+Team Microdot Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Earlier today there was an NA log on a cache I found and particularly enjoyed over seven years ago - so I had a read through the log what I wrote - and it made me smile. The cache page was presented in the form of a rhyming couplet - so I decided to try to write my log in the same form. I thought I'd share it here and invite others to share their favrit log what they wrote or received too ---8<--- I studied the puzzle, I tried and I tried But it baffled my brain and it left me cross eyed The tale of the bear I remembered from youth Yet here was an equation without any proof I studied the couplets, the pictures and text But had no idea what I should do next I picked up the puzzle, and then put it down It made by brain fuzzy, it made my face frown I reached the conclusion it wasn't to be That who e'r solved this puzzle - it wouldn't be me But then a new challenge, this time from a cacher To see which of us could decipher it faster And once more I took up the mystery text And once more I ended up puzzled and vexed Then something I spied that stuck out like a thumb And I started to feel just a smidgin' less dumb But that pattern was not the correct one at this time Yet the slope to the summit I'd started to climb A little more study, a little more time A solution emerged from the page so sublime I had the right numbers in time for my lunch But my bright caching friend had beat me to the punch The Eureka moment for her had come early (If only my brain had been one that was girly) At the end of the day then and after our tea And with just enough daylight to allow us to see We ventured out swiftly toward a location The one pointed to by the special equation And there as the darkness descended around The mysterious box it was finally found We signed our names proudly on the log book inside And put the box back safe and sound in its hide Which leaves just on thing to be said with much glee To the clever cache owner - that's TFTC. ---8<--- 3 Quote Link to comment
+Korichnovui Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I have been trying to put some effort into my logs lately (maybe not as much as rhyming couplets) I did a series of 5 caches recently out on the water, all from one CO, on a paddleboard. For the logs I gave a somewhat lengthy account of the experience and divided it up into 5 stops. I was rather pleased with myself the way I wrote it, rather than one thing 5 times over copy/pasted. Quote Link to comment
+redsox_mark Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Not sure what my favourite would be.. but I also have one in rhyme. On a cache called The Wandering Poet's Puzzle: For many ages I had no clue About this puzzle; what to do? Then one day something clicked The clues were solved, the checker ticked. Another day whilst hunting cheese I collected all the clues, with ease I returned home and did the math. The final on a likely path! A sunny weekend, spring is here! Firstly had some lunch, and beer. Then in my car, I travelled north Found the path, and headed forth After a short search around A good sized cache was to be found I thank the owner for the stash, The logbook, and then, the cache! 1 Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Early in my geocaching career, I found a cache named Ode to Gilligan. The cache description included a tribute to the Gilligan's Island theme song, so I wrote my log the same way: Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale A tale of a caching spree That started with a multi-cache And a puzzle/mystery (a puzzle/mystery) The third cache was traditional An ode its owner wrote To a silly 60s TV show and a badly damaged boat (a badly damaged boat) I pedaled down the creekside trail And reached the Minnow's spot I picked up lots of litter there The container I found not (container I found not) The sun had set, I had to go I'd log a frownie face But then I took one final guess And found the hiding place (and found the hiding place) I took a nickle, signed the log I left a small seashell Ten Euro cents and a sig token And then I said "farewell" (and then I said "farewell") I packed my stuff, switched on my lights And pedaled down the road My caching spree had ended here Here at Gilligan's Ode! 2 Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 A leetle poem for "Just Plain Ding'e", a guard rail cache that took me much longer to find than it should have. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally got into the ding'e! Thanks for the adventure! Sometimes you just gotta poke your head in thorns to reach your goal. Left compass and one thin dime, TNSL. An excerpt from the epic poem, “Song of Geowatha”: On the shores of Horto-Hoochee In the south of Fayette Countee, With his mighty Gar-Min-Nu-Vee Stood Ku-Na-Ree-Ut The Newbee. In the blazing heat of summer Near the flattened Ar-Ma-Dil-Lo Did Ku-Na-Ree-Ut The Flakey Score at last the Treasure Ding-E, Jump back in the Lam-Bor-Gee-Nee, Go log in and claim the Smilee. 1 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Not a log, but had a cache with a silly theme once... Here's a little cache I hid. (Got a "smiley" on the lid.) It's "Don't Worry... Be Happy !" There's no pickers, not in a thicket. First-To-Find gets a lottery ticket. So "Don't Worry... Be Happy !" Cache 'n Dashers work on the double. With this find that'll be no trouble. So "Don't Worry... Be Happy !" Make a trade and sign the book (Just be sure no muggles look.) and Don't Worry... BE HAPPY ! 1 Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Not a log I wrote, but one that made me laugh out loud. Didn't find it Jul/19/2014 Went out today specifically to grab this one. The path that I took was very overgrown and hard to navigate. I then walked into a huge banana spider who took my wallet and my car keys so I turned around and scurried home. I won't be the FTF. Quote Link to comment
