+Wandering Vikings Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) This is my very first cointest so please bear with me as I figure out how it goes! In honor of my current favorite coin, The Greatest Cache ('mirror coin' shown below) I am challenging you to twist your favorite nursery rhyme to a Geocaching theme. The back of these coins reads; Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Where is the Greatest Cache of all? I *know* we have some fabulously creative posters on here, so show me what you've got in the rhyming department! Cointest will run for one week, 10/3-10/10 and prizes will be as follows- First Prize- Full Set of Greatest Cache (Antique Gold, Antique Silver and Polished Gold LE) Second Prize- Polished Gold LE Honorable Mentions (hoping for at least 4, but it depends on how many entries we get) your choice of either the Antique Gold or Antique Silver standard edition coin. edited to add- One entry per day please! (Thanks fairyhoney!) If you have any questions please let me know... (Like I said its my first attempt!) Sofi Edited October 3, 2008 by Sofi and Holmbiorn Quote Link to comment
+fairyhoney Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Mary had a little coin It's size was of micro Everywhere that coin went The icon made smiles flow ( you neglected to say how often we could post ) Quote Link to comment
+Wandering Vikings Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 ( you neglected to say how often we could post ) heeheheheheee! Sorry, still giggling from your post! I would say that one post a day sounds fair... Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+The Walkabouts Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hickory, Dickory, Dock The cache is in a darn Rock Quote Link to comment
CLV3 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Hickory, Dickory, Dock The cache is in a darn Rock There once was a man from Nantucket. His cache was a 5 gallon Bucket He said with a grin, While putting travelbugs in I hope no muggles will chuck it. Hehehe I tried. Quote Link to comment
+MustangJoni Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Okay, how are ya'll going to choose a winner! I've loved everyone of these so far! Quote Link to comment
+PengoFamily Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Jack and Jill went up the hill, in search of an FTF. Jack searched all over in the trees, grass and clover. Jill went home to log a DNF. *edited for a typo* Edited October 3, 2008 by PengoFamily Quote Link to comment
+Wandering Vikings Posted October 3, 2008 Author Share Posted October 3, 2008 Okay, how are ya'll going to choose a winner! I've loved everyone of these so far! This is going to be a LOT harder than I thought! My cat keeps giving me dirty looks because every couple minutes I bust out laughing and wake him up! Quote Link to comment
+CanadaKate Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Christmas is coming, time to build my stash Please put a travel bug in my old cache; If you haven't got a travel bug, a geocoin wil do, If you haven't got a geocoin, then God bless you! Thanks for a fun cointest! Quote Link to comment
CLV3 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Christmas is coming, time to build my stash Please put a travel bug in my old cache; If you haven't got a travel bug, a geocoin wil do, If you haven't got a geocoin, then God bless you! Thanks for a fun cointest! Ahhhh fresh meat....I mean a new cacher!!! Welcome aboard! Quote Link to comment
+grodan & fiabus Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Let me give this a try. A coin a day Sends the doctor away Coin in the morning Doctor's warning Shiny coin at night Starves the doctor outright Polish a coin then going to bed Knock the doctor on the head Three each day, seven days a week Ruddy coin, ruddy cheek Lovely coin and thanks for the cointest. grodan Karin Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 WOW!!!! That's a beauty!!! I always love a song for children, called London Bridge is falling down!!! I tried and remaked it!!! I did that to all the sond, plus some more! I hope you will like it!!! Cache box wants to be found To be found, to be found Cache box wants to be found My fair geocacher Take a GPS and look for it Look for it, look for it, Take a GPS and look for it My fair Geocacher How will we find the spot find the spot, find the spot How will we find the spot My fair geocacher? Search the forest and its trees And its trees, and its trees search the forest and its trees My fair geocacher! Hints or photos I have none I have none, I have none Hints or photos I have none My fair geocacher! Search for signs or footprints Or footprints, or footprints Search for signs or footprints My fair geocacher!!! Signs or footprints just wear off Just wear off, just wear off signs or footprints just wear off My fair geocacher! Search for help in geocaching site Geocaching site, geocaching site Search for help in Geocaching site My fair Geocacher! Cache page is a help! Real help, real help Cache page is a help My fair Geocacher!!! Found the spot and coordintates Cordintates…cordinates found the spot and cordinates My fair geocacher!! The ammo box was hidden well Hidden well, hidden well, the Ammo box was hidden well My fair geocacher!!! In the log book I was FTF FTF., FTF, In the log book I was FTF And…I am happy!!!!! At first I had it as "cache crypt wants to be found", and I liked it, but I saw that cache actually means Crypt!! If you like it as Crypt, I can change it!!! Quote Link to comment
