+Commander Bob Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 When caching with a group, some of our local cachers yell "whootie-who", as a way of signaling they have found the cache. This first began, so I've been told, as two couples went caching together, and one member of a team wanted to let their spouse know they had located the cache, without tipping off the other couple. Sort of a secret code word. This got me to wondering, what do you say when you've found the cache? Eureka!....Found it!....Here it is! I'm sure there are as many different exclamations as there are cachers. Post your favorite victory calls here. Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yatta! Which is Japanese for "We did it!" or "All right!" or "Woohoo!". Since my team is Team Yatta, it was only fitting. There is also a little dance but I am not going to embarrass myself. Quote Link to comment
uperdooper Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 for me it's usually "there you are you mother....." sorry, but that's usually it. Quote Link to comment
bug and snake Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "Cor lummie! Lor' luv a duck guv'nor! Stap me vitals if I ain't not gone an' done it! Gee whiz, shucks and crickey!!! Top hole, what!" Oh yes I do! Quote Link to comment
+greengecko Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "Well feed me peanuts and call me Dumbo!" Quote Link to comment
+The Cheeseheads Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yep, a certain local couple got me started on the "Hooty Hoo!" as well. Not just for searching with Mrs. Cheesehead, but with a group of cachers as well. It's nice to give everyone a chance to find the cache. Quote Link to comment
+CacheCreatures Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Yahtzee! Don't ask... Quote Link to comment
+Jamie Z Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) A vast majority of my finds have been solo. I rarely shout anything. If I'm with someone, a standard "Got it!" suffices for me, except for one time when I was on a group hunt for a virgin cache. The seven of us hunted for close to an hour before I located it: Frankly, I'd about given up. I'd looked everywhere I could think. I was hoping we could just find this thing and get the heck out of there. I figured I'd give it one last attempt, or at least give the impression I was trying. I found myself stumbling on the same 100 square feet of land as the other six hunters. Suddenly, I saw the container. In my feverish excitement, I snatched the container, threw it high in the air, and let out a crazed-man whoop, thus denying all in attendence the satisfaction of finding it on their own. Although this topic is a good candidate for the Hunt forum. Jamie Edited March 9, 2004 by Jamie Z Quote Link to comment
Pto Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Im usually solo - but I must admit: for me it's usually "there you are you mother....." is pretty close for me as well! (of course, on the DNF-its a hike back while mumbling obsenities to yourself!) Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 When I'm caching in a group it starts out as a slight snicker, then a small laugh, then it turns into a maniacal evil cackle as I find great mirth in the pathetic search that as caused the rest of the group to overlook the cache that I found so easily. Alas most of the time I'm on the recieving end of that evil mirth but that's life. Ok really I just say "found it" in a group, or nothing. Quote Link to comment
+Night Stalker Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I normally cache with Renegade Knight. It has become a tradition for the first finder in the group to walk away from the cache and then point out to the rest of the group that he or she has already found the cache and snicker or laugh while watching the groups futile attempts to find it. No matter what Renegade Knight says he gives at least as well as he gets. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "yee haa, tiki, tiki la-lal. Yip, yup, trollie, lollie, fa-la!!!!!" Quote Link to comment
+Divine Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 'Katos perhanaa, siellähän se makaa!' Quote Link to comment
+mrmnjewel Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 mekka mekka hey mekka hiney hiney ho! Quote Link to comment
+The Weasel Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "Whoomp, there it is" Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 we have some traditional choices: "huckle-buckle-beanstalk!" "ive got a container", and ""do you want to know where it is, or keep hunting?" likewise, when we're exasperated, we say: "don't spare my feelings" which means "just tell me where the honkin' thing is if you know." Quote Link to comment
+Polgara Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 When my friends & I cache in a group, we have a rule, if you find the cache, you don't say anything, unless you want to be pummeled with water bottles and whatever else is convenient to throw at you. After we all find it on our own, then the first person that found it usually retreives it. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I usually just play "Pick up the Pieces" Quote Link to comment
+woof n lulu Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "Well, beam me up Scotty! " Quote Link to comment
+Ed Rad Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 (edited) This is funny... Genius Loci (cheesehead by birth) intorduced our little group of cachers to the Whootie-Hoo thing. I must have missed the memo because the guys started saying that one outing and finally I had to ask.."WTF is with this WHootie-Whoo stuff?". They told me the story and I eventually started using my own version (Whootie-F'in- Whoo). Sometimes we wait for the others to find it and sometimes we are working as a team and one find all find. When I'm by myself I usually mutter somethig to the effect of... "There you are you S.O.B. " When I'm with the kids, I don't even search. I sit back and watch them search only to help them when they are truely stumped. Probably long winded but that's my story! Edited March 9, 2004 by Geogeek65 Quote Link to comment
+Halden Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I go with a simple yet effective "Found it!" Quote Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Usually just a "found it" or "there it is". I will admit though that when I found my first cache I did a little happy dance! Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 What I liked was the time I found this cache after an event. After the find, I went on down the trail. On my way back, I heard someone yell "I found it" in the woods by cache. I was fairly amused by that. Quote Link to comment
