At the talk last Friday at the Cleveland Institute of Art, I led the first rendition of “Petroleum: In Me and On Me” a live power-formance personal scavenger hunt.
The audience was given 2 minutes to review a list of everyday and household materials that we use each day, and marked which ones they had. We determined that the person with the highest count was 46, and the person with the lowest count was 3.
How much petroleum is on you and in you? Review the following list and see how you do:
Contact Lenses
Ballpoint Pens
Acrylic/Nylon Clothes
Nail Polish
Bandaids
Perfume
Shoe Polish
Motorcycle Helmet
Petroleum Jelly
Transparent Tape
Shoes with Rubber Soles
Headphones
Hair spray
Denture Adhesives
Xerox copies
Computers
Ipod/Music Player
Heart Valves
Crayons
Camera
Lipstick
Checkbook Covers
Watchbands
Credit Cards
Plastic Shopping Bags
Combs
Vitamin Capsules
Antihistamines
Buttons
Bras with Elastic
Sunscreen
Hair Shampoo or Conditioner
Hair bands
Toothpaste
Tampons/ Sanitary Napkins
Mascara
Eyeliner
Hair spray, mouse, gel
Breath mints
Gum
Underwear with Elastic Band
Aspirin
Pleather
Shoes with rubber bottoms
Plastic Zippers
Deodorant
Panty Hose
Umbrellas
Hair Coloring
CD’s & DVD’s
Glasses
Paint Brushes
Also – two more that were recommended to be added to the list by audience members:
Styrofoam
Plastic Forks