+Vinny & Sue Team Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 We are all aware that geocaches are sometimes mistaken for an improvised explosive device (IED), aka bomb, placed by terrorists, but recently there has emerged in the news an ever greater threat to the stability of world peace: the horrible and insanely dangerous and risk-filled practice of choco-caching, with the incredibly high potential the the choco-cache will be mistaken for an explosive device, causing the lockdown of an entire college campus or town. Click here for just one example from today's news. It is quite obvious after reading the linked article that choco-caching is infinitely more dangerous and more terrorist-friendly than its kissing-cousin geoaching, and I would like to suggest that we all lobby for choco-caching to be banned immediately! We must put a stop to this madness! Geocaching is bad enuf, but choco-caching is clearly a sign of the beginning of the End of Days, the start of Doomsday! Quote Link to comment
+Okiebryan Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Davis said school officials turned the investigation over to local authorities. Just gotta love how they always end these stories with this or something similar implying that someone actually did something wrong that requires an "investigation." For Pete's sake... Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I guess summertime choco-caching in the desert Southwest is out.......... Quote Link to comment
+Bamboogirl Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The article said the container was covered in 'gibberish'. I wonder what that meant or if they were just holding it upside-down. Quote Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I have been telling everyone all alone that Dark Chocolate was bad!!! Maybe now people will actually listen!!! Quote Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 The article said the container was covered in 'gibberish'. I wonder what that meant or if they were just holding it upside-down. Gibbersih...Of course the writting looked like gibberish...ever try writting when on a chocolate rush...good luck!!! . . . I would be more worried if it wasn't gibberish... Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 The article said the container was covered in 'gibberish'. I wonder what that meant or if they were just holding it upside-down. Gibbersih...Of course the writting looked like gibberish...ever try writting when on a chocolate rush...good luck!!! . . . I would be more worried if it wasn't gibberish... For some reason, when reading the article, I got the impression that covering the choco-cache package with gibberish writing was part and parcel of the choco-caching game. I can just imagine the offshoot sports that will develop when choco-caching interbreeds with geocaching! Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Reading Vinny's write-up I thought they might have been hunting for one of these. Quote Link to comment
+Buggheart Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 I got a craving for Hershey's kisses now. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Attention: We regret that something was inadvertantly left off the end of the article. The last sentence should have read as follows. Davis said school officials turned the investigation over to local authorities. The local authorities report that the package contained three coconut, three raspberry, two chocolate truffles, and four hard caramels. The evidence appears to have disappeared, and local authorities are investigating why. Quote Link to comment
+forman Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I have been seeing the commercials on Pizza Hut about Freshly-baked, soft, melt-in-your-mouth dessert sticks topped with white chocolate and HERSHEY’S® milk chocolate – served with rich chocolate dipping sauce! http://www.pizzahut.com/Menu.aspx Quote Link to comment
+m.austin Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 (edited) Stupid double post - and this one didn't even work right! Edited October 22, 2008 by m.austin Quote Link to comment
+m.austin Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 And here I thought you were talking about the best kind of geocache to find! Quote Link to comment
+team moxiepup Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 I can see the authorities being suspicious if the chocolates in question were red M&Ms. When I was a kid, there was no such thing as a red M&M. The red dye was deemed hazardous by the food and drug administration. Then all of the sudden... red M&Ms were ok for consumption. Why? Was a new, safer red dye discovered? Or maybe, just maybe, the corporate powers that be, pulled some strings and got the rules relaxed. A higher number of cancerous deaths, via red M&Ms, was now deemed acceptable in return for higher sales? Perhaps the real untold/behind the scenes story, is that the authorities were tipped off as to a package containing a biohazard... RED DYE #5! Will the investigation continue or will the folks at Mars use their influence over the food & drug administration yet again? Quote Link to comment
+Parabola Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Reading Vinny's write-up I thought they might have been hunting for one of these. This is the same thing I though of when I first read the post before the artical. Quote Link to comment
+succotash Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 This isn't the first time food has sent the authorities awry: Oops.... Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 And here I thought you were talking about the best kind of geocache to find! Did anyone else instantly see possibilities in that container? Quote Link to comment
+WatchDog2020 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 The Baptist university of about 3,000 students is located on 400 acres in northern Greene County. Baptists gone wild Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 This isn't the first time food has sent the authorities awry: Oops.... Best of both worlds... a chocolate burrito to investigate! I hope the kid didn't get in trouble! After all, the article says he confessed! Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 This isn't the first time food has sent the authorities awry: Oops.... A few years ago, there was a news piece about a donut delivery truck that had been stolen full of donuts. The police recovered the vehicle, towed it to the impound yard, and ate the donuts. Quote Link to comment
+Clarkbowman Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 And here I thought you were talking about the best kind of geocache to find! Did anyone else instantly see possibilities in that container? Yes, untill I found the price. Any where from $11 - $15 each Quote Link to comment
+ArcherDragoon Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Reading Vinny's write-up I thought they might have been hunting for one of these. Same here...I just couldn't find as nice of a picture... Quote Link to comment
+Juicepig Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 delicious. We need to totally change the no food guidelines and welcome the hoards of Choco-cachers into our ranks. Yay, new icon! I call dibs on the Count Chocula sock puppet account! Quote Link to comment
+michigansnorkelers Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Which will become more commonplace? Exploding CHOCOLATES or Exploding HOT DOGS http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=...&id=6413298 Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Were these the authorities, then? Quote Link to comment
+KD7MXI Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 heres what choco-caching looks like sorry its not in english Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted November 3, 2008 Author Share Posted November 3, 2008 Were these the authorities, then? Sioneva, I will allow you to score one remote find on my 5/5 Psycho Urban Cache #13 - Impossible! Give Up Now! cache, if you will introduce me to the woman shown on the far right in the photo! Please? Pretty please with sugar and cinnamon on top? How about if I volunteer to lift the restraining order against you? Quote Link to comment
+Sioneva Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Were these the authorities, then? <snip> Sioneva, I will allow you to score one remote find on my 5/5 Psycho Urban Cache #13 - Impossible! Give Up Now! cache, if you will introduce me to the woman shown on the far right in the photo! Please? Pretty please with sugar and cinnamon on top? How about if I volunteer to lift the restraining order against you? Pushy, isn't he? What restraining order? The one I fed my dog? Or would have fed my dog, if I had a dog. Or if I'd had the restraining order, which I do not admit to EVER seeing. Nope. Can't prove it. And the answer is no. But I'll log the cache anyway! Quote Link to comment
+2ofHis Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 I, for one, am more than willing to put my well-being, nay, my very life, on the line, and volunteer for the "choco-cache" disposal squad, to safely eradicate said suspicious packages. It's the least I can do to keep the GC community safe. Quote Link to comment
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