The super macro guessing game

[Thompsunshine]

C'mon somebody...get me off the hook here! ROFL

[thomascanty]

A fly's leg?

[Thompsunshine]

Not a fly Lonnie. Reread the prior notes and you should be able to figure it out! Puhhhhleeeeeeaaaase! ROFL

[AirBrontosaurus]

Looks like a crab leg... sorta ;)

[Thompsunshine]

Nope. Not a crab.

[Citizensmith]

Chicken leg. That's not a rooster. :)

[Thompsunshine]

Well, close enough. A chicken head! LMAO. What can I say? It was the first thing I found to post! lol Y'all should already know that I'm not quite right! :rolleyes:



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[Thompsunshine]

I forgot to say that you are up Citizensmith. And in case anyone is interested...that is a female Rhode Island Red.

[Citizensmith]

It's late here and I don't have any saved up right now. I'll pass to whoever wants the next one. I need to get a store of wierd plastic objects so I'll be ready in the future. :)

Any takers?

[Mathiau]

i just took one, will post it up in a sec :D

[Mathiau]

http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/cropped.jpg

[DDA]

Thats's weird! A bumpy metal stuff??

[Mathiau]

lol

it is an integral piece, with out, things would fall apart!

[Mathiau]

iam going to try and get some sleep, prob wont work, but i got to be up for work in a few hours so i shouldnt be gone more then 5 hours.

[Mikezoom]

A Screw?

[photobitz]

ribbon?

[Citizensmith]

its just so blue. blueish.

Umm, its, umm, dammit no clue.

[Skrim17]

integral, fall apart...duct tape?

[cfpackerfan]

integral, fall apart...duct tape?

ROFL....:lol: :lol:

[Thompsunshine]

I know this isn't it because the item it looks like to me doesn't hold anything together...but it looks like a jingle bell.

[Mathiau]

A Screw?

dam you :p is a screw that hold the circuit board on the front of my comp which controls a LED

http://fuzzy.phpwebhosting.com/~mathiau/mathiau/potn/IMG_1839.jpg

[Mathiau]

I know this isn't it because the item it looks like to me doesn't hold anything together...but it looks like a jingle bell.

that i can see, how the top of the bell folds in :d


and well, we all know Duck tape is the best for ANY job!

[Mike Bell]

I just checked Mikezoom's stats - 16 posts in 13 months! That's an average of 1 post per 25 days. A far cry from us addicts, eh? :lol:

I hope it isn't 25 days before he sees he's up! :cry:

[misspix]

I just checked Mikezoom's stats - 16 posts in 13 months! That's an average of 1 post per 25 days. A far cry from us addicts, eh? :lol:

I hope it isn't 25 days before he sees he's up! :cry:

???How does one only post 1 time in 25 days after joining? If my two fav games are stalled, I go huntin around for sumpin! But, then, I think maybe some POTNr's have lives:rolleyes: :lol:

[photobitz]

Lives? What are they?

[misspix]

Lives? What are they?

LOL! I think they are something that occurs after high school, during college, before marriage, kids, careers etc, etc:rolleyes: :lol:

[photobitz]

Oh bugger. I must have missed out.

[Mike Bell]

A day has now gone past and no sign of Mikezoom (he of the one post per 25 days, what restraint!).

I suggest that someone who has never posted a SMGG pic before gets their chance .........NOW! :D

[misspix]

I suggest that someone who has never posted a SMGG pic before gets their chance .........NOW! :D

I second!:D

[BearLeeAlive]

terd!

[RandyMN]

Isn't that spelled turd? I checked Dictionary.com and it means a 'mean, contemptible person'. Now I need to look up contemptible...

[RandyMN]

Here's comptemptible...

"A little, wretched, despicable creature, a worm, a mere nothing...that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of Heaven and earth"

[BearLeeAlive]

'terd' is third in French Canadain, at least with one of my buddies it is.

[jr#8]

I fort

[BearLeeAlive]

I fort
Alright RandyMN, I suppose there is a correction needed here........lol

[Mathiau]

'terd' is third in French Canadain, at least with one of my buddies it is.

