Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:27 am
by reddishtiger
This weeks Totally Informal Transglobal Challange is
"Stripes"
As always, post a link to your freshly taken image here on Thursday
Good luck!
Lee and Bev
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:26 pm
by ed_preston
How about we send you a ticket to the movie....
Being away from home for our Thanksgiving Holiday visiting our children, this may become a real challenge!
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:05 am
by camera0bug
In the interest of broadening the contributions, I've added
the following World Book entries:
stripe (1), noun, verb, striped, striping.
noun 1. a long, narrow band, as of a different color, material, or weave from the rest of a surface or thing.
Ex. A tiger has stripes. The American flag has thirteen stripes.
(SYN) stria.
2. a striped material or cloth.
3. a strip or narrow piece.
4. (Figurative.) sort; type; class.
Ex. a man of quite a different stripe. Of a democratic, liberal stripe (Edmund C. Stedman).
(SYN) kind, stamp.
5. a narrow line painted or marked as a line of demarcation.
Ex. Temple [football team], which gained most of its yardage in its own territory, was unable to get past the midfield stripe in the last quarter (New York Times).
v.t. to mark or ornament with a stripe or stripes.
Ex. The stick of candy was striped with red.
expr. stripes,
a. a number or combination of strips of braid on the sleeve of a uniform to show rank, length of service, or function.
Ex. to earn one's stripes.
b. (Slang.) chevrons.
Ex. sergeant's stripes.
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:23 pm
by corypdot
I should have saved last week's contribution for tomorrow.....
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:05 pm
by lilau
Very happy to be the first post with a picture
i hope you will enjoy
http://www.pbase.com/lilau/image/106397206
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:10 pm
by lexis
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:24 pm
by sheils
It is definitely Thursday morning here in Australia.
Here is my entry,
http://www.pbase.com/image/106397544
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:40 pm
by patshawyer
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:44 pm
by amoxtli
Here are my favorite stripes.
http://www.pbase.com/image/106398907Best Wishes,
Walter
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:03 am
by johanops
on the moon, there are stripes, but why aren't there any stars?
http://www.pbase.com/johanops/image/106399823greetings, JOhan
Re: Thursday Challenge - 27th November
Posted:
Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:43 am
by artwhite