+baer2006 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Rhyming logs ... cool . I my home zone, there is the mystery cache GC522C5. It turned out to be very hard to solve, and it took almost 9 months until the FTF was logged. It's an all time record for a cache within ~100km from my home. 6 months after the publish, with no FTF in sight and the cache being _the_ talk on many events, I logged the following note. The cache title, "4 Gurken", is German for "4 cucumbers", in case someone actually reads it and wonders about the reference . ------------------------------------- Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, alternate lyrics: Bohemian Mystery Is this a real cache? Or is it mockery? No-one can tell me, so it still is a mystery. Open your eyes, look up to the tree and see! There is a T5, should not be hard to get. because it's 4.5, no D5, not too high, not too low. Be the first to find it! Doesn't really matter to me, to me. Hooray! Just found a cache. Turned a stone and then I saw the box - just like so many more. Found it! It was such a fun, and now I'm gonna search another one. Caching, oooh! Such a thrill to make a find, today it's great and it will be tomorrow. Caching on, caching on, as if nothing really matters. Too bad, a mystery sends shivers down my spine, head is aching all the time. Help me, anybody, I've got to find the solution to the riddle I can't solve. Help me, oooh (be the first to find it) I just wanna log, I sometimes wish I'd really clicked on "Ignore" ... (* guitar solo *) I see 4 little green cucumbers on my screen, And a hint, and a hint! But what is the solution? Cucumbers are lazy, brain is going crazy, see?! The reviewer (the reviewer) The reviewer (the reviewer) The reviewer eahmschaugo The one who knows I'm out of mind now, nobody helps me! He's out of mind now, will someone help him out? Help him ignore all this dadgum mysteries! Easy come, easy find, will you tell me where? No, never! No, we will not tell you where (tell him where!) No, never! We will not tell you where (tell him where!) No, never! We will not tell you where (tell me where!) Will not tell you where (tell me where!) Never never tell you where. Never tell me where. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Oh the cucumber, the cucumber (oh cucumber, where are you?) An FTF is just out of reach for now for me, for me, for meeeeeeee!!!! So you think you can tease me and laugh in my face? So you think that there should be no FTF race? Oh, owner, can't do this to me, owner! Just gotta find out, just gotta find out where it is. Any other caches, Anyone can see, Any other caches, don't look just as haunting to me. (Be the first to find it.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 2 Quote Link to comment
+Team Microdot Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Bohemian Cache-sody - brilliant! Quote Link to comment
+Fugads Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 This thread needs to be renamed to Poetry in Cache Log Form or something like that. I found a Haiku cache with my kids and people were encourage to write Haikus in the cache logbook. There was one Haiku that the kids really loved. Snake snake snake snake snake I don't want to see a snake OMG HISS HISS To this day we still yell out "OMG HISS HISS" when we are walking around snake habitat. Quote Link to comment
+The Snowdog Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I appreciate it when a CO puts a lot of work into a cache and the corresponding cache page, especially if it has an "adventure" theme, so I will try to write similarly epic log entries. I have a public bookmark list of "My Favorite Log Entries" so that others can enjoy (or mock) my attempts at log literature. https://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?code=BM3PM5M Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, The Snowdog said: I appreciate it when a CO puts a lot of work into a cache and the corresponding cache page, especially if it has an "adventure" theme, so I will try to write similarly epic log entries. I have a public bookmark list of "My Favorite Log Entries" so that others can enjoy (or mock) my attempts at log literature. https://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.aspx?code=BM3PM5M Sometimes when a CO creates a creative or whimsical hide it fosters creative or whimsical logs. Here, for example, are a few log posted by cachers after finding a cache called "Norwegian Blue", which apparently used a stuffed parrot as a container. All of them are from 2007. "We found the Norwegian Blue very quickly, since it remained in its stunned state." "This appears to be a non-native exotic species and we are a bit concerned about it's impact on native species. We set up the spotting scope from our portable blind and watched for it's mate to appear. It never did, nor did we see what this individual