Suggestion For A Geocaching Motto

February 23, 2005

I just put up a cache GCMVPD - Veni, Inveni, Discessi - I Came, I Found, I Left. What do you think of that as a motto for Geocaching? It's obviously in the same format as Veni Vedi Vici (I came I saw I conquered).

I can see that on a scroll underneath the geocaching coat of arms

February 23, 2005

I like it

I can just imagine myself standing tall and proud above the world with cache in hand screaming...

"Veni, Inveni, Discessi"

Edited February 23, 2005 by KolarBear

22k · February 23, 2005

What's Latin for "Trade even, trade up or don't trade at all"?

February 23, 2005

U Hidem, We Findem.

February 23, 2005

I used to write in logs: The FUN is in the FINDING!!

Got tired of that saying, though, so I don't use it any more.

6.4k · February 23, 2005

Hmmm.... how about The sport where You are the search engine!

Kinda has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

February 23, 2005

What's Latin for "Trade even, trade up or don't trade at all"?

caupona aequaliter, caupona accliviter, aut non caupona usquam

8.4k · February 23, 2005

This one's mine. Keep yer mits off.

geocaching: Wayyyy more chances to contract West Nile and Lyme Disease than the average person.

February 23, 2005

Geocaching: Using billion dollar military satellites to find toys in the woods.

February 23, 2005

Geocaching: Using billion dollar military satellites to find toys in the woods.

i like that one

February 23, 2005

Hmmm.... how about The sport where You are the search engine!

Kinda has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

Yea, nice ring but I don't think it will ever catch on.

.

11.3k · February 23, 2005

geocaching: Wayyyy more chances to contract West Nile and Lyme Disease than the average person.

Way too true . . . only I got Lyme disease before I started Geocaching.

22k · February 23, 2005

What's Latin for "Trade even, trade up or don't trade at all"?

caupona aequaliter, caupona accliviter, aut non caupona usquam

I don't think that flows very well.

February 23, 2005

There is an old saying...Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often

I have a stamp I made that says:

Live Well

Laugh Much

Cache often

February 23, 2005

How about

"Caching the Universe, One Planet at a time"

or

"Following invisible signals into strange places since 19??"

or

"Geocaching: The only WORLD sport"

and for the more amusing out there

"Geocaching: Identifying holes in walls, knots in trees, and crevices in Earth for 10 years"

Just some thoughts. JBF of Team Singchihuahua

February 23, 2005

What's Latin for "Trade even, trade up or don't trade at all"?

I've got an offer you can't refuse.

24.7k · February 23, 2005

Taking over the world, one cache at a time.

February 23, 2005

Keeping in line with mottos such as "Paintballers do it till their balls break" and "Actors do it on stage" How about:

"GCR's do it in the woods with ammo cans"

"GCR's hide what they do from others" or conversely

"GCR's write stories about what they do in the woods" etc.

1.5k · February 23, 2005

Hmmm.... how about The sport where You are the search engine!

Kinda has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

I hate that slogan. I used a seam puller to remove it from my geocaching hat. I need to order a new hat soon 'cause my old one shrunk in the wash (!!), but I'm reluctant to because of the stupid slogan.

2.1k · February 23, 2005

Hmmm.... how about The sport where You are the search engine!

Kinda has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

I hate that slogan.

x2

Edited February 23, 2005 by ju66l3r

9.4k · February 23, 2005

x2

And I hate Hax0r 3733+ speak. To each his/her own.

February 23, 2005

I'm not sure what the latin is for I came, I smacked down, I left

February 23, 2005

The World Is Only The BEGINNING!

February 23, 2005

Hmmm.... how about The sport where You are the search engine!

Kinda has a nice ring to it, don'tcha think?

I hate that slogan. I used a seam puller to remove it from my geocaching hat. I need to order a new hat soon 'cause my old one shrunk in the wash (!!), but I'm reluctant to because of the stupid slogan.

Yeah, I'm not fond of it, either. Mainly because:

a) Geocaching.com IS a search engine, and therefore the motto isn't entirely accurate,

and

there are so many reasons to geocache.... searching's only one of them. And many caches are only a superficial search anyway.

c) Search engine implies that someone inputs a search request and the engine goes and finds the information. In geocaching, though, it's more like someone puts information in, and the "engine" goes out to find it, all on its own.