Now we could go jamacan :d three is said "tree" literally, like a "tree in your yard", i have had some fun with that onje when i lived in Antigua.


Can i get Tree of dem!

You want a tree?

Yes, tree' of dem!

Okay, well there are some nice tree's over there, and some behind you

NO NO< i want TREE of DEM

and as i said, behind you and to the right and such your surrounded by TREE"s.


no, me a say TREE, not TREE

OH, you mean THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHREE , your forgetting an important letter there.

:D

[BearLeeAlive]

The Clever Italian Mathematician

An recent Italian immigrant to New York wanted a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test.
"Here's your first question," the foreman said. "Without using numbers, represent the number 9."
"Without numbers?" the Italian says, "Dat is easy." And he proceeds to draw three trees.
"What's this?" the boss asks.
"Ave you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine," says the Italian.
"Fair enough," says the boss. "Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but thi s time the number is 99."
The Italian stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has ust drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. "Ere you go."
The boss scratches his head and says, "How on earth do you get that to represent 99?"
"Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99."
"All right, last question. Same rules again, but represent the number 100."
The Italian man stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, "Ere you go. One hundred."
The boss looks at the attempt. "You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!"
(You're going to love this one!!!)
The Italian leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, "A little dog came along and crap by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, dat make one hundred. So, when I start?"

[Thompsunshine]

I fit.

[Mathiau]

AHHAHAHAHHAA, thas hilarious!

[Skrim17]

Is anyone gonna post a shot?

[BearLeeAlive]

I hereby officially open the posting to anyone with a macro at the ready.

I first, second, terd and fort dis motion.

Motion passed. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Post away.

[Mathiau]

me a be fit'n dis a motion SHABBA!

[Thompsunshine]

This is not a Macro (obviously), but can anyone tell me what this is?

(This is just a desperate attempt to keep people on their toes till sumpin better comes along!)

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[KittyKat1982]

I think someone else should post and get the ball rolling that way

[KittyKat1982]

No idea what kind of bird that is

[Citizensmith]

is it a Langshan? I've got a friend with some chickens and she has one of those and it kind of looks like the same bird?

[Thompsunshine]

Whatever. I was just trying to keep things going. Post away!

[Citizensmith]

Nobody here has any pics to post? I've been to busy to touch a camera past few days.

OK, what do you use to take your macros with?

Me, my 70-200 when I'm at home. Sure, not a macro lens but it lets you get well enough zoomed in. At work, a little Olympus P&S with a macro mode. Average quality shots but at least its good at macro.

[webcrawlur]

here's one to keep the ball rolling...:D

[Citizensmith]

A quartz inclusion in some granite?

[webcrawlur]

A quartz inclusion in some granite?


no...

[Citizensmith]

no...

Is it something rocky though?

[webcrawlur]

ummm, ya, I guess you can say that...:confused:

[Citizensmith]

So is it that my description was wrong, or that we are trying to guess what the item is and not describe its lithology?

[webcrawlur]

:) The texture is rocky but this is not a rock.

[Citizensmith]

a kitchen countertop?

Anyone else got any ideas?

[webcrawlur]

no, it is something snackable...

we must be the only ones up, :)

[jr#8]

licorish

[misspix]

Hot cross bun:)

[BearLeeAlive]

Hard candy?

[KittyKat1982]

is it some sort of a rock on a ring?

[jr#8]

rock candy

[Skrim17]

looks like something spilled on a granite countertop.

[brettrobsonphotography]

To me its either a peice of Granite with some quartz or some Pyrities aka Fouls Gold

[webcrawlur]

no to all of the above, ;) I'll think of a clue here shortly...

[webcrawlur]

Clue time... the rocky texture is sodium chloride, otherwise known as...:p

[AirBrontosaurus]

pretzel? (NaCl = salt! I know my chemistry yay!)

[webcrawlur]

pretzel? (NaCl = salt! I know my chemistry yay!)