+rusty_tlc Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 The only people we cache with are my Sister and her family. And not much since last summer. We haven't established a tradition yet but I'm leaning to Whootie Hoo. Has a nice ring to it, and I wont get a chance to say it much. When its just the two of us we compete, well actually Mrs. Rusty usually finds the cache and gloats. Quote Link to comment
+The Commissar! Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 Depending on how hard it was to locate it could be: nothing = too easy found it = easy got it! = medium yes! = medium difficult YESSS! = difficult YESSS GOT IT! = very difficult YESSS GOT IT! followed by dancing = it was so difficult that I had hunt through my potty break to find it! Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 When I'm by myself I usually mutter somethig to the effect of... "There you are you S.O.B. " Me too!! Quote Link to comment
whitey action Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 "Well, beam me up Scotty! " or "Scott me up beamie!" Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I usually spike the cache on the ground and do my superior dance and chant. Sn gans Quote Link to comment
+GeoBlank Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I usually fight hard to stay quiet long enough for my kids to "think" they found it. Sometimes the excitement just overtakes me or the grin on my face is a dead give away Quote Link to comment
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I am not sure if I speak out loud or if it is in my head. Come to think of it I am not completely sure all of the voices in my head are even mine. Quote Link to comment
+GrizzlyJohn Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 dadgum! I was standing right next to it! I don't know why I didn't see it. Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I am not sure if I speak out loud or if it is in my head. Come to think of it I am not completely sure all of the voices in my head are even mine. They are not they are mine from the transmitter I implanted in your brain...now kill the mouse...I SAID kill the mouse and the... Um sorry, sorry everyone I got a little carried away. I uh just do a little dance and curse the lineage of the cache hider. Quote Link to comment
+Johnnie Stalkers Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I am not sure if I speak out loud or if it is in my head. Come to think of it I am not completely sure all of the voices in my head are even mine. They are not they are mine from the transmitter I implanted in your brain...now kill the mouse...I SAID kill the mouse and the... Um sorry, sorry everyone I got a little carried away. Hah! Now I am wearinhg one of these. Ahh Blessed Silence, kill the mouse, Silence. Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 When hunting alone: anything from "oh YEAH" for a quick find, to a loud whoop for a tough find, with volume adjusted to match surroundings, and number of expletives adjusted to match the difficulty of the hide. When hunting in a group: find cache, continue searching in other likely spots, then very calmly announce "oh, by the way, I got it" in a manner designed to demoralize other searchers. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I like the George Costanza "Tippy toes tippy toes!" myself. Quote Link to comment
+Team Perks Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Ours used to be "I'VE GOT A GUN!!!" Thirty-seven arrests later, we gave up on that idea. Quote Link to comment
+Team Lyons Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 when my wife and I cache together the finder says "E-E-Ent" It's something I picked up from listenining to Howard Stern. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I typically cache either alone or with Darby the Wonder Pup. When alone, I don't say anything. When the pup is with me, I just say 'sit'. Quote Link to comment
+Lone Duck Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 "Holler"? Man, that would blow my cover on those stealth caches, which most of them seem to be lately. They're all in busy areas. Quote Link to comment
+cache_us_if_you_can Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 "Found it" when I'm alone... "Ha ha" when I'm with other cachers Quote Link to comment
+BadAndy Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I go with an Austin Powers type "Yeah Baby, Yeah! Whats really disturbing are the uncontrollable flow of colorful metaphors when I can't find the sucker. You'd think I had Touretts <sp>. Quote Link to comment
+ThePropers Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I'm too new to have developed any sassy sayings, but I was thinking of jumping back, pointing at the cache and screaming "YEAH, TAKE THAT! WHO'S YOUR DADDY? YOU GOT NOTHING! YOU HEAR ME? NOTHING!" Then I would proceed to point at several other imaginary caches in the vicinity and go "YOU WANT A PIECE OF OF THIS? WELL, DO YOU? ANSWER ME!" Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 "huckle-buckle-beanstalk!" Dekaner from NYGO has used this with me. I've begun to use it. It's just more fun. I don't say "beanstalk" though. Just say "Huckle buckle" once you're off a ways. Then you go stand on "Huckle Buckle Hill" and let the others find it. Quote Link to comment
McKenzie Clan Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 If it was an easy one, and I am with the kids... I say nothing and "help them look" If we have been looking for a while, and the kids have long given up... its usually an exasperated "Found It".. on the inside it is more like "Its about ****ing time!" Scott Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Well say hello to my leetle freend! (sneeringly ala Scarface) Quote Link to comment
+geo50chevy Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 (edited) "Huckle Buckle Beanstalk". We have used that quote for years in our family. It is something our daughters learned in grade school, must have been a game they played and the finder yelled it, so who ever finds the Cache yells "Huckle Buckle Beanstalk"! One time my brother in law was out geocaching with us and couldn't remember what we say so he yelled "Huckleberry Hound". We use it all the time when something in the house is lost and who ever finds it yells "Huckle Buckle Beanstalk" I just hope I am not out hunting for a cache and from the distance I hear someone yelling it! Just rereading and noticed the Geocacher FLASK uses "Huckle Buckle Beanstalk" too! Edited March 10, 2004 by geo50chevy Quote Link to comment
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