Hey Everyone,
In another thread, our own infamous Desdichado outlined a streamlined 5-step method for finding True Love (or something like that.) Granted, when you've been single for as long as many of us have, the definition of "True Love" can mean anything from a new puppy (which one friend is currently on the hunt for,) to the perfect blanket, to a well-cooked steak. Feel free to dream up your own meaning of what your "true love" might be!
I have always wanted to try doing a thread based on those old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, but after years of pondering, I still haven't quite figured out how to map one out (especially since I'm not a storyteller,) so I figured, hey, why not try this in the meantime.
The Singles Forum is Out to Find True Love, and We Need YOUR Help!!!
Your Mission: Read over the descriptions of the teams we'll need in order to meet Desdi's 5 Steps for Finding True Love, then tell us which team or teams you'd like to apply for. Think of it as filling out a resume (a list of your skills and experience) that would make you ideal and why YOU would be a great addition to the team.
To give you an idea, I'll include some things that might be needed for each team (but feel free to say why you are qualified for other reasons as well, NOT just what's on the list!) So without further ado, here we go!!! Put on your sense of adventure and let's have some fun.
Desdichado's 5 Steps for Finding True Love!
1. Step 1/Team 1 Mission: Locate the Seeing Stone.
Possible Skills Needed: good with directions, maps, and mythical places; excellent eyesight or at least be keen with advanced echolocation (proven biological dolphin, bat, or whale ancestry not necessarily required.)
2. Step 2/Team 2 Mission: Kill the Evil Wizard Guarding the Seeing Stone.
Possible Skills Needed: knowledge of wizard's weaknesses; accurate slingshot aim (think David and Goliath, if wizards can be killed with slings); weapons and strategies specialists.
3. Step 3/Team 3 Mission: Ask the Seeing Stone for the Location of Your True Love - whoever or whatever that may be to you!
I know someone out there is going to say their True Love is Jesus, and that they already know how to find Him, and that's just fine!
But for anyone who would like to participate in this little side-adventure --
Possible Skills Needed: communication and linguistics specialist; expertise in charm and manners -- possible Canadian or Southern USA ancestry. After all, we don't know what kind of personality the Seeing Stone has, so we might need someone on the team who knows how to ask nicely. People in Canada and the Southern USA seem to have reputation for extreme politeness, so it might be handy to have one on the team. On the other hand, the Seeing Stone might also be very Sarcastic, and in THAT case, experts in "Talking Smack" are also encouraged to apply.
4. Step 4/Team 4 Mission: Confirm Location.
Possible Skills Needed: If you can't tell us where your keys are right at this very moment, we probably don't want to pick you for this team -- please apply for something else. There's room for everyone here, just not on this team! But if you're the person who knows where everything is (including where everyone ELSE'S things are as well,) we definitely need you!!! Moms and Dads who are experts and knowing where their child's socks, homework, and binkies have landed will be given special consideration for this team!
5. Step 5/Team 5 Mission: Throw a Cloth over the Seeing Stone Before the Dark Lord Can See What You're Up To.
Possible Skills Needed: good with throwing things such as nets (experience on "The Deadliest Catch" will earn you brownie points), blankets, and if nothing else, beach towels (just as long as you can cover things accurately -- your pet parrot's cage may or may not count); those experienced with throwing axes are encouraged to apply, as our Logistics Specialist says that an ax might come in even handier than a blanket -- who would have thought.
Now, as far as an assembling a Search and Rescue/Extraction Team goes, I'm not sure. These were the only steps given -- so that might be an idea for another thread.
YOUR MISSION for THIS thread: Read this over, pick a team or two you'd like to apply for just for the fun of it, then tell us what you want to apply for an why. We don't really care what skills you may or may not have, we just want you to come with us and have a good laugh while you're at it.
* Do you see any strategies or skills for each team adventure that are missing and will be needed? Feel free to point those out and tell us how you, or someone else, can help!
* Do any of the descriptions remind you of any particular CC members who might be qualified for a particular task? Feel free to give them a shout out and tell us why! (For instance, when I was writing about "Communications Specialist", the FIRST person that came to my mind was @MultilingualMessenger, of course!)
Most of all, this thread is just meant to be a fun escape and team-building exercise as we all learn about who would want to do what, and why!
Here's to the Indiana Jones in all of us.
