Raise of hands here. Who could have been about 15 times more efficient at work with one or two pieces of vital information that was either not given freely or hidden from you by an annoying co-worker? Yep, that is me raising my arm bitterly and furiously like Hermoine in a Defense against the Dark Arts class. All week I’ve been furiously chasing down the mythical beast called a piece of information I needed so I could get my job done. Today, I plan on not doing that to myself and just eating my typical pizza and pretending I lost my vision and hearing. I am however, going to send you on a Scavenger Hunt of sorts, so you can find a clue for something. Hidden within the words describing the gifs today will be a couple of words and if you find them you will find a clue to something…So, adventurer, be bold and go forth and figure out the clues…or just be lame and go on with your bitter day. The clue for the message for the brave adventurers will be at the end of the post, so get reading and gifturing you Bitter Scavenger Hunters….
Just as this week has gone…
…one mess just lead to another mess.
Sometimes….
…you just need to get a clue.
Sometimes finding clues…
…is like taking candy from a baby.
Sometimes clues…
…come out of nowhere.
Sometimes finding clues…
…are really hard work.
Sometimes finding a clue…
…is like the luckiest thing ever.
And other times…
…you barely survive the hunt.
Sometimes you think you are going one way…
…only to find out they were supposed to go the complete opposite way.
Don’t go too far off course…
…or the wheels will start falling off.
Sometimes…
…you realize you’re going to need a bigger boat, because of your failure to launch.
And if you don’t have the courage of a Dauntless…
…you probably won’t get the right training….
And miss out on the clues…
…that help you avoid sure death.
Alrighty, still with me? The scavenger hunt is very simple. Find the following letters, put them in order and spell out a phrase… Then keep that phrase in your bitter little heads because that is a clue for something later. Bitter Scavengering!
First Three letters of the first word are in the near miss car accident gif, first three letters in the caption right after the ellipses.
Next letter in the word is the 5th letter in the near miss train gif…
Next letter is second letter in the train diver gif…
Next and final letter of the first word is the 12th letter in the caption of the Mr. Bean stealing candy from a baby gif…
Now take a pause and put a space between…and find the letter that begins and ends the word that intros gifs 2,3,4,5,6,8 and 10.
Next is in gif 9. Letters 8&9 of gif 9 in fact.
If you haven’t put together the two words yet, either you or I have gone horribly wrong, but here is the clue for the last letter. In the soccer failure gif, the first letter of the third word after the ellipses. If you have found the word and care, go ahead and leave it in the comments, and you will have something to be bitter about. Or you will begin to understand how frustrating this week was.
ARRRGGGGHHHHH
Bitter Cryptic Scavenger Hunt Ben
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The one with the ball is by far the best. 😉
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There were three of them with balls. I see what you did there. Anyways, I assume you are talking about the soccer ball one where he trips himself.
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Oh gosh yes! So funny!
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I believe there will be some more funny ones tomorrow. I bet you just can’t wait.
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:O No way?! I must check them out!
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Every Friday I do Funny Giftures.
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Ooh, I didn’t know that! Haha, I’ll have to check it out more frequently. 😀
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Yeah, it helps me so that I don’t have to do a lot of thinking on Friday, because heaven forbid I think on a Friday!
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Fridays are the worst… yet the best! 😆
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Let’s just say that Fridays are less than productive.
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Well nothing wrong with that! I could use a day or two like that soon.
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That’s probably pretty hard to have happen where you work.
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Sigh… yes, yes it is. :sobs:
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Well, if every call wasn’t an emergency for goodness sake. It’s like you have an easy number to remember or something…
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Hahaha! Well I would complain about that but it’s a good thing it’s easy to remember. 😉
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Good for people, not so good for you…
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Well I deal 😉
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That’s why you are awesome and I’m bitter.
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Hehehe! No no, you are awesome too. 🙂
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I’m awesome at being bitter maybe.
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Love the Hermione shout out! She was a brilliant bitterite, although she was too clever to let most people catch on to her inner bitterness. Only a few caught glimpses of her bitter heart:
“Just because you’ve got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn’t mean we all have.”
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We all know that Harry is a little bitter because of the parents dying and the aunt, uncle and cousin he had to live with and Ron for being one of the younger Weasly’s, but Hermoine she is kind of an underrated bitter girl. I guess when your parents are muggles and you have to erase their memories of you, that kind of is pretty cruel and something to be bitter about.
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Totally underrated! Erasing your parents’ memories of you is definitely bitterness-inducing. And Neville, with his parents being cursed, losing his frog, and generally being an awkward human being… Harry Potter is full of under appreciated bitter witches and wizards!
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Clearly all these bitter characters came from a bitter J.K. Rowling, you know who has many reasons of her own to be bitter. By the way, did you check out the video I put up yesterday on my Bitter News from the Couch? Let me know what you think!
