Thanks to editor Jay Moye at Coca-Cola Journey, I’ve had a chance to illustrate a number of wild and wacky posts by writer Charles McNair. These posts usually have a number in them: The 10 Best, My 12 Favorite, etc.
Somewhere along the line I decided to make it a personal challenge to include or somehow reference all of the points in Mr. McNair’s posts: if he mentioned 10 things, I’d figure out a way to include all 10 in my illustration.
Here’s the latest example. The official title of the post is: 10 Things That Go Better With Coke (Spring Edition!), and you can read it here on the Coca-Cola Journey website.
However… it’s a curious fact that an illustration absolutely crammed with details can truly engage a reader. Anyone who’s seen a Where’s Waldo illustration knows this. Not a good strategy if you’re trying to make a serious point, but a very good strategy if you’re trying to entertain (and thereby attract followers).
Can you identify the 10 “spring things” in the illustration? I’ve numbered them below.
Important note: Do not spend too much time on it. Some of Mr. McNair’s things are rather playful. Answers at end of post.
1. Bunnies (“Rub a lucky rabbit’s foot!… if you’re lucky, the rabbit won’t bite you!”)
2. Picnics Under Cherry Trees (“First, you need a cherry tree. If you live in Japan or Washington, D.C., you’re in the pink.”)
3. Kite-Flying (“Know why trees like spring? People feed them!… best of anything, trees like kites!”)
4. Bumblebees (“Take a length of sewing thread, throw your tiny lariat (around the bee, and watch him) happily zoom around and around…”
5. Spring Showers (“Like a big black bear that napped in a cave all winter, you’ve finally emerged from the house after football season… You need a spring shower!”)
6. Baseball & Softball (“Bound off the bench, race over the infield like a deer, and slide to a dusty stop in front of the concession stand…”)
7. Four-Leaf Clovers (“A shamrock anointed with one tiny amber drop of Coca-Cola will sprout a lucky green fourth leaf… that’s why leprechauns have pots of gold!”)
8. Spring Cleaning (“You found that corn chip you lost last July, $7.34 in coins, two melted (but edible) peppermints, plus Granny’s lost dentures!”)
9. Marshmallow Chicks (“What says spring like nibbling a marshmallow chick? Just make sure it’s marshmallow!”)
10. Dandelions (“Hey, hay fever zombie! Feel that next sneeze coming on?”)
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Any luck guessing the 10 Things? (I know: the shamrock was totally misleading– sorry!)
Anyone ever lose a kite in a tree?
Anyone ever lose a frisbee on a roof?? (I’m raising my hand.)
