivalry.
Lyrics
A million years ago, or so
Is where I’ll set my tale
Of a knight most fair who became aware
Of our humble hero snail
The snail was a victim of the old caste system
Of systematic oppression
She prayed the knight would heed her plight
But soon she’d learn her lesson
“Sir Knight,” said she, “with your chivalry
Will you ‘ear me plea o’ woe?
Me family’s got naught t’ eat
We could use your ‘help, by jove!”
Well the knight said:
“OH FUCK A TALKING DEMON SNAIL KILL IT”
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LISH 2016 – Item 10 – Underwater Jenga
Play a game of Jenga at the bottom of a filled swimming pool. Note that Jenga blocks float, so this will take some engineering to work around. Modified or customized Jenga blocks are permitted, but otherwise the rules of the game must be followed.
Mario
Item 174 – Football Field Skateboard Traversal
VIDEO. (Time lapse this down to 20 seconds.) Travel across the narrow part of a level football field (or the equivalent of 150 feet on level grassed ground). You cannot touch the ground with any part of your body and you cannot have anyone push or pull you. You’re only allowed to use a skateboard, two pieces of string or rope no more than 5 feet long each and a clothespin. (NOTE: You can’t use the clothespin as an extension of your hand or foot to push you along the ground.)