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7Earn a gold medal in the Bellyflop Olympics. You must have judges and large score cards present.
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13It’s time for GISH Global Secret Santa. Create a list of 10 things you wish you had that would make your life (or the life of someone you love) easier. Make sure you have some inexpensive things in there. Post this list in the “FAVORITE QUOTE” section of your profile on the GISH app. Then, click around app users near you to look for their wishlists. Try to find one that has an item that you have (or that you can acquire) and give it to them to make their life easier. Contact that gisher and tell them you want to gift them one of their items. Post an image of the gisher with the item you gave them before the end of the hunt (with a sign that has their username). Not on the GISH app? Get it at bit.ly/GetGISHapp or do this one on social media instead, tagged #GISHSecretSanta.
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19Tom Cruise is getting up there in years— and at advanced ages, sliding on a slippery floor in your socks gives a whole new meaning to the term, “Risky Business.” But luckily, Gishers are here to help! Your mission possible: Use puffy paint to add tread to the bottoms of socks so seniors don’t slide their way into an injury at care facilities. Deliver them and show us a photo of your creation along with a gift recipient.
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25It’s a FUNDRAISING FLASH FLOOD! Peace Tea has partnered with Random Acts to create a deluge of kindness messages across social media. For each like on their Instagram or Facebook "Peace Team's" links (on the page below), they’ll donate $1. For each share on Facebook or comment on Instagram, they’ll donate $2 to Random Acts. Your assignment: Convince at least 10 people (including members of your team) to go to each post and like, comment and/or share. Then upload a single image compilation of screenshots with every person’s contribution so we can track it. Instagram Post #1,Instagram Post #2, Instagram Post #3, Facebook Post #1, Facebook Post #2, & Facebook Post #3
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31(Up to 60 seconds). CALLING ALL GISHERS: There's one Thing you have always wanted to do, but you're scared. Maybe it's skydiving, riding a motorcycle, holding a tarantula, singing in public, or cliff diving... You get the idea. By the end of GISH week at least 3 gishers on your team will spit in the eye of fear, vanquish it and do their Thing. Submit a video compilation of each member of your team first explaining what they are scared to try (before they do it) and then, after they Do the Thing, telling us how it went.
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37At night, project the text of a poem about inclusion, kindness, or empathy on the exterior of a Trump property. Abide by property and trespassing laws, where applicable. Bonus points if your poem was penned by an immigrant or member of a marginalized group.
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43SAVE THE DATE! On Saturday, August 4, we’re going to meet up in the SEATTLE AREA and attempt the impossible. You or as many proxies as you can drum up are invited. Bodies count, so invite everyone you can. More information about where you’re going and what you’ll need to bring is coming soon.
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49Let’s commemorate the first-ever GISH with something lasting: Get a tattoo of yourself getting a tattoo.
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55We’ve seen a dominatrix, but what about a domiKNITrix? Show us the whips, the chains, corsets, the… yarn? Yep. Everything must be lovingly handcrafted from yarn.
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61TIMELAPSE. (Up to 45 seconds) IABDITN! Welcome to Mister Rogers' Short-Attention-Span Neighborhood. In this busy world, we truncate & abbreviate all our media for quicker consumption so we have more time to improve our communities. Your assignment: Dress up as Mister Rogers and, at high speed, move through your neighborhood helping people & sprucing up the neighborhood (picking up trash, doing yard work, etc). WUBMN?
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67Beard garden. - Sarah K.
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73TIMELAPSE (Up to 45 seconds). Two office workers in adjacent high-rise buildings are having a long-distance love affair, all via signs in their windows. Show the whole story: their meet-cute, the slow build, passion, heartbreak, reconciliation, and proposal or break-up (it’s up to you how you want their story to play out).
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79An ambulance or fire truck siren quartet. Yes, four vehicles. And yes, it should be musical. Caption your video with the name of the song they perform.