Ya, salt is correct Chris, but I've not seen a black and white pretzel, unless it's burned, :lol:

Not a pretzel, remains a salty snack...

edit: larger crop

[jr#8]

sea shell Maybe a mussel

[Mathiau]

yeah, thining snail,

[webcrawlur]

no to both, I'll be heading off to bed soon. :(

[brettrobsonphotography]

The texture has me however i can see a few bugs there so it looks like something is decpomposing, or its a tree with some form of bug infection however I dont know any that would leave salt behind.

The grain to the left hand side looks like polished floorboarding ....am I any way close

Have you lifted up some boards in your house and found some form of a bug infeciton that leave NaCl in there path and cause total destruction?

[webcrawlur]

No, you're not close at all, with all the talks of dead bugs and such, lol. Those are not dead bugs, I sure hope they aren't:confused: , if they are, I'm going to be sick:(

The pic is very deceiving, remember the clues.

Salty-snack

[photobitz]

A piece of dried salted eel?? lol

[webcrawlur]

A piece of dried salted eel?? lol

:lol: sorry to say no, it's not a dried salted eel.

[Thompsunshine]

No, you're not close at all, with all the talks of dead bugs and such, lol. Those are not dead bugs, I sure hope they aren't:confused: , if they are, I'm going to be sick:(

The pic is very deceiving, remember the clues.

Salty-snack


I just about spit out my tea when I read that! ROFL

I am wondering though....what in the he** do they eat in Colorado????? geesh

[Thompsunshine]

Okay.....I would like to buy a hint please...animal, vegetable or ..forget the mineral..already know about the salt.:shock:

[grumpyhaggis]

It's a sunflower seed (I think).

[thomascanty]

It's a sunflower seed (I think).

I think you're right! It looks so obvious now...

[grumpyhaggis]

Do people eat the husks? If not, why buy them with the husk on?:confused:

[jr#8]

I am wondering though....what in the he** do they eat in Colorado?? geesh
Rockie Mountain Oysters

[BearLeeAlive]

Do people eat the husks? If not, why buy them with the husk on?:confused:
Sunflower seeds (spits as they are more commonly known) should always be eaten with the shells on (IMHO). You do not eat the shell but spit it out. Typically, when I eat spits, I throw a dozen or so in my mouth, hold them in a cheek, and one by one roll them out onto my teeth with my tounge, split them, eat the yummy part and spit the shell out. Repeat until gone. No hands needed, you can enjoy them as you carry on whatever activity you are doing. They sure were a handy substitute for cigarettes when I quit smoking 19 years ago.

Eating shelled seeds around here is almost blasphemous.;)

[Mike Bell]

The sunflower seeds is probably right but I wonder if it is actually a Japanese rice cracker - some of them are black due to a coating of edible seaweed.

[grumpyhaggis]

Typically, when I eat spits, I throw a dozen or so in my mouth, hold them in a cheek, and one by one roll them out onto my teeth with my tounge, split them, eat the yummy part and spit the shell out.

Eating shelled seeds around here is almost blasphemous.;)

Are you a hamster?:lol:

[BearLeeAlive]

Are you a hamster?:lol:

I could only wish I was that cute. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[webcrawlur]

It's a sunflower seed (I think).

:lol: At last, we have a WINNER, ding, ding, ding...:lol:
They are Jim Beam sunflower seeds...

[Thompsunshine]

Okay...I apologize for the crack on what people in Colorado eat...I guess you eat just like the rest of us! ROFL Am I forgiven?:mrgreen:

[webcrawlur]

Okay...I apologize for the crack on what people in Colorado eat...I guess you eat just like the rest of us! ROFL Am I forgiven?:mrgreen:

No offense taken, we eat whatever is available when we're hungry, look out...:p

[photobitz]

Ah Hah! So you do eat bugs!!!!

[Mathiau]

protein!

[webcrawlur]

Ah Hah! So you do eat bugs!!!!

