postcard week CONTEST

[fflo]

PRIZE: actual snail-mail postcard, sent through the U.S. mails to you at the new rate (26¢, domestically, for up to 6 inches by up to 4.25 inches)

YOUR MISSION: Match each beauty parlor interior with its city.

Winner is (a) the first to match all four correctly, or (b) whoever has the most correct matches when I get tired of waiting.

In the event of a tie I'll send everybody tied for first a card.

Okay, here are the cities:

    (1)  La Palma, California, U.S.A.
    (2)  Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
    (3)  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    (4)  East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A.

and the lovely atmospheres in which to get your 'do done are here:

    (a)

    (b)

    (c)

    (d)

And don't be trying to guess from the image file names. They don't match the questions.

Good luck!  [edit: contest now closed --- results here]

Comments

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

Hmm--I'll go for The o-so-mundane A to be from New Jersey, the patriotic red-and-white floor of D for Canada, The Mormon Tabernacle salon of C for Utah, and those big, hip self-obsessed mirrors of B for California.

And to help your grad student to do the grading faster:

1: b
2: c
3: d
4: a

I'm certain that those rationalizations are no better than random chance. Let's see--I have a one in four chance of getting the first one right, a one-in-three chance for the second if I get the first, and a 50-50 chance for the third if the first two are right. The last would be a gimme. That gives me a 1 in 24 chance of winning a postcard.

If I win, will you give it a spritz of that root beer perfume you use on your pencils?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

you're funny

if you win, i'll throw in the pencil, which is still sittin' here on my desk, unwanted

[paperkingdoms]

1 - b
2 - d
3 - c
4 - a

The first one really feels like Jersey to me. The rest are guesses. ;^)

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

These are all winners in my book. And I'm glad you said that thing about the filenames, because that was what I was gonna do.

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

Are these all from around the same time period?

[fflo.livejournal.com]

prob'bly! dunno, really

[shmizla.livejournal.com]

i say:

1 c
2 a
3 b
4 d

[sprig5.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing:

1. A. Back then, whenever this was, wouldn't La Palma, Orange County, California, hve been more "provincial"? Also there are windows to let in the sun.
2. C I'm influenced by Peter--shouldn't have read what he wrote. But the light color and soaring architecture seem to be ab beauty parlor's attempt ad Latter-Day godliness.
3. D. Ottawa, Ontario. Influenced by Peter again. Also, Ya gotta remember, Ottawa's the capital, and a fine city it is. I was there a few summers ago. They LOVE Labradors there.
4. B. Orange, NJ. Hey, we're near NYC. Mob bosses' wives might come here.

Jeff's answers

[vjsmom.livejournal.com]

1) c
2) d
3) a
4) b

mostly guesses

[masculine-lady.livejournal.com]

but I agree, the first one has a distinct Jersey Feel (TM). So, here goes:
a: East Orange
b: La Palma
c: Ottawa
d: Salt Lake City

[(Anonymous)]

Since it's pure guesswork, I'm going to guess you didn't switch anything up and it's actually

1) a
2) b
3) c
4) d

[fflo.livejournal.com]

ha --- it was almost

1) d
2) c
3) b
4) a

but i switched it up at the last minute. how'd you know i'd want to be lazy with the answer key?

[andystardust.livejournal.com]

1. c
2. b
3. a
4. d

[fflo.livejournal.com]

you're just a minute or two late, andy! but you had only 1 right, anyway, and 2 correct took the prize

want a postcard anyway? send me your snail mail at fflo at livejournal.com