Anyway, it's just a motto. I don't particularly like it, but hey-- I don't have to use it.

9.4k · February 23, 2005

Anyway, it's just a motto. I don't particularly like it, but hey-- I don't have to use it.

Man. Talk about overanalyzing a slogan. You kind of went out on your own tangent as well. You are a biological engine and you go out and search for caches. Therefore you are the search engine. See?

BTW a motto is best defined as a guiding principle. You are the Search Engine is a slogan. Since this is off-topic anyway, come up with your best motto instead.

2.1k · February 23, 2005

x2

And I hate Hax0r 3733+ speak. To each his/her own.

Groundspeak - The Language of Location™

This slogan/tagline is pretty lame too.

But hey, to each his/her own.

3.8k · February 23, 2005

...BTW a motto is best defined as a guiding principle. You are the Search Engine is a slogan. Since this is off-topic anyway, come up with your best motto instead.

I like the (slightly embellished) words of Frank Turner:

Get A Life!

... Go Geocaching

Edited: To add the image on the back of the MiGO t-shirts

(click on the image for some background information).

Edited February 23, 2005 by sept1c_tank

20.7k · February 23, 2005

What's the latin for "If you don't like it, don't look for it?'

February 23, 2005

What's the latin for "If you don't like it, don't look for it?'

What's with everyone wanting to use latin?

It's a dead language because it's hard to speak. Ever say something to a friend in latin? they look at you like you're a raving lunatic.

and it flows about as well as molasses in December.

oh, back on topic: I think the simple: Geocachers do it in the woods! works well, but nowadays I think it might have to be "Geocachers do it in parking lots"

What's that in latin?

20.7k · February 23, 2005

What's with everyone wanting to use latin?...

Its about history. You see geocaching has always been kind of a geeky hobby. We tend to gravitate towards the geeky.

February 23, 2005

Slogans can be in English, most of the suggestions have been slogans. Mottos are the creed that you, your family or your organization try to aspire to or live by.

Mottos are always in latin.. at least all the good ones are

February 23, 2005

Slogans can be in English, most of the suggestions have been slogans. Mottos are the creed that you, your family or your organization try to aspire to or live by.

Mottos are always in latin.. at least all the good ones are

How true

"Quando omni flunkus moritati"

February 23, 2005

"Quando omni flunkus moritati"

I admit it, I googled that... but it's very true

2.1k · February 23, 2005

Mottos are always in latin.. at least all the good ones are

How true

"Quando omni flunkus moritati"

Semper ubi sub ubi.

But really, I think we'd all agree:

Ab uno parvus disce omnes.

(If you've seen one micro, you've seen them all.)

2.1k · February 23, 2005

Mottos are the creed that you, your family or your organization try to aspire to or live by.

Duck and cover! Duck and cover!!! <_<

February 23, 2005

I like the theme on the mousepad at GeocacheU "All who wander are not lost"

Spamhead

9.4k · February 24, 2005

Groundspeak - The Language of Location™

This slogan/tagline is pretty lame too.

But hey, to each his/her own.

Ha! Somebody needs a hug.

20.7k · February 24, 2005

Ha! Somebody needs a hug.

<_< <_< :unsure:

February 24, 2005

"GCR's do it in the woods with ammo cans"

I don't know what other cachers are doing with ammo cans, but I'm just finding them and looking inside. <_< And you never know what you're going to get. <_< As to the Vendi, Inveni, Discessi, I'd rather see that in a log, (VID) instead of PDM.

February 24, 2005

It's a dead language because it's hard to speak. Ever say something to a friend in latin? they look at you like you're a raving lunatic.

Tinniat, tinniat, tintinnabulum

trahimur in glacie, post mulum curtum!

tinniat! tinniat! tintinnabulum!

trahimur in glacie, post mulum curtum!!

And something else to think about!!!

Gadeamus, igitur, juvenes dum summus!

Spes mea in Deo est.

(I love Latin! )

And most of my friends think I'm a raving lunatic, so it's okay!

("Lunatic" comes from the Latin word "Luna" which means "moon". So, there ya go!)