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85If there’s something more adorable than a “sock monkey hat”, we don’t know what that is. It for sure can’t be a sock chicken hat or a sock slug hat… or can it? Create the new sock-animal hat the world has been waiting for.
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91It’s Home Improvement time! Why are toilets always white? Beautify a toilet with mosaic tile (either with broken tiles or tiny tiles) to give it some vitality and warmth.
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97Create at least one MISSING flyer for a “LOST TRAIN OF THOUGHT” with at least 15 tear-off tabs at the bottom; on each tab should be your team name and a single, repeated word— it can be a verb, noun, conjunction— you get the idea. Post the location of your flyer(s) on the GISH app AND social media tagged #LostTrainOfThought, then search for other teams’ flyers and collect at least 3 tear-off tabs from 3 different flyers (don’t take more than one tab off any flyer you find and don’t tear a tab of your team’s flyer). Arrange the pieces you’ve collected into a short statement or short collaborative poem, which you should submit as an image. The more unique tabs you collect from different flyers, the higher the points you’ll receive.
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103Take a kitchen appliance such as a blender, toaster, coffee pot, etc. and transform it into something else that functions in a different (but highly useful) way. - Kristen C.
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109It’s time for the Toothpick Stick Figure Olympics! Showcase toothpick stick figures engaging in Olympic sports as the judges look on (archery, basketball, skiing, fencing, figure skating, etc.).
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115Helicopter parents.
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121Are you fast enough to break the space-time continuum? It’s time to find out. Run down the clock & run out of time... literally. Go for a jog or move backward through the ages; as you run, your surroundings must reflect different historical eras. (You can use green screen for this if you wish).
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127“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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133It’s time for the annual Great Grandmother Rocking Chair Derby!
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139Finally, art has come to the ocean world: the first underwater museum has opened up, and it’s time to celebrate. Hold an underwater art gallery cocktail party in its honor complete with art, cocktail gowns, suits, and fish-friendly hors-d'oeuvres. Bonus points if you hold it AT the Underwater Museum.
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145Elon Musk sent a car up to space recently and frankly, we think that’s a little irresponsible without the proper infrastructure in place. Send a traffic cone up into space to help Musk’s robot keep to the rules of the highway in the stratosphere. You may not photoshop this item. Tweet yours to @elonmusk tagged #SafeSpaceMatters
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151A wine-glass-orchestra of no less than 10 performers playing “Carry On Wayward Son”.
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157A moving soliloquy from Oedipus T-Rex.
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163As the ancient Greeks knew, there's nothing like a classy wine tasting event to help you relax after a busy week. Play a game of kottabos at an upscale wine tasting event; all participants must, of course, be dressed in white.
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169Three high-powered executive women creating a mural of a famous historical female icon on the surface of an open door.
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175It's time to exorcise... get thee to a cycling class! A priest, nun, or other representative of any faith usually called upon to perform exorcisms, in full traditional costume leading a spin class.
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181Extreme Crane Games, Part 1: Construct a tiny but fully operational arcade-style crane game capable of picking up a single grain of sand. Show us your microscopic treasure at 250x magnification.
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187Extreme Crane Games, Part 2: Play a giant crane game using an actual crane, and some fanciful, out-of-place item. It could be a tree hoisted by a crane, or a playground structure, a giant (and we mean GIANT) teddy bear, etc…
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193Perfectly cosplay with 5 of your friends as the Blue Angels fighter jet squad. Perform a dramatic formation maneuver for an unsuspecting crowd. Bonus points: Complete this Item at an air show.
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199STOP-MOTION. A matryoshka doll set of at least 3 Supernatural characters.
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205Dressed in a robe, slippers, and curlers, a cliche, stereotypical “housewife” curling (the sport) in a mall. For her “sweepers”, (there should be two), get cliché, stereotypical lazy househusbands.
