Wicked Haaarrrrd Birthday Present Contest

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Okay, so I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a challenge worthy of a present for my birthday. I've been thinking and thinking and knitting and thinking and reading blogs and thinking.......... I thought that I would do something similar to the other questions asked recently. Like maybe have you all guess my birthweight. That's a good one, huh? But then I'd have to go look it up and that started to sound exhausting (yeah, but it is more work than you think). So, whatever the exact number was, I can tell you that it was less than six pounds. Hooray for the pregnant and smoking mothers of the early sixties. Anyway, then I thought I would have you guess the weight of my largest baby. But that was kind of random. Nine pounds in case you care. Can you believe that?! I weighed less than six at birth, weigh less than 100 as an adult, gained about eighteen while pregnant, and pushed out NINE POUNDS PEOPLE! I know, at least half of you have had bigger babies, but you should have seen me. My belly could be seen around a corner about half an hour before I got there. I waddled. Wobbled. Like a Weeble. Anyway, then I thought I would send you on a search of my blog to find my oldest unfinished object. Then I thought that I probably wouldn't take the time to do that, I would probably pass along if I had to work that hard. I want to actually give a present away. And yes, I have an unfinished sweater that I started in the early '80s. Maybe there will be news on that front soon (she says with a glint in her eye). Being a real fan of Christmas/Holiday music, I was going to ask for your favorite Christmas recordings. There are a couple of reasons I passed on that one, the first being obvious, not everyone celebrates these holidays and I wanted to be all about inclusiveness here. The second is, someone might convince me that I have to get a cd that I don't already have (rather doubtful as this is my current collection, I think about 104, which is likely to grow by at least one more by the end of the season-and I have added to it this year already. My favorite of the new batch is Jane Monheit, The Season and my all time favorite, the first one I listen to on Thanksgiving and the last one I put away is Manhattan Transfer, The Christmas Album. I even have their version of Happy Holidays downloaded as the ringer on my cell phone. You can't know how happy that makes me-Thanks Gilllian!)(Oh-if you want to let me know your favorite Christmas/Holiday recording anyway, please do. I think there is still room in the playing schedule.)

So, this continued all day. I wanted it to be something that you had to think about. My other contests have had some amount of brain work involved. Some were downright difficult. My aim was to keep up with that pattern. So I kept thinking. I thought about puzzlers (like this one: Why is the Pentagon built with twice the number of bathrooms needed for the number of employees that work in the building? That's a good one, do you know? I won a Peppermint Patty for that one.) and Sudoku and searching through my Trivial Pursuit game (maybe What Grammy-winning songstress' dad, John, originated the Billy Bigelow role in Carousel? Do you know that one?.......Bonnie Raitt. Really!). Or maybe trivia from my favorite Christmas movie, White Christmas (Do you know why all of Vera-Ellen's costumes were designed to cover her neck? C'mon, you had to have noticed. To cover the signs of premature aging brought on by her anorexia). I have a ton of them.

Did you think any of these were hard? Well, just you wait to see what I came up with. It is really, really haaarrrrd. Really. So we have to have some rules. First, after you click below on the extended entry link and read the question Take.Your.Time. I will entertain guesses until midnight in some time zone on Friday. Think about it, do your research and be sure of your answer before you TWO: Send me an email with your guess. DO NOT ANSWER IN MY COMMENTS! You won't want to, because after all the work you do to get the answer you will not want to give anyone else any hints. Three: The answer can be found somewhere on the internet, possibly even on this blog. Do. Not. Ask me. For any. HINTS! I will not give anyone an advantage.  Four:  The present is still to be determined, but you can bet that it will include yarn and some other knitterly or yummy something.  Finally, make as many guesses as you like, but only the first one will count. It is my birthday after all, and I can make up any rules that I want. Oh, and although I don't really get it, but hope that I might, I treated myself to a Frappr! map for my birthday, so stick a pin in it!

If you think you are up to the challenge click away on the link below and read the REALLY HARD QUESTION.  And you know, celebrate!  Have a Happy Teresa C.'s Birthday.  Have a cup of tea (or coffee or latte or even better, hot chocolate) for me.  Good Luck!

What is the Birthday Girl's favorite color in the whole wide world, the color she buys yarn in and knits with and is her eye color and is the predominant color in her wardrobe?

Comments

[Better Pal]

*giggle* Well it's your birthday there now... I hope you have a lovely day all day long and I will let the others struggle over the competition at hand. Happy Birthday!

