The Polterabend
Some beautiful afternoon, a bunch of merry
colleagues (mostly muggles and geocachers in spe) celebrating the
Polterabend (Bachelor's Party) of a dear colleague from a country
far, far away, would invade the Forrests of Mollerup armed with a
box of beer. While the dear colleague's bride was waiting for him
far, far away, he was walking through the deep forrests unaware of
where this journey would take him and what dangers he would face.
(Fortunately, he had heard a bit about Polterabends some time in
advance, so he was sufficiently anxious about it...!)
The journey would in fact end on this very spot,
sufficiently isolated from the beaten path, but where the visitors
may still catch a glimpse of the blue sky here and then.
Here, we asked our dear colleague from far, far
away to select a suitable place for his Polterabend cache.
Here, a bunch of merry colleagues would take a zip or two of their
beer and start singing strange Danish songs while their dear
colleague would fear for his life, until he realized that they were
in fact just... singing!
The purpose of the cache
This cache serves as a celebration of the Danish
tradition of Polterabends and an introduction (and warning) to all
the dear foreign colleagues and friends who happen to be in Denmark
shortly before their wedding...!
We kindly ask from all of you who log this cache to share some
of your own stories about Polterabends in your log on the
web.
(You are of course more than welcome to write in
English...)
Our own experiences
The merry party visiting the Forrests of Mollerup
this beautiful afternoon would spend the rest of the day sharing
their own stories with each other. Some of them:
- The modern classic: Paint-ball. In the last round
the groom will have to fight on his own against the bunch. If this
happens shortly before the wedding, he will still have bruises all
over on the wedding night
- Send him to Hamburg on a train. He might enjoy it, and the rest
of the party can get home and go to bed early
- Surprise him the day before the wedding and take him on a 7 day
trip to Greece with all the guys.
- Take the poor guy whose parents always threatened to send him
to the dance school to teach him some manners... to the dance
school. He might be old enough to enjoy female company by now.
- Put him in handcuffs attached to a lawn mover and drag him
through all the bars in town. There is supposed to be some kind of
symbolism in this...
- Dress him up like a bunny. Bunny rhymes with funny... that's
just about the only symbolism you will find in this act.
- And... go out and get him terribly drunk!
The treasure
For a start, the cache contains a lot of useful
stuff for a guy who's getting married:
- A decoration kit for the Polterabend party: Balloons,
serpentines etc.
- A bottle of champagne -- well, OK, only the cork... we took the
bottle with us
- A bottle opener (we were only drinking canned beer...)
- An eau de cologne (makes you attractive even after you have had
too much to drink)
- A cleaning sponge and a dishwasher brush (makes you