In another thread, our own infamous Desdichado outlined a streamlined 5-step method for finding True Love (or something like that.) Granted, when you've been single for as long as many of us have, the definition of "True Love" can mean anything from a new puppy (which one friend is currently on the hunt for,) to the perfect blanket, to a well-cooked steak. Feel free to dream up your own meaning of what your "true love" might be!
I have always wanted to try doing a thread based on those old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, but after years of pondering, I still haven't quite figured out how to map one out (especially since I'm not a storyteller,) so I figured, hey, why not try this in the meantime.
The Singles Forum is Out to Find True Love, and We Need YOUR Help!!!
Your Mission: Read over the descriptions of the teams we'll need in order to meet Desdi's 5 Steps for Finding True Love, then tell us which team or teams you'd like to apply for. Think of it as filling out a resume (a list of your skills and experience) that would make you ideal and why YOU would be a great addition to the team.
To give you an idea, I'll include some things that might be needed for each team (but feel free to say why you are qualified for other reasons as well, NOT just what's on the list!) So without further ado, here we go!!! Put on your sense of adventure and let's have some fun.
Desdichado's 5 Steps for Finding True Love!
1. Step 1/Team 1 Mission: Locate the Seeing Stone.
Possible Skills Needed: good with directions, maps, and mythical places; excellent eyesight or at least be keen with advanced echolocation (proven biological dolphin, bat, or whale ancestry not necessarily required.)
2. Step 2/Team 2 Mission: Kill the Evil Wizard Guarding the Seeing Stone.
Possible Skills Needed: knowledge of wizard's weaknesses; accurate slingshot aim (think David and Goliath, if wizards can be killed with slings); weapons and strategies specialists.
3. Step 3/Team 3 Mission: Ask the Seeing Stone for the Location of Your True Love - whoever or whatever that may be to you!
I know someone out there is going to say their True Love is Jesus, and that they already know how to find Him, and that's just fine!
But for anyone who would like to participate in this little side-adventure --
Possible Skills Needed: communication and linguistics specialist; expertise in charm and manners -- possible Canadian or Southern USA ancestry. After all, we don't know what kind of personality the Seeing Stone has, so we might need someone on the team who knows how to ask nicely. People in Canada and the Southern USA seem to have reputation for extreme politeness, so it might be handy to have one on the team. On the other hand, the Seeing Stone might also be very Sarcastic, and in THAT case, experts in "Talking Smack" are also encouraged to apply.
4. Step 4/Team 4 Mission: Confirm Location.
Possible Skills Needed: If you can't tell us where your keys are right at this very moment, we probably don't want to pick you for this team -- please apply for something else.
There's room for everyone here, just not on this team! But if you're the person who knows where everything is (including where everyone ELSE'S things are as well,) we definitely need you!!! Moms and Dads who are experts and knowing where their child's socks, homework, and binkies have landed will be given special consideration for this team! 5. Step 5/Team 5 Mission: Throw a Cloth over the Seeing Stone Before the Dark Lord Can See What You're Up To.
Possible Skills Needed: good with throwing things such as nets (experience on "The Deadliest Catch" will earn you brownie points), blankets, and if nothing else, beach towels (just as long as you can cover things accurately -- your pet parrot's cage may or may not count); those experienced with throwing axes are encouraged to apply, as our Logistics Specialist says that an ax might come in even handier than a blanket -- who would have thought.
Now, as far as an assembling a Search and Rescue/Extraction Team goes, I'm not sure. These were the only steps given -- so that might be an idea for another thread.
YOUR MISSION for THIS thread: Read this over, pick a team or two you'd like to apply for just for the fun of it, then tell us what you want to apply for an why. We don't really care what skills you may or may not have, we just want you to come with us and have a good laugh while you're at it.
* Do you see any strategies or skills for each team adventure that are missing and will be needed? Feel free to point those out and tell us how you, or someone else, can help!
* Do any of the descriptions remind you of any particular CC members who might be qualified for a particular task? Feel free to give them a shout out and tell us why! (For instance, when I was writing about "Communications Specialist", the FIRST person that came to my mind was @MultilingualMessenger, of course!)
Most of all, this thread is just meant to be a fun escape and team-building exercise as we all learn about who would want to do what, and why!
Here's to the Indiana Jones in all of us.
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