Guess what this is

[Quo Fan]

I'll post the correct answer in about 24 hours.

The rules are simple. You must identify what is in the bucket.
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No hints given.

[Saralonde]

Salt pellets for sprinkling on icy sidewalks?

[chrismar]

fertilizer?

[RexK_Cozumel]

Oh Oh I know it is a bucket of white pellets made from some chemical substance.

[hpebley3]

quinoa?

(I added this because the original message was too short.)

[kirbinster]

calcium chloride.

[Quo Fan]

One person is close, but I'm not saying who.

[Jamesc359]

Grits?

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[neonfish3]

Potassium Nitrate ( KNO3)

[heespharm]

silica beads???

since I'm Asian everything looks like rice to me so I'm gonna guess rice

[RussHeath]

Seeds for artifical pearls? Just trying to be exotic. ;)

[Darryl]

Ceiling spackle.

[Quo Fan]

Since I'm not going to be available at the 24 hour mark, here is the answer.


What is in the bucket is a blasting agent called ANFO. It is made of Amonia Nitrate and Fuel Oil. This is the commercial grade stuff that McVei used to blow up the building in Oklahoma. This stuff needs to be detonated by dynamite, and makes the blast more powerful.

[spellbound]

Makes me wonder why you have it then. :eek:

[prrs4me]

Good question-
Why do you have it?

[neonfish3]

I was about to turn on the news.
Had me a little bit worried.
Then I looked in his profile:

Occupation:
I watch stuff blow up

Well, I had the NO3 part right.

[douglas]

Guess what this is...

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[pkd14u]

Dill?

pkd14u

[chrismar]

Looks kinda like celery...

[Palooka Joe]

C Salt from the C shore?

[moi]

...........Dill?

[douglas]

No, not dill, but it is a vegetable. Douglas

[moi]

Carrot tops?

[moi]

Raddicio????

[douglas]

Not raddicio nor carrot tops.
This part is used mainly for decoration...the root is eaten...very popular in Italy

[Nathan deGargoyle]

Fennel? apparently I have to increase the nbumber of characters. Hope this is enough

[moi]

Celaraic????????????

[douglas]

Nathen. Fennel it is! (aka Finocchio, or anise)
An unappreciated vegetable in North America

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[Cherokee Maiden]

Could it be Quinoa??

[moi]

Nathen. Fennel it is! (aka Finocchio, or anise)
An unappreciated vegetable in North America

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Good post Douglas-I LOVE fennel and anything aniseed tasting!

[douglas]

Good post Douglas-I LOVE fennel and anything aniseed tasting!
Always try to get the male bulb.(No this is not a sexist comment) The male bulb is rounded, the female flatter. The male tastes a little nicer.(Minimal...but that's what they tell me):)

[moi]

Thanks for the tip! :)

[Nathan deGargoyle]

And of course I should have said Florence Fennel (as opposed to garden fennel which I used to grow).

I guess it's my turn to post so....


Guess What This Is!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/IanGM/DPS/GWTI.jpg

[moi]

A shower curtain?

[ShepArt]

poaching eggs?

[douglas]

Nathan,a clue PLEASE

[Nathan deGargoyle]

Sorry Douglas, just got home from work.

Kari's on the right track but if those were eggs the chef would have to be Dr Seuss!

[douglas]

The clue??all I can think of is "green eggs and ham"...is it deep frying something?

[Nathan deGargoyle]

No, no, think boiling, think green......

[kellymo]

hmmm would it be boiling soy beans?

[douglas]

Boiling an egg,and the shell has cracked.?

[Nathan deGargoyle]

kellymo, you're so close. Think green guys!

[kellymo]

Boiling green peas?

[Nathan deGargoyle]

Well done kellymo!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b209/IanGM/DPS/boilingpeas.jpg

Your go.

[kellymo]

no camera on me today :( Great pic, greens a good theme Happy St. Patrick's day. I'll leave it open to anyone to post a pic.

[douglas]

Welldone Kellymo, and good post Nathan...

Try this (probably too easy for you experts)
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[moi]

Piece of guttering?

[douglas]

no not guttering.

[douglas]

A clue...not used at the moment in this snowy clime,but wait till the warm, sunny weather.

[glyphon]

is it a lawn chair?

[douglas]

Glyphon...getting close. 24hours are up so i'llpost the answer. perhaps it was'nt a very interesting one. Douglas

Edge of a retractable awning...
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[glyphon]

i missed out on the initial posting yesterday. although, my first guess would have been money, it was only after reading the clue that i changed my guess.

[moi]

Nice one-I thought it was a water slide for a pool. Was busy yesterday.