acadiahiker Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 I searched for a cache, then heard a big crash. A Moose was ambling toward me! I climbed a big tree and lo and behold, the cache was right there before me! Quote Link to comment
paganfrog Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 how much is that coin in the geostore the one that cries it is mine how much is that coin in the g-store i do hope that tracker be mine Quote Link to comment
+dardevle Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Little evil micro, sat in a cache, waiting for someone to come its way; Along came a fairyhoney, who sat down beside it And took evil micro away. Edit to say...Dang-it! I have another rhyme in mind but it will have to wait for another time! Hopefully nobody uses it! Edited October 3, 2008 by dardevle Quote Link to comment
+Love Bugs Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 To the tune of The House of the Rising Sun There is a cache in Ogden They call it Bug Hotel And it's been the ruin of many a cacher And Signal I know I'm one My mother was a cacher She made me my first stash My father was a hiking man Down in New Orleans Now the only thing a hiker needs Is a GPS and boot And the only time he's satisfied Is when he's on a route Oh cachers tell your children Not to do what I have done Spend your lives in bush and bramble In search of the Bug Hotel Well, I got one foot on the trail The other foot in the creek I'm goin' back to the Bug Hotel To retrieve my Geocoin There is a cache in Ogden They call it Bug Hotel And it's been the ruin of many a cacher And God I know I'm one Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Jack be nimble, Jack be quick. Jack, it's a micro you freaking twit. Ring around the lamp post. Pocket full of compost lame is, lame is please let me drown Jakie Jackie micro eye Hid a cache and made us cry. Hide Hide Hide your cache gently in the green merely merily merily caching is quite the dream Once upon a time a cache was hid and the finders lived happly ever after. Have you ever danced with a cache in the pale moonlight? Yeah, some aren't the kids rhymes. Don't count those! Quote Link to comment
+CBT69 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Twas g.p.s.-ey, and the shaded brush Did wave, and block the signal; sang loudly did the morning thrush, And the geo caches were original. "Beware the geocoin, my son! The shine that draws, the codes that pull! Beware the camo micro, and shun The junk cache full!" He took his gps in hand: Long time the skip signal he fought— So rested he by the decoy tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in sneaky thought he stood, The micro, with hidden grace, sat quietly in the whistling wood, all hidden in it's place! One, two! One, two! and through and through The GPS went north, and back! He found it true, and within clue To the next hide track "And hast thou found the multi-cache? Come to sign, my searching son! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callash!" This multi-cache was won!. Twas g.p.s.-ey, and the shaded brush Did wave and block the signal; sang loudly did the morning thrush, And the geo caches were original. (Geocaching, _MY_ Wonderland) Edited October 3, 2008 by CBT69 Quote Link to comment
+tsunrisebey Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 Thanks for the cointest Little Cacher Blue, looking for a coin, it's not in the micro, so he must get going. Could it be in the ammo can, high up on the hill? It's hidden in the stump, oh what a thrill. Grab or discover? he paused for reflection, He stole it instead to add to his collection Quote Link to comment
+JJG10101 Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 The sun did not shine, it was too wet to cache, so I went to the mailbox, my boots they did splash. I opened the lid, and reached deep inside, looking for something, both thin and quite wide. At the window I saw, Sally's eyes full of hope, "Did the box hold something?" Alas, the verdict was "nope." So, retreat I did, to the warmth of the house, sat down at the desk, grabbing a wireless mouse. The coin would come, of that I was sure, this coin-fever I have, could there be any cure? With longing and sighs, and my wishes at bay, I began to realize no coin would come this rainy day. Then Sally stood up, as tall as a stalk, a postman was coming, marching straight up the walk. He knocked, he did, that man in all gray, A package he offered, on this glorius, great day. We ripped it open, we happy few, a coin we held, it was both shiny and new. So though it did rain, and the roof sprung a leak, inside we admired, the best coin of the week. Quote Link to comment
+cache_in_hand Posted October 3, 2008 Share Posted October 3, 2008 (edited) Cacher Jack Horner Stood at the corner But muggles just kept passing by The skirt stayed unlifted And its smiley ungifted So Jack logged a DNF try Edited October 3, 2008 by cache_in_hand Quote Link to comment