Busted, :o

Only when there's nuttin' else, I swear...:lol:

[Mathiau]

grumpyhaggis where are youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[Mike Bell]

grumpyhaggis where are youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

He's far awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! (Offline in fact........... though the naughty boy has been online quite a bit today if you peruse his stats............. mainly in TPBM (grrr!) ..........

How long do we wait, guys?

[BearLeeAlive]

5,4,3,2,1............Times up

[grumpyhaggis]

Sorry chaps - wasn't paying attention to the rules. I guess I go next. Hang on a sec 'til I find something....

[grumpyhaggis]

OK - here goes.... let me know if you need a clue:rolleyes:

[cfpackerfan]

You know. that looks strangely like the eye of a Peeps. ;)

[grumpyhaggis]

You know. that looks strangely like the eye of a Peeps. ;)

What's a 'Peeps'?

[grumpyhaggis]

I'm off to the Land of Nod shortly. Let me know if you want a clue soon.:p

[Citizensmith]

Poor guy, never having experienced peeps (http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/). :)

I'll go for a butterfly wing.

[grumpyhaggis]

OMG!!! I just followed your link citizensmith, and I see what you mean, Cat. Thanks for the education....

A butterfly wing is close Citizensmith

[cfpackerfan]

Mmmmm.....now I want some crunchy stale Peeps.
Anyone have any left over from last Easter?
I'll buy them from you...top dollar.

[jr#8]

Mmmmm.....now I want some crunchy stale Peeps.
Anyone have any left over from last Easter?
I'll buy them from you...top dollar.
Thats just NASTY

[KittyKat1982]

is it a sunflower

[grumpyhaggis]

is it a sunflower

'fraid not. The butterfly was closer.

[grumpyhaggis]

Hmmmmm. Looks like time for a clue. It's a female....:cool:

[Mike Bell]

.........moth?

[grumpyhaggis]

Nope! ....... they come in 'packs'!

[photobitz]

Wolf, dog, hyena, killer whale... ?? butterfy? huh?

[grumpyhaggis]

I'm using the term 'pack' loosely;) (meaning in some numbers). OK - you won't see any more colours in them than you see in the crop. Oh - and they get grumpy at this time of year!

[grumpyhaggis]

...... in the northern hemisphere.

[cfpackerfan]

A locust?

[grumpyhaggis]

LOL:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: . C'mon - it's really easy now with all those clues. Am I allowed to give you another wee snip of the same pic?

[cfpackerfan]

Its only easy for you....cause you know what it is. :p
I still think it looks like a peeps. LOL

Question: where do you live?

[grumpyhaggis]

UK - England - South west - Dorset. (Thomas Hardy country)

[cfpackerfan]

. Am I allowed to give you another wee snip of the same pic?

Yep. :)

[grumpyhaggis]

This should help.....

[grumpyhaggis]

Another clue..... they live in a 'byke'.

[thomascanty]

What is a byke?

[grumpyhaggis]

What is a byke?

Hmmmm. To answer that would be to give the game away. If you're near a computer and the internet:rolleyes: , that might help!:lol:

[grumpyhaggis]

Let's put the two wee bits from above into a less wee bit...

(I need to go away and eat now.)

[thomascanty]

Ok, now I'm thoroughly confused. Especially after the definition Cat just found for "byke"... :lol:

But, judging from the new picture, I'm going to guess it's a ladybug.

[kiss_me_now9]

A bumble bee! Or a Wasp

[grumpyhaggis]

Nope and nope! (Actually - I've just done a search, and it wasn't particularly helpful.:confused: )

So - another clue........ They're ruled by a queen.

[grumpyhaggis]

Or a Wasp

Woohoo! Phew! Spot on!

[kiss_me_now9]

:p Someone else shall have to take my turn!

[thomascanty]

Ok, so now my question to you is, what do you call a byke? 'Cause, this is the definition Cat found: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=byke

[grumpyhaggis]

Ok, so now my question to you is, what do you call a byke? 'Cause, this is the definition Cat found: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=byke

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: That link just made me blush:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

In these here parts a byke is a wasp's nest. (In future I think I'll stick to calling it a wasp's nest!!!!:oops: )

Thanks for the education , Cat:lol: :lol: :lol:

What happens now?

