The Friends Cache Mystery Cache
Hidden : 4/16/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

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The cache is NOT at the described coordinates. They do show you to the recommended parking though. The cache holds a small logbook and can fit very small hitchhikers and geocoins. Bring your own pen.

Friends portrait Few ensemble sitcoms of the 1990s and early 2000s commanded as much love and devotion from its fans as the immensely popular NBC series Friends -- and few such sitcoms generated as many "water-cooler conversations" as the characters' lives and loves evolved over the series' ten-year run. Set in New York City, the action largely took place in two neighboring loft apartments. One of these was the home of Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), who can be described as the series' "rock" -- or better yet, "den mother." An assistant chef who later ran her own restaurant, Monica lived with her best friend, Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), who had come to New York after running out on her wedding; employed as a waitress in the earlier episodes, Rachel later became a buyer for a retail fashion chain, and finally an assistant to a high-profile designer. Occasionally dropping into Monica's apartment was her brother, Ross (David Schwimmer), a paleontologist who spent most of the first season coming to grips with the fact that his wife, Carol (Jane Sibbett), had declared herself a lesbian and divorced him (Carol would later give birth to Ross' son Ben, whom she and her partner insisted upon raising themselves). Across the hall from Monica's flat lived Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), an aspiring actor whose professional luck was generally bad until he landed a continuing role on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives -- as a man with a woman's brain! Joey lived with "corporate guy" Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), who was regarded as the class clown of the bunch. A frequent guest at both apartments was Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), an airheaded will-o’-the-wisp who never quite got it all together at any one time.

When the "friends" weren't at home or at work, they could be found hanging out at Central Perk, a Greenwich Village coffeehouse manned by Gunther (played by real-life "coffee guy" James Michael Tyler, who did not receive screen credit until well into the series' run), where Phoebe occasionally performed as a folksinger. Gradually and inevitably, many of friends became lovers. First it was Ross and Rachel, a relationship that came to a screeching halt in season three when Ross slept with another woman when the couple was "on a break." Ross then ended up marrying the prickly Emily Waltham (Helen Baxendale) during a jaunt to England in season four. That this alliance was doomed from the start was demonstrated when, during the ceremony, Ross said Rachel's name instead of Emily's. After the dissolution of the marriage, a drunken Ross and Rachel impulsively got hitched in Las Vegas at the end of season five, but they soon realized that they'd acted too hastily, and were themselves divorced. In season eight, Rachel gave birth to Ross' baby, a girl named Emma. Meanwhile, Chandler and Monica, who after "getting it on" at Ross' wedding ceremony tried to keep their relationship a secret from everyone, were married at the close of season seven. They would later discover that they could not have children, whereupon they adopted a baby from a woman named Erica (Anna Faris). In a similar vein, the whimsical Phoebe had earlier agreed to be artificially inseminated so that she could bear a child for her half-brother, Frank (Giovanni Ribisi), and his wife (and former teacher), Alice (Debra Jo Rupp). Ultimately, Phoebe gave birth to triplets. Phoebe also had another sibling, a twin sister named Ursula -- actually the same character played by Lisa Kudrow in the earlier NBC sitcom Mad About You, which was still in production when Friends debuted on September 22, 1994.

Some favorite quotes from the series are:
- Ross: You never look. You just answer. It's just a reflex. "Do I look fat?" Nooo! "Is she prettier than I am?" Noooo! "Does size matter?" Rachel: Noooo! Ross: And it works both ways.
- Joey: You can't have Thanksgiving without turkey. That's like Fourth of July without apple pie, or Friday with no two pizzas.
- Chandler: Aren't you supposed to be in an audition for another hour? Joey: Well, I'm sorry if I'm not a middle-aged black woman! And I'm also sorry if sometimes I go to the wrong audition!
- Tag: Phoebe. That's a great name. Phoebe: Oh, you like that? You should hear my phone number.
- Chandler: ...and this actor guy, who I'm not sure about, because when he called and I answered the phone, "Chandler Bing," he said, "Whoa, short message."
- Chandler:Are you okay? Monica: I'm fine now, but it was really scary there for a while. I mean, someone slipped a threatening note under the door. Joey: Oh, yeah, sorry about that. Mob mentality or whatever, I don't know...
- Joey: Is, uh... is Staten Island really an island?Ross: Uh-huh, that's why they call it Staten Island. Joey: Oh. I thought it was like Long Island.
- Monica: I'm getting married today! I think I just cracked a rib. But I don't care, because today's my wedding day! My day is finally here! Phoebe: You know, she might not even notice he's gone.
- Joey: I'm Joey Tribbiani; we did a scene together yesterday. I... I'm the guy in the coma. Cecilia: Oh, that was a real person?
- Monica: Okay, everybody. Relax. This is not even a date. It's just two people going out to dinner and not having sex. Chandler: Sounds like a date to me.
- Phoebe: I think you'd also like to know that he is a very gentle lover. Mrs. Hanigan: Excuse me? Phoebe: Oh, no, no, no, no. Don't get me wrong. Not in a sissy way. No, when he get's going, he can rattle a headboard like a sailor on leave! Mrs. Hanigan: That's... my boy!
- Rachel: Phoebe, why did you lie to me about working here? Phoebe: Because I was ashamed, okay? I sold out for the cash! And they give me benefits, like medical, and dental, and a four-oh-wunk.
- Ross: Look, would you guys grow up? This is the most natural beautiful thing in the world. Joey: Yeah, we know, but there's a baby suckin' on it.
- Ross: Hey! So, uh, what did the insurance company say?Chandler: Oh, they said, "uh, you don't have insurance here, so stop calling us."

The series' tenth and final season (2003-2004) wrapped up several loose plot strands. Having admitted that he always loved Rachel, Joey proposed to her, but the marriage never came off -- and in an eleventh-hour decision, Rachel forsook plans to move to Paris, and returned to Ross. After several desultory relationships, Phoebe married a nice guy named Mike (Paul Rudd). And as Friends approached its two-part finale, Erica, the birth mother of Monica and Chandler's soon-to-be-adopted baby went into labor – and surprisingly delivered twins, which they named Erica (after the "real" mom) and Jack (after Chandler's dad). After the storyline of the series ended, Joey would end up moving out of New York, heading to L.A. to pursue a film career, thereby setting up the premise of Matt LeBlanc's spin-off sitcom Joey. At or near the number one ratings slot throughout most of its run, Friends also earned a veritable warehouse of Emmy Awards -- not to mention full-fledged stardom for all of the series' regulars.

Congratulations to The First Noel for the First to Find and to Nondescript for the Second to Find which is really what's left for the rest of us...

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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