Edited February 24, 2005 by Morgan's Marauders

24.7k · February 24, 2005

Groundspeak - The Language of Location™

This slogan/tagline is pretty lame too.

But hey, to each his/her own.

Ha! Somebody needs a hug.

Now that was good.

24.7k · February 24, 2005

Pirates logo.

You plant, we plunder.

You slab it we nab it.

Other logo's that aren't that hot.

Adult Hide and Seek.

hmm... that's it. My muse has dried up.

11.3k · February 24, 2005

Tinniat, tinniat, tintinnabulum
trahimur in glacie, post mulum curtum!

tinniat! tinniat! tintinnabulum!

trahimur in glacie, post mulum curtum!!

And something else to think about!!!

Gadeamus, igitur, juvenes dum summus!

Spes mea in Deo est. . . .

Okay, I give up. Translation pleeeeze . . . <_<

February 24, 2005

Velieris quod Peto Hide and Seek

peto quod ye vadum reperio Seek and ye shall find

Velieris is quod they mos adveho Hide it and they will come

Edited February 24, 2005 by DiscGolfer

3.9k · February 24, 2005

The current slogan is good enough for me. We had this discussion several years ago and came up with the one we have now.

Of course people will say that times have changed and it's time to come up with a new one. To which I ask...what do we do another 3 years from now? Do we keep changing the slogan or do we commit to one?

There are a couple of people in here that live to cause a conterversary....ignore them. They have their own agenda.

The bottom line is that "You are the search engine" is the official slogan and I'll stick with it.

El Diablo

3.8k · February 24, 2005

Tinniat, tinniat, tintinnabulum
trahimur in glacie, post mulum curtum!

tinniat! tinniat! tintinnabulum!

trahimur in glacie, post mulum curtum!!

And something else to think about!!!

Gadeamus, igitur, juvenes dum summus!

Spes mea in Deo est. . . .

Okay, I give up. Translation pleeeeze . . .

The first is the chorus of "Jingle Bells" in latin.

The second is (misspelled) Rejoice while we are young.

The third is "I put my trust in God"

All loose translations.

I'll offer up

"Exegi monumentum aere perennius." I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze. (Horace)

"Neutiquam erro." (I am not lost.)

"Romani ite domus" (Roman go home! ---(Monty Phyton's Life of Brian))

"Fabricati diem" (Make my day)

"Prehende uxorem meam, sis!" (Take my wife, please!)

"Corripe Cervisiam" (Seize the beer!)

"Carpe Narem" (Pick your nose)

"Sentio aliquos togatos contra me conspirare." (I think some people in togas are plotting against me.)

"si hoc legere scis nimium eruditiones habes." (essentially it says, "if you can read this, you're overeducated.")

and my personal favorite:

"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur" (Anything said in Latin sounds profound.)

All praise be to Google. I claim responsibility for misspellings or poor grammer.

Edit: Oh, and El Diablo, the OP says "tongue in cheek." I'll stick with the original too. I just need to translate it into latin so it sounds profound . . .

Edited February 24, 2005 by Sputnik 57

9.4k · February 24, 2005

Based on this thread I'll stick with locus lingua, or a bastardized "language of location" - maybe add "speak" in there somewhere.

narro locus lingua?

sermo locus lingua?

illis locus lingua?

I'm no Latin major.

3.8k · February 24, 2005

With apologies to those that speak/write Latin,

"Ubi investigatum machina es" (Where you are the search engine).

1.5k · February 24, 2005

Based on this thread I'll stick with locus lingua, or a bastardized "language of location" - maybe add "speak" in there somewhere.

locus lingua is good, then again I am a fan of the "language of location" slogan - very cool.

But... "locus lingua", when run through my mind, makes me think of a considerate insectiod lover engaged in amourous activities... <_<

8.4k · February 24, 2005

Based on this thread I'll stick with locus lingua, or a bastardized "language of location" - maybe add "speak" in there somewhere.

locus lingua is good, then again I am a fan of the "language of location" slogan - very cool.

But... "locus lingua", when run through my mind, makes me think of a considerate insectiod lover engaged in amourous activities...

Was the bug's first name, Connie? :unsure: <_<

Edited February 24, 2005 by Snoogans

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