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211It’s time we brought fore-edge fresco landscape painting into the 21st century. Create a fore-edge painting on a book’s leaves that is invisible normally, but at the proper angle reveals a scene from Supernatural.
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217Simone Giertz makes purposely useless things, which we here at GISH think is a pretty useful skill set, but we also think uselessness should be carbon neutral & sustainable. Make your own useless thing out of 100% repurposed or recycled materials & show its (dis)use.
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223Fashion isn’t dead! It’s time for spectral beings to hit the runway. Show us a ghost fashion show on real fashion show runway with an audience.
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229A 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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235Your GISH team looks great in that slotted mailbox, like at a post office, with each box open to display a team member crammed inside. We must see your faces!
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241Chocolate love. Miniature chocolate bust sculptures of Misha and the Queen.
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247They say people and their pets tend to start to look alike. Prove it. Cosplay as your pet. (It should be really hard to tell who’s who.) Post your image to social media tagged #GISHPetPals.
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253This year’s Grand GISH Gala is all about celebrating your shine and sparkle--sustainably. Let’s see your most beautiful homemade gown or tuxedo made completely from things taken from your recycling bin. Foil, tin cans, plastics, etc. Go for sparkle and shine, and show up on the red carpet of the gala.
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259Let’s see a freshly baked pair of “high-top shoes” made entirely of freshly baked bread. Prove that they fit your feet perfectly.
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265A group of 30 people or more in business suits performing “Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes” in front of a Fortune 500 company’s corporate office. (Multiple teams may collaborate on this item).
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271Those childhood music lessons are finally paying off! Visit a local children's hospital to perform a concert for the patients. In case you've forgotten your specialty: you play the nose flute or the armpit, and you're a MASTER. Make sure you bring extra nose flutes & give out lessons. If the hospital doesn’t let you record a video you may take a picture. If they don’t let you do this, you may do it outside the hospital but you will experience terrible Karma if you lie about doing it.
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277TIMELAPSE. Using ice cubes made opaque by adding milk and dyed with food coloring, create a large mosaic of Donald Trump’s face. Behind the cubes is a written message. When the ice melts, the message is revealed. (Start the video with the completed mosaic, not its construction.)
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283A string quartet in formal black attire, playing horrendously in a public area (such as a mall). The sign next to them reads, "NEED LESSONS- PLEASE HELP." Any funds collected should be donated to a local children's music program. (Note: Please remember your Commandments & ensure busking is legal wherever you set up.)
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289Two US senators or House reps— one Republican, one Democrat— playing a game of “Connect Four”. The checkers must be red and blue. If either wins, nobody wins.
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295As all Gishers know, the form that acting took at the beginning of the 20th century was called the Delsarte style, a flamboyant exaggerated acting style (think of the fawning caricatures in silent movies). Take a scene from a contemporary film or tv show and re-enact it in the Delsartian style.
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301Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!
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307In Athens, GA, lives the Jackson Oak, a tree that owns the land under & around it. We at GISH applaud its individualistic spirit & feel more natural objects should stop squatting and take this responsible approach to home ownership. Get a tiny parcel of land legally, officially awarded to a plant, pebble, boulder, or other squatter.
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313It was recently discovered that Jupiter has 12 new moons: 11 "normal" ones and one "oddball.” Create a persuasive video or image pitch to get @NASA to name the oddball "GISH" and convince theme to do it. Bonus points if your team is credited with successfully getting NASA to name the moon for you.
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319The sun is setting, and it needs someone to help put it to sleep. Using perspective and props, make sure it's all tucked in and ready for bed and read it “Goodnight, Moon”. -Inspired by Layal J.
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325I always say, even monks like to twerk. But I still need documented proof to support this hypothesis for an academic paper I’m working on. Show us you twerking with a couple of monks in a monastery. - Stefanie S.
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331Your resume says you’re a Dreamweaver. Prove it: Create an image from that dream you had last night, handwoven on a loom.