+CanadaKate Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Ahhhh fresh meat....I mean a new cacher!!! Welcome aboard! Thanks for the welcome. I've been reading and learning for the last few weeks. This cointest inspired me to jump in. I hope to post another rhyme or two this week ... with the assistance of the junior cachers in my house. CanadaKate Quote Link to comment
+Chilln' Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Old MacDonald went for a micro, Ee-i-ee-i-o, And at the micro there was a muggle, Ee-i-ee-i-o, With a muggle-muggle here, And a muggle-muggle there, Here a muggle, there a muggle, Everywhere a muggle-muggle, Old MacDonald went for a micro, Ee-i-ee-i-o. Quote Link to comment
+fingers crossed Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 The GPS and the cacher went to see In a beautiful pea-green van They took some hints, and plenty of mints Wrapped up in a cache list plan The cacher looked up to the sky above, And sang to an unfound cache, "O lovely cache, O cache, I seek, What a beautiful Cache you are, You are, You are! What a beautiful Cache you are!" GPS bleeped to the Cacher, "You have arrived", At a charmingly sweet little spot! Oh! Here let it be; Under this tree, Another smiley I've got?" They headed away for another cache today, When the batteries showed they were low And there in a wood a Ammo Can stood, With batteries on the top of the swag, The swag, The swag, With batteries on the top of the swag, "Dear Can, is it a drag to swap for one swag Your batteries?" Said the Cacher, "I will." So he took them away, and were installed the same day By the cacher who lives on the hill. They dined on some spam they got from a can, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And GPSr in hand on the edge of the sand They danced by the light of the moon, The moon, The moon, They danced by the light of the moon Quote Link to comment
+DJ.J.ROCK Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) Throw-throw-throw- your cache gently in a bush!! merrily-merrily,,merrily merrily find it if you could!! first cointest ive entered:) I just had a thought>>>>> this might fit on a coin???? Edited October 4, 2008 by DJ.J.ROCK Quote Link to comment
+cache_in_hand Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) OK, I know the rules say only one per day, but this one just has to be posted tonight for certain reasons. It doesn't have to count for the cointest Twas the night before coinfest And my trade bag was light My plans to have filled it Just hadn't gone right The braces and fillings And a huge football cast Were far more important In the times that had passed My caching companion There with me in the den Was cuddled up to me With her crossword and pen The children were snuggled Quite content in their bed Their college tuition Being spent in my head Dragons and faeries And pirates and more Nickel and copper And gold coins galore I swapped and I traded For the coins that I sought Ones Id missed out on When others had bought My consciousness fading With those thoughts in my mind I was really quite lucky To my fate I resigned For it wasn't the coin trades That made GCF sweet But all those neat cachers That I soon was to meet When all of a sudden There arose a large clatter My wife was concerned But I said pay no matter Twas only a brown truck But it gave us a fright They pass by quite often And deliver at night She snuggled back softly And had redonned her pen When the silence was shattered Not once but again The doorbell was ringing As I leaped to my feet My wife there beside me Also out of her seat I flew down the hallway Like the toss of a hat A yowling behind me Meant Id stepped on the cat With socks on the tile I slid straight past the door Which my wife calmly answered And made quite a score A package she'd signed for E're I rose from all fours She thrust it towards me And she said this is yours It was wrapped all in paper And it weighed half a ton Some strange heiroglyphics Upon it were done No way could I read them As it sat in my hand This package I tell you Was from some other land My wife stood there smiling In her eye that soft glint It was then that I noticed The words "Chinese Mint" In seconds the paper Lay strewn all about What once was a box Let its contents spill out A trader's delight Then my eyes did behold A treasure so precious Nickle, Silver, and Gold Two hundred and fifty Of my own coins to trade I stood in amazement At this deal that she'd made And the last thing I heard As she slipped from the hall Was "Have fun at the coinfest And don't trade them all" Edited October 4, 2008 by cache_in_hand Quote Link to comment
+The Skylark Four Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Three cachers, Three cachers See how they search, See how they search One logged the First to Find Two took nothing, left nothing behind Three cachers Quote Link to comment