[Carole]

You're too cute! And my favorite Christmas album is One Holy Night by Red Nativity. It's Native American-style renditions of Christmas music. Mostly all instrumentals and very beautiful.
Okay, off to do my research for the answer to this wicked hard question. Good thing I have a background as a reference librarian!

[margene]

That question is just SO hard! How are we every going to be able to answer! Hippo Birdy to EWE, grrlfriend!!!!

[carla]

I love it all that for the best color around BLUE! I'm with you on that! However my eyes change color with what I wear so they are not always blue!

[Norma]

Hippo birdie to BLUE!
Hippo birdie to BLUE!
Hippo birdie, hippo birdie
Hippo birdie to BLUE!

(That WAS wicked hahhhhhd!)

[Cara]

Dude. You're worse than I am. At least this week my question will be somewhat challenging.

HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY! GIFTS FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

Oh and Merry Christmas Baby by none other than Bruce Springsteen is my FAVORITE of all time (not that crap Santa Claus is Coming to Town they always play on the radio.)

How about I'll Have A BLUE Christmas Without You?

[Chery]

You are so funny!!

[Christy]

I learned something new today- from you- in blue!

I didn't know about Vera Ellen and the turtlenecks although it totally makes sense. Her tiny waist is so distacting especially in the Choreography scene. White Christmas my fav Christmas movie too.

[Kat]

Happy Birthday. Another vote for White Christmas as the best Christmas movie, although A Christmas Story is a close second.

The Vince Guaraldi Trio Charlie Brown album used to be my favorite, but it now reminds me Outkast (anyone else see the video of "Hey Ya" as done by the 'Charlie Brown Dancers' before they had to take it down for legal reasons?)

I confess, I googled to come up with my answer. This is what your question made me think of: http://www.rit.edu/~smo4215/monty.htm#Scene%2023

[Dawn]

My favorite Christmas recording is Percy Faith's "Christmas Is..." It's what my family would listen to every year as we decorated the tree. My mom still has the vinyl somewhere, and I keep meaning to get it on CD one of these days.

[Cece]

Um, blue?

You are too funny.

[juno]

Hee. Happy Birthday Terry.

[Julie]

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !!

(Wouldn't be blue, by any chance -- would it?)

[Nathania]

Yay! It's your birthday! Happiest of birthdays to you, my dear. May your day be wonderful in every way.

Oh and, um, uh..... I know this one. I just can't get the Jeopardy song out of my head. Oh wait...... BLUE!!!!!!!!!

[Emma.]

*H*A*P*P*Y* *B*I*R*T*H*D*A*Y* !

Dear Blue. ;0)

[Erica]

Happy birthday to Blue!

[amanda]

Happy Birthday! And wow, that question is so hard I'm turning blue in the face from thinking... :O)

[some girl]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!!!!! =)

[Dena]

Have a great birthday, Terry!

[Diane E.]

How can you not LOVE "Christmas Wrapping" by the Waitresses found a funky CD The Edge of Christmas. Now that was a CD that took some extensive digging to find. Chicago's Christmas CD is also pretty decent. Happy Birthday Terry!*

[sandy]

Phew. I will have to ruminate on that one for weeks! WEEKS! You have no mercy, do you??
:)
xo

[tgz]

It's blue! (I cannot find your email ;) )

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

December people are the best!

[Jan]

Happy Birthday, Terry!! It wouldn't be, um....let me get back to you on that!
My favorite Christmas CD is The Roches, *We Three Kings*. Wouldn't be Christmas without it!

[bethe]

I'm another "Christmas Wrapping" by The Waitresses fan! And I LOVE your Jaywalkers (anything pink works for me)!

[Tiffany]

Have a super birthday filled with love, laughter and knitting :D

[claudia]

December babies RULE!

I hope your day was happy and that today will be the second day of a great year for you.

P.S. There is currently a white out and I just heard some thunder. WTF?

[Michelle]

Hee hee! As I was reading I was getting all stoked to start doing research!! :)

[Margot]

Boo hoo hoo
Email link buggy
I am blue

Happy Birthday!

[julia fc]

Orange!
(like I need more yarn)
Happy Birthday, soon to come.

[Susie]

It's Sunday, but I'm thinkin' Periwinkle Blue, just because blue is so generic...

Happy happy b'day!

[pat j]

Happy Birthday I enjoy your blog! Be happy, you can't be "BLUE" ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.