is feeding upon in the area. We also never saw it take flight. Judging by it's colorful plumage, we believe this to the a male. TFTC" "We knew we would have fun with this cache after reading the great cache page and finding the rare Norwegian Blue. Our adventure had just begun. After signing the log, a whole parade of Muggles came by (trying to act "Cool") we put the Norwegian Blue on my Pirate Shoulder to "Blend in". We watched as the Muggle Parade went by. First to come by was the Majorette - a lumberjack dressed in silk stockings, suspenders and a bra. Then came a barbershop quartet singing "something about their face and tell me you love me". Next was a group of knights saying - "Negh" and demanding "shrubbery" to pass. Well, anyways, the parade went on and on for about an hour! We finally had our opportunity to replace the cache. Thanks for the great cache and fond memories!" 1 Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Following the "Logs in rhyme" theme, here are mine for a TB that asked for logs in rhyme: Pike’s Peak is in view,The Wet Mountains, too.It’s a beautiful day,So we’ll be on our way,To find a new cache to place you. This cache is too small;You won't fit at all.So you must stayWith us today. A dip On our trip. We took you alongWhen westward we went.In this cache you will fit,So here you will sit,We hope not for long,Till the next place you’re sent 1 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Did someone mention Gilligan? Just sit right back and you'll read a tale A tale of a winter break That started with a power trail Across this frozen lake. The crew was a motley caching bunch The captain well insured Six cachers set off after lunch For a five-terrain tour, a five-terrain tour. The weather started getting cold The lake ice fairly thick If not for the courage of the strong and bold The found logs wouldn't stick, the found logs wouldn't stick. The gang drove up to the shore of this foresaken lonely isle With Rose and Jazz And chipchic too ZeiraZeira, less his wife A fuzeebear Viajero Perdido too Here on BSB's Isle. (How do you fit six people in an Outback? Umm... It's a lake, road rules don't apply, right? It's nautical rules, but don't anyone ask about life jackets.) SS Velero Peligroso (dangerous sailboat), photo by Jazzhiker. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) BTW, the Bohemian Mystery above is brilliant! Another. On a magnificent wilderness geo-art where a cacher got a bit chewed up by a grizzly: Tried the Maple series and it put me into MY place Feelin' jumpy, feelin' scared, hidden grizzlies everywhere! Stop! Hold on. Stay in control. Griz, please stay, away from me 'Cause I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be 'Cause there's a tree, falling on me And there's a drunken hunter aiming at me And there's a big griz closin' on me That keeps trackin' me, tauntin' ya, watchin' ya, huntin' ya Paranoia, the destroyer. Paranoia, the destroyer. Well I looked around, then I glanced up feelin' kinda queer The cache peeked at me and said, ooh you look so weird. She said, man, there's really something wrong with you. One day you're gonna self-destruct. You're up, you're down, we can't work you out You get a good streak goin' then you freak yourself out. Silly boy ya self-destroyer. Silly boy ya self-destroyer. Silly boy you got so much to hunt for So much to solve for, so much to hike for You're blowing it all with paranoia You're so insecure you self-destroyer (and it goes like this, here it goes) Paranoia, the destroyer. (here it goes again) Paranoia, the destroyer GSAK GSAK help me please, I know you'll understand There's an SD chip inside of me, I'm an auto-routing man There's a rabid bat under my hat And there's a Lyme-Diseased tick under that And he said, you're not goin' crazy, you're just a bit mad Cause there's a bear in ya, gnawin' ya, tearin' ya into two. Silly boy ya self-destroyer.Paranoia, the destroyer(and it goes like this.) ~~~ Lots more in my profile; feel free to browse. Edited July 18, 2018 by Viajero Perdido Poofreading, linky 1 Quote Link to comment
+dprovan Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 On 7/17/2018 at 5:24 AM, Team Microdot said: Earlier today there was an NA log on a cache I found and particularly enjoyed over seven years ago - so I had a read through the log what I wrote - and it made me smile. Nice one! I just recently did a cache based on some haiku's used as art on a parking structure, and it asked for the log to be in haiku. I wrote a pretty good haiku for my log, but I couldn't help but feel like I wasn't doing the cache justice since most of my logs a lot longer. "TFTC" is way too many syllables, but I didn't even have room for "Thanks!" A while back I found the last cache in a fun and popular series, so I said something to the effect that I'd sing the CO's praises if he added to the series. He did, so I wrote an ode in my log when I found the next one. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 This log is the one I've gotten the most feedback about. Here's one comment I received: "OMG!! Just read your Squat Walking log and almost peed my pants laughing!! I wish there was a way to give favourite points to logs, you would have gotten one from me!!". For reference, the cache is inside a decommissioned 42-inch-diameter concrete water pipe (see photo attached to log), about 60 metres from the closest access hatch. My log was written in the vein of the classic ShamWow TV infomercial and should be read with minimal pauses. Quote Hi, it's Vince here for SQUAT-WALKING! What's Squat-Walking you ask? It's the latest exercise craze that will have you saying "Wow!" I know you're saying, "...but Vince, we already have an exercise routine." Well, your old exercise routine doesn't compare to this one. Other exercise routines focus on groups of commonly-used muscles, but Squat-Walking focuses on a recently-discovered group of lower body muscles that some brainiac scientists have determined aren't good for anything, but what do they know, right? How does Squat-Walking work? For 1000 easy payments of $99.99, we'll send you 40 kilometres of concrete pipeline. "...but Vince, what's so special about this pipeline?", you ask. Well, this specially-designed pipeline has been engineered using century-old manufacturing processes with a diameter of 42 inches. It's made in Sooke, you know the Sookies always make good stuff. "...but Vince, 42 inches is too small for me to stand in!" EXACTLY! That's the beauty of the Squat-Walking system. By making the pipeline too small to stand in, your body is forced into a position it should never normally be in, exercising muscles you never even realized you had. By the time you're done exercising using Squat-Walking, your thighs, your feet, your back, almost your entire body will be screaming at you. You'll have to figure out on your own how much you need to use Squat-Walking to get the best results, but you'll know it because your body will be telling you you've already gone too far. Now, if you call in the next FIVE MINUTES, we'll throw in a bonus 4 KILOMETRES OF PIPELINE! That's a $10,000 value that we're just giving away for free! We're nuts! Well, I'm definitely nuts! But wait, there's more! If you call now (because we can't do this all day), we'll also throw in a ShamWow that you can use to mop your brow when you're done exercising with Squat-Walking. Don't worry, no matter how far you go Squat-Walking, the ShamWow will be able to soak up all your sweat. If there's water in the pipeline, ShamWow will soak that up too. Heck, if someone spills some wine or cola in the pipeline, ShamWow will even soak that up. If there are two of you Squat-Walking, you can cut ShamWow in half and then you have two ShamWows. If there are four of you, cut it in half again. If there are 32 of you, cut it 5 times and there'll be a ShamWow for everyone. It's insane how many times you can cut ShamWow and it will soak up all of your Squat-Walking sweat! The Squat-Walking system comes with a 100-year warranty. Here's how to order: call 1-800-534-7246 (1-800-LEG-PAIN). That's 1-800-534-7246. Squat-Walking is not available in stores and is made in Sooke. Beware of imitators. Call 1-800-534-7246. That's 1-800-534-7246. Call now! 3 1 Quote Link to comment
+Team Microdot Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, The A-Team said: This log is the one I've gotten the most feedback about. Here's one comment I received: "OMG!! Just read your Squat Walking log and almost peed my pants laughing!! I wish there was a way to give favourite points to logs, you would have gotten one from me!!". For reference, the cache is inside a decommissioned 42-inch-diameter concrete water pipe (see photo attached to log), about 60 metres from the closest access hatch. My log was written in the vein of the classic ShamWow TV infomercial and should be read with minimal pauses. TFTL - FP Quote Link to comment
+TerraViators Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 (edited) My parody of Eagles' Desperado - mocking (in fun) daily streakers: Desperate streaker, why don't you come to your senses? You been out spyin' fences for soaked logs now Oh, you're a hard head I know that you got your dailies These logs that are pleasin' you Can hurt your love life Don't you crawl between the diamond backs They'll eat you if they're able You know the cleanest park is always your best bet Now it seems to me your findings Have been raised up and unstable But you only want the ones that you don't have Desperate streaker, oh, you ain't gettin' no closer Your pain in your shoulder, hurts drivin' to home And freedom, oh freedom, well, that's just out of the question Your prison is caching through the days all alone But your streak gets old in the winter time This guy won't slow and his son will cry It's hard to tell the right time to say nay You're losin' all your friends you know Ain't it funny how the people go away? Desperate streaker, why don't you cache only weekends? Can't drive through those fences, open the gate. It may be rainin', but there's a bison above you You better let somebody help you (get some mental treatment) You better let somebody help you Before it's too late. Edited July 19, 2018 by TerraViators 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+CAVinoGal Posted July 20, 2018 Share Posted July 20, 2018 6 hours ago, TerraViators said: My parody of Eagles' Desperado - mocking (in fun) daily streakers: In the midst of a "streak" (day #201) of a cache a day in 2018, this hits home. Love it! Hubby is tiring of the streak, I'm not ready to call it quits. It's been fun together, it may be much more difficult if he quits and I want to continue. We'll see how it goes ... Quote Link to comment
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