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337During 2017 gishwhes, Item 183 involved picking a point of interest and generating a QR Code labelled “taken by CFG.” It’s time to put it in action. This morning your team will be emailed a random secret code leading to a location somewhere in the world. Have one of your teammates or get someone else to visit the location and perform a random act of kindness there — what it is is up to you, based on the location. It could be cleaning up the area, doing something nice for a pedestrian nearby, planting a flower… you get the idea. Submit a picture of you holding up a sign in front of the location that says your team name, the act of kindness and “Captured by GISH.” If the act of kindness is too long to write on a sign, put it in the comment section when you upload your submission.
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343(Up to 60 seconds) Interview a refugee local to you, asking about those things in their home country that they most sorely miss— food or recipes, songs, etc. Then, work to provide a little bit of home for them to make sure they know they are welcome. (If you don’t have access to a local refugee, my new friend, Milana Vayntrub, works with this great organization that has some lists you can draw from to help, as well: https://miryslist.org/lists/. Document what you got and for whom.
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349Apparently, the U.S. Department of Defense will soon add a new branch – the Space Force. Along with a whole new set of space vehicles, space lasers (Pew! Pew! Pew!), and space food, the Space Force will also need all the other accouterments of a full-blown bureaucracy... including uniforms. Create a utilitarian Space Force uniform that incorporates all the features that a well-outfitted Space Force recruit will need to be well-prepared for deployment to, well, space.
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355Let an octopus use your GoPro. You are not allowed to harm the octopus in any way. Send us the edited footage. -Inspired by Margot
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361Decorate your office/cubicle as a planet (no large asteroids, comets, or minor planets, because we are just kinda picky like that). It must be decorated as a real planet, either from our Solar System or another one. For a list of the 3,774 (and counting!) known exoplanets, check out the NASA Exoplanet Archive. - Dave Lavery
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367The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred nearly 30 years ago, but despite the clean-up, you can still find signs of the spilled petroleum along the tidal areas in Prince William Sound, Alaska (http://www.evostc.state.ak.us/index.cfm?FA=status.lingering). And it’s not just Alaska, there have been spills around the world for decades. Go to a spill site and clean residue from the shore, or volunteer to help remove oil from affected wildlife. Make sure you collaborate with your local park rangers so you don’t accidentally hurt the ecosystem in your effort to help. Show us two images side-by-side before and after with you in both photos.
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373Put wings on something that absolutely should not fly, and prove that it can. Like the Chairplane, but different… and it must actually fly. No photoshop, no tricks.
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379Every year, my gran can’t make up her mind about whether we should invade Roland Park Place with a GISH item. This year, she told us we shouldn’t do it because Roland Park Place is under remodel, so in the spirit of GISH, we’re doing it anyway! Show up on Wednesday or Thursday between 10AM-12PM or 1PM-3PM at Roland Park place disguised as a construction worker. Bring small, individually wrapped pre-packaged (not homemade!) treats for the residents (like miniature candy bars), flowers, magnifying reader glasses, or a sweet drawing from a child that has something written on it like “Roland Park Place, The Happiest Place on Earth”, (or ideally something more imaginative, but definitely upbeat.) Be cognizant of the construction & please don’t be intrusive. Also, because I’m not committed to pure nepotism, you can do this at any senior care facility if no one on your team can make it to Roland Park Place.
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385Last year, we snubbed Sweden in our location-based items, causing a gisher to write in to complain. We will not exclude Sweden this year! Apparently, spontaneous dancing is illegal in Sweden. Dance your heart out to Abba’s Dancing Queen in a public space in Sweden. If you run into trouble with the police, tell them, “it’s not spontaneous, it’s premeditated.”
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391Dressed as a Garden Gnome Superfan, get a selfie with Lampy the Garden Gnome at Lamport Hall (you know, the one who started them all).
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397Hold a unicorn funeral at the Unicorn Caves of Germany’s Harz Mountains. As you know, unicorns and hope never actually die, so this should be a joyful, celebratory affair.