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Hahahaha, yes, I just watched it. Brilliant use of iMovie. You should really consider a career in acting. Great facial expressions! 😉
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I think you will reconsider when you watch the news next week. My voice is very monotone, but it was fun to make. And very time consuming.
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I know, I know! What will you give me if I don’t tell and spoil it all?
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It’s too late now, Ellen.
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Color me intrigued!
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Did you figure out the scavenger hunt? There is a little something coming that I’m excited about. Just hope people like it.
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I did figure it out, and a scavenger hunt was really fun too!! I’m excited to find out what it is, just hoping I don’t miss it!
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As long as you keep tabs on the blog you won’t miss it. I just hope it isn’t a bitter disappointment.
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I’m sure it won’t be! Even if it is, that will keep very nicely with the theme of your blog. Win-win. ;-P
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That’s true. Kind of like how I was asking for people to vote for me to be the vice president. If I win, yeah free stuff, lots of money and no responsibilities (as long as the pres is healthy). If I lose, oh well, I was supposed to lose and I’m bitter about it anyways.
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I like your thinking. Except politics is super-boring. I could never sit through those long congress meetings where no one actually says anything significant and they just blow smoke up each others ass’s. I would get kicked out in two week flat. Maybe a week if I worked real hard at it.
Actually, that could be kind of fun.
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Actually you could have a ton of fun making faces, falling asleep, throwing paper airplanes, spit wads at Congressman, playing games on your phone, the possibilities would be endless. Trust me, it would be the dream job because no responsibilities. So great.
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That DOES sound fun! Especially the spit-balls at congressmen part. And I HAVE been wanting to perfect my napping in public techniques.
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And in front of all kinds of people on TV. You have something like that in Canada right?
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But wait…what’s coming soon? A movie? A new Harry Potter book? The aliens? We go through all this effort and now you’re just going to leave us hanging? :O So uncool!
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It’s what the professionals in the movie industry call a teaser. There is something coming on my blog soon….But if you miss a post, you just might miss it.
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I love puzzles! This is great 🙂
So after Friday night pizza and alcohol, I wracked my brain, and read your Comments! hehe
Answer Coming Soon . . .
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I forget that it is a way different time where you are. I’m still sluggising it away here at work. Glad you figured out the scavenger hunt. Yes, something is coming soon….
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Aw – sucks to still be at work – but it Is Friday! – and pizza! 🙂
And the other side of the coin is – that Monday morning comes round way sooner over here! 🙂
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Pizza always saves the day. And yeah, there is always the impending doom of Monday to be bitter about.
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I am just going to guess that it is something Gaelic.
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You were so right! Actually, I don’t know what Gaelic is, so probably not…
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We are talking about the older native languages spoken in Ireland, Scotland and on the Isle of Man.
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I speak exactly zero of those, though I should be ashamed because apparently my ancestors came from Scotland.
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Okay, I was really bad at this because I got: comhog sen, comion sen and finally coming soon. Are ANY of these correct?!
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Yeah, you got it on your last try! I worried that I wasn’t very clear either, and it looks like I succeeded! Anyways, thanks for going through all the frustration. Coming soon…..
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Haha no, it was fun! But I wouldn’t be able to stop until I got it right. Coming soon was the only thing that actually made sense haha. Thanks for the fun!
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You’re one of those determined people that don’t quit huh? I would have been like, what is all this stuff and quit and laid down on the couch and ate my pizza. And yeah, there is something coming soon on my blog…
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I would have laid down, eaten pizza and continued searching!
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At least you got the laying down and pizza part right.
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Alas, this is too much work for me the day after I dropped my son off at college. The most I can muster is staring blindly at the screen and typing a few words. As a bitter man, I think you’ll understand.
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Oh man that is an emotional day dropping off your son. I can’t wait until my kids turn 18, so I can give them a bag, tell them to pack it, and have a fun trip whereever you decide to go that isn’t home! But seriously, hope it all goes well for him (and your checkbook survives).
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Thank you. You and me both.
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Is this a first one or a last one? Or somewhere in the middle?
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The first one. The youngest has three years left before college. And now he gets both his parents’ full attention. Ain’t he the lucky one…
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My youngest brother took full advantage of that. He was spoiled by the parents for 3 years.
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My head is hurting already Bitter Ben! I already spent 5 minutes of my morning reading your insipid blog and now you want me to go on a scavenger hunt? Maybe when I have more time for this…like when I’m at work and getting paid for my personal time.
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Well, now that you finally woke up for the day and happened to make it into work, you can avoid work both at your job and at Bitter Entertainment Network and try to figure it out. Like it’s that hard.
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Yep, I’m just staying in bed. I think I will become more inspired this way. Monday for sure…bright and early!
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Must be nice. It may be too late for you by Monday. It’s very time sensitive. But whatever…that hasn’t stopped you from ignoring things before.
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The only thing that’s time sensitive is my alarm and it’s set for noon tomorrow.
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Wow, you need an alarm to get up at noon? That sucks. I’m usually up all night so I can be asleep for my nap by then.
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