Wednesday
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TIME’S UP! Hidden talents contest
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 6:45AM
Let's start at the very beginning. A very good place to start.
This is my favorite movie:
I've seen it at least fifty times. Even looking at these pictures warms the cockles of me 'eart.
Remember the part where Captain Von Trapp and the Baroness Schrader throw the party? It's where the Captain and Maria realize their feelings for each other, and where the Baroness manipulates Maria into leaving.
At the ball, one of the heads of the Nazi party speaks to Captain Von Trapp and remarks on his family's upcoming performance at the music festival. Captain Von Trapp says, "I, too, am a man of hidden talents." Of course, he says it with a smirk that's masking his anger, as he hates how the Nazis have claimed his beloved Austria.
We are all people of hidden talents, I believe. The focus of this contest is HIDDEN talents, something few people would know about. If you're an excellent knitter and make gifts for people far and wide, that's a wonderful thing, but it's not a hidden talent.
For example:
What can I say? It's a gift.
Did you know that hairspray will remove ball point pen from clothing?
Or that if you place wadded up wet newspapers on the soil of your houseplants, it will keep them from dying while you're on vacation?
I did.
What are your hidden talents? Leave a comment to this post telling me at least one thing you can secretly do, and you could win a skein of yarn. Not just any skein, either. You choose the yarn base (anything we have instock), and you choose the colorway. We'll make it for you. YAY!
You have until Friday, August 1st at 8pm Eastern to tell me all about your hidden talents.
This is my favorite movie:
I've seen it at least fifty times. Even looking at these pictures warms the cockles of me 'eart.
Remember the part where Captain Von Trapp and the Baroness Schrader throw the party? It's where the Captain and Maria realize their feelings for each other, and where the Baroness manipulates Maria into leaving.
At the ball, one of the heads of the Nazi party speaks to Captain Von Trapp and remarks on his family's upcoming performance at the music festival. Captain Von Trapp says, "I, too, am a man of hidden talents." Of course, he says it with a smirk that's masking his anger, as he hates how the Nazis have claimed his beloved Austria.
We are all people of hidden talents, I believe. The focus of this contest is HIDDEN talents, something few people would know about. If you're an excellent knitter and make gifts for people far and wide, that's a wonderful thing, but it's not a hidden talent.
For example:
- I can eyeball liquid measurements quite accurately. I can tell the difference between 1/4 teaspoon and 12 cups with ease.
What can I say? It's a gift.
- I can imitate a dolphin's clicky sounds. I have no idea why I know how to do this, but my children find it really very remarkable.
- I have a freakishly bizarre ability to remember household hints. Not because I am such a fantastic stain remover, but because I remember all the tips I read. It's like the file for household tips storage is extra large in my brain.
Did you know that hairspray will remove ball point pen from clothing?
Or that if you place wadded up wet newspapers on the soil of your houseplants, it will keep them from dying while you're on vacation?
I did.
What are your hidden talents? Leave a comment to this post telling me at least one thing you can secretly do, and you could win a skein of yarn. Not just any skein, either. You choose the yarn base (anything we have instock), and you choose the colorway. We'll make it for you. YAY!
You have until Friday, August 1st at 8pm Eastern to tell me all about your hidden talents.
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thanks for the great post