[thomascanty]

I was waiting for kiss_me_now9 to post the next one, but I just noticed s/he passed. So, here's one:

http://www.ldphotography.net/smgg/macro2.jpg

[grumpyhaggis]

Keyboard on a cellphone or another wee gadget?

[thomascanty]

You're on the right track.

[stevieboy378]

House Alarm Keypad ?

[thomascanty]

No, it's a little bigger than that. I don't know if I'd really call it a wee gadget, but it's close. It's bigger than the size of my hand.

[stevieboy378]

Pocket calculator ?

[thomascanty]

Pocket calculator ?

Close enough! It's the printing calculator we have at work. I didn't realize how filthy the thing was until I processed the pictures...
http://www.ldphotography.net/smgg/macro2-2.jpg

[stevieboy378]

Here we go :

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2517/objectrv7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[thomascanty]

A weird monster from another world?

[stevieboy378]

:D
No, its very much of this world. An ordinary, everyday object - very middle-of-the-road.

[Mike Bell]

It's one of those rubber things buried in the middle of the road with reflectors in it. In the UK they are known as cats-eyes.

I saw a TV program about their inventor once - he was English I think. He had a room with several TVs always on and tuned to each of the channels - so he didn't miss anything! I thought that was quite sad.

[stevieboy378]

It's one of those rubber things buried in the middle of the road with reflectors in it. In the UK they are known as cats-eyes.

Spot on !
To be honest it had seen better days - I found it in the middle of a field in the Peak District - miles from any roads . . . . The "eyes" ( small mirrored lenses ) were nowhere to be found . . . .

[thomascanty]

I saw a TV program about their inventor once

What was his name? Out here we call those Bott's Dots. I was told it's because the inventor's name was Bott. I was wondering if that's true.

[grumpyhaggis]

The "eyes" ( small mirrored lenses ) were nowhere to be found . . . .

So it couldn't see - that's why it was in the middle of a field - it had got lost.:(

[stevieboy378]

So it couldn't see - that's why it was in the middle of a field - it had got lost.:(

LOL - I reckon a local magpie took them to use as ornaments in his nest . . .

[grumpyhaggis]

What was his name? Out here we call those Bott's Dots. I was told it's because the inventor's name was Bott. I was wondering if that's true.

His name was Percy Shaw.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat's_eye_(road)

[thomascanty]

His name was Percy Shaw.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat's_eye_(road)

Apparently ours are different, and they were named for the inventor, Dr. Elbert Dysart Botts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bott%27s_dots

[grumpyhaggis]

I see what you mean. These are called road studs over here and are almost exclusively used now to separate lanes of traffic and mark out the middle of the road, but the one in Steve's post was the original (and best - unless you were a cyclist!);)

[stevieboy378]

Our cat's eyes are a remarkable piece of hardware. When a vehicle runs over them they squash down into their metal housing, where a well placed strip of rubber wipes across the lenses, cleaning them . . . . .

[Mike Bell]

Thanks for showing off that nice bit of "British Inventing at its Best", Steve! The links were interesting - now I know about Bott's Dots too!

Moving on to the next SMGG challenge .................

http://static.flickr.com/86/223873741_e089e70468_o.jpg

[Matoch]

Looks kinda like the ring part that a shoelace goes through.

James

[Mike Bell]

Looks kinda like the ring part that a shoelace goes through.

James

Bu***r! :evil:

I really thought it was not that obvious! :confused: :rolleyes: :cry:........ :) :D :lol:

I even had a 'zoom out pic' to make it easier for the numpties! :lol: :
http://static.flickr.com/96/223873742_8f1c965725_o.jpg

..... and the final one for the winner! :lol: :
http://static.flickr.com/61/223873743_531f7832b0_o.jpg

You're up, Matoch!