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403Kiss someone (consensually, of course) in front of the Gänseliesel in Göttingen.
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409My great, great grandfather invented the first mechanical adding machine, the comptometer. Calculate who owes what and the tip after your meal at a diner using a comptometer on the table.
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415A full symphony orchestra playing carry on my wayward son being conducted by either a child under the age of 6, a non-human primate, or a dog. The symphony must play to the conductor’s rhythm. -Inspired by Dave Lavery
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421A painting of Castiel alive in the time of dinosaurs. (You may do this with traditional media or digitally.)
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427As you know, postal services are run mostly by elves. Show what they get up to after hours and a few too many spiked egg nogs.
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433Get at least 100 citizens of voting age in your country to pledge to you that they will vote in the next upcoming election publicly on social media. If your pledges are from US citizens, they must additionally pledge to register to vote or, if they are already registered, confirm their registration status in the next 10 days because many states are purging voters from the registration roles. If you are not registered to vote, encourage them to register as an absentee voter, because it’s easier and you don’t have to show up to the polls on election day. Your job in doing this item is to both collect the pledges and to pledge to remind your pledges to vote in the week prior to the next election in question. Submit your proof in the form of a collage of 100+ pictures of people holding up “I WILL VOTE!” signs along with their proof of registration (personal information redacted).
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439What better for wicking than wicker? Your workouts in the gym have really improved ever since you got that new high-performance active wicker workout gear.
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445Ride the Dodo Manège dressed as an endangered animal.
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451Of refugees coming to Italy, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini recently said, "I stand firm: ports closed and hearts open.” We say that’s contradictory. Take a small gift to an immigrant anywhere in the world with a note that says, “Open hearts always open doors. You are welcome here.”
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457Perform your best magic trick in front of the Porta Alchemica in Rome.
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463A couple in formal wedding attire doing a “cake smash” by Wedding Cake Rock. (It’s illegal to go out ON the rock, so obey the law!)
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469Serenade a total stranger with “You Are My Sunshine” at the center of the universe in Tulsa, OK.
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475Climate change is impacting the globe, but we’re not going to stand by and let it happen without a fight! Set up a station to combat climate change in a busy pedestrian area. Provide relief in the form of cool drinks, spray bottles of cool water, a shade station, palm frond “fanning” service, etc. or, if you live somewhere chilly provide warm relief.
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481You’re just a couple of young aliens in love, taking a casual stroll across the universe at the Anchorage, AK Planet walk. http://anchorageplanetwalk.org/wheretostart.html
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487In Japan exists the world’s shortest escalator, at 5 steps long. Create a shorter, but still fully motorized, escalator and apply to break the record.
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493Get Maury Povich, Dr. Phil, Montel Williams, or Lauren Lake to announce that Misha Collins is NOT (or is!) Alex Calvert's biological father.
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499Use a laser to melt a message at least 6 feet high into the side of a glacier or an iceberg. Your message could b something like: THE HEAT IS ON with a sun. If you are carving into an iceberg, the iceberg must be at least as big as a farmhouse. Tweet a photo of your image to @EPAAWheeler with: Hey, @EPAAWheeler! Without a habitable climate, jobs don’t matter. Invest in green solutions!
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505A sign that says “I’m going deep for GISH!” with the GISH logo, painted in glow-in-the-dark paint, in a submersible at least 2,000 feet (610m) below sea level. We must be able to see some identifiable features of the submersible and some sea life through a window in the background of the image. The sea life species must be identified in the caption and must be something that only survives at depths of greater than 600 feet below sea level. Don’t cheat: we have oceanographic experts on staff verifying this one.
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511Carve the GISH logo onto a panel of wood and drop it into an actual, active volcanic lava flow. Film its destruction.
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5172 people dressed as sardines on a cramped airline in coach with an uncomfortable human smashed between them.