+Geo.Error Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Mirror mirror on the wall Who's the best coiner of them all? Who else but u. Mirror mirror on the wall Who's the greatest coin collector of them all? Who else but u. Mirror mirror on the wall Who's makes the beautiful coins of the world of them all? Who else but u. Mirror mirror on the wall Who's gives the best cointest of them all ? Who else but u. Mirror mirror on the wall Who's is the best trader of them all? Who else but u. Mirror mirror on the wall Who's let shine there geocoin with polishing everyday of them all? Who else but u. mirror mirror on the wall Who 's take talk to each coin each day of them all? Who else but u. Mirror mirror Who drools by every new geocoin coming out of them all??? Who else but u. Mirror mirror on the wall Who's believes this all... of them all? Who else but u. Quote Link to comment
+Tschakko Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Advent, advent a coin in hand. First one, then two, then three, then four, then Christ Child will be caching in front of ur door. Well, this is one of my german favourite christmas poems whe i was a child. I rephrased it to caching and to english, i do not know if u have it in english. The German original goes like this: Advent, advent ein ichtlein brennt, erst eins, dann zwei, dann drei, dann vier, dann steht das Cristkind vor der Tür. Thx for the cointest, it´s really a great idea Quote Link to comment
+The Walkabouts Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Couldn’t locate the cache at all. All the king's horses and the king's pawn, Helped Humpty find it at the crack of dawn. Thanks for the cointest! Quote Link to comment
+CanadaKate Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 An entry for day two: Little Miss Muffett sat on her tuffet, Checking waymarks for the day. Along came a muggle who gave her a snuggle. No quick finds for her today! The third line was suggested by an 8 year old junior geocacher at our house. Quote Link to comment
+dardevle Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Three Geo-Cachers seeking a first-to-find They all ran towards the geo-cache But a muggle was standing right in their path I guess this cache they'll have to pass, As three Geocachers. Quote Link to comment
paganfrog Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 there was a little muggle who found a little cache right in the middle of the forest when she looked inside she got a look of surprise and ran home to tell her friend the florist. Quote Link to comment
+labrat_wr Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 1,2 cache rhyme for you 3,4 let's find some more 5,6 look under those sticks 7,8 There's the Cache! That was Great! 9,10 sign the log and hide it back again. Quote Link to comment
+The Skylark Four Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Mary had a Magellan, Magellan, Magellan, Mary had a Magellan but could not find a cache. It led her down a hill one day, hill one day, hill one day, It led her down a hill one day but the cache was at the top. So she bought herself a Garmin, a Garmin, a Garmin So she bought herself a Garmin and loves the accuracy. Now she has a thousand finds, thousand finds, thousand finds, Now she has a thousand finds and a Maggie for sale. Quote Link to comment
YemonYime Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 (to Kookaburra) Film container sits in the old guard rail, Simp-e-ler to find that your neighbor’s mail, Ouch!...rusty metal. Yikes...yellow jacket! Lame this cache must be. Nano-cache placed at the shopping mall, Satellites are blocked by the large brick wall. Look...like a staker. Guards...call the coppers. Handcuffed I might be. Hide-A-Key put somewhere in the playground, All the kids are curious to see what I found. Leave...quick, because. Moms...call the fuzz. Gee what fun for me. Ammo box hidden deep within the trees, Smell the fresh air, see the falling leaves, Trails...long and wide. Hike...and take your time. That’s the game for me. Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Old MacDonald found an ammo box, ee-eye, ee-eye oh He got afraid and ...wet his socks, ee-eye, ee-eye oh Without thinking he phoned to the police they came and saw all this ee-eye, ee-eye oh At first they thought we found some "stuff" ee-eye, ee-eye oh But when they saw the label, laughed ee-eye, ee-eye oh The label said geocaching.com and asked MacDonald put it back and go home ee-eye, ee-eye oh Police just knew this great game ee-eye, ee-eye oh but all ammo boxes look the same ee-eye, ee-eye oh Now the cache is back & if you have some luck the codrinates that's what is takes To find it, and log in the book ee-eye, ee-eye oh Hmm... probably I killed the song, right?? Quote Link to comment
+forthferalz Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Twas g.p.s.-ey, and the shaded brush Did wave, and block the signal; sang loudly did the morning thrush, And the geo caches were original. "Beware the geocoin, my son! The shine that draws, the codes that pull! Beware the camo micro, and shun The junk cache full!" He took his gps in hand: Long time the skip signal he fought— So rested he by the decoy tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in sneaky thought he stood, The micro, with hidden grace, sat quietly in the whistling wood, all hidden in it's place! One, two! One, two! and through and through The GPS went north, and back! He found it true, and within clue To the next hide track "And hast thou found the multi-cache? Come to sign, my searching son! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callash!" This multi-cache was won!. Twas g.p.s.-ey, and the shaded brush Did wave and block the signal; sang loudly did the morning thrush, And the geo caches were original. (Geocaching, _MY_ Wonderland) oh that's just brillig! Quote Link to comment
+guinea gal Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Ooh, I love messing with the English language! Jack and Jill climbed down a hill in search of an ammo can. Jack lost no time and quickly made the find, but Jill lost out due to Magellan! hee hee hee! Quote Link to comment
+fairyhoney Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Since Rhymes and songs are related, her is MY daily try . . . One coin makes you happy And one coin makes you smile And the ones that stangers give you Don't do anything at all Go ask a cacher When she she logs them all And if you go chasing caches And you know you're going to fail Tell 'em a muggle smoking caterpillar Has trashed area and trail Poor Cacher When she is so frail When men on the pathway Get up and tell you where to go And you've just seen some kind of madness And your GPSr moving slow Go ask Cacher I think she'll know When logic and proportion Have fallen off the map And your Gizmo is talking backwards And the trail Queen's stepped in crap! Remember what Cacher said: "Find the coin Take the coin Log the coin " And here is one that the OP SHOULD appreciate without changing the wording "Who's afraid of the Big Bad WOLVES, Big, Bad WOLVES, Big, Bad WOLVES Who's afraid of the Big, Bad Wolves Big, Bad WOLVES from SOUTH" Quote Link to comment
+The Walkabouts Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Three lost cachers. Three lost cachers. See how they search. See how they search. They all ran after the geocache They fell in the water while getting the cache. Did you ever see such a thing in your life As three lost cachers. Quote Link to comment
+Geo.Error Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 The addiction goes ever on and on Down from the begin where it began. Now far ahead the addiction is still one, And I must follow, if I can, polishing the coins with my bare hands, Until it shine like no way before Where many coins and coiners meet. And when this addiction end I cannot say. Quote Link to comment
paganfrog Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Goodbye sunshine it’s hard to spy, Potential cache sites as I pass by, Now that the rainy weather’s here, Boggy ground everywhere, Wellington boots again I wear. Goodbye impulse caching on clement days, It’s now the lousy weather that rules my ways, Now that I’m stuck inside my home, Until spring I’ll seldom roam, But I will plan the hills to comb. We had joy we had fun setting caches in the sun, But the spots I had planned are no longer on solid land Adieu good caching I’ll try not to cry, I’ll surf the net and restrain that inward sigh, When I see ‘pegs of sites ‘pon the screen, Showing caches amid summer scene, Blue sky above and resting in emerald green. We had joy we had fun setting caches in the sun, But the spots I had planned are no longer on solid land We have joy we have fun, planning caches to be done, Another year will come round, with more caches to be found. Quote Link to comment
+Wandering Vikings Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 And here is one that the OP SHOULD appreciate without changing the wording "Who's afraid of the Big Bad WOLVES, Big, Bad WOLVES, Big, Bad WOLVES Who's afraid of the Big, Bad Wolves Big, Bad WOLVES from SOUTH" Whooo hooo! Go South! Quote Link to comment
+islander1988 Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Hmmm... Maybe I should visit one of my caches for ideas. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...c8-f7132fffbbc5 Quote Link to comment
+CanadaKate Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 My daily rhyme: Jack and Jill went up the hill hoping for really cool swag; Jack fell over, into the clover ... and Jill came grumbling after. ['twas a good caching day which included introducing a friend to the sport and hiking through the autumn forest down to the lake with a few scenic surprises along the way] Quote Link to comment
+The Skylark Four Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 The itsy-bitsy nano hiding in a tree. Along comes a cacher as happy as can be. Searching for hours, the hunt he does abort Goes away grumbling “I’m giving up the sport” Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Star light, star bright May I find my first cache tonight I wish a ammo box find tonight Star light Star Bright. Quote Link to comment
+mojome Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I've been laughing for days, reading these, good job everyone. Here's mine just so I can get it out of my head already. Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a cache of booty Jack fell down and broke his gps and Jill came home with the looty. Quote Link to comment
+Wandering Vikings Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 I've been laughing for days, reading these, good job everyone. Here's mine just so I can get it out of my head already. Me too! This is going to be so hard to judge!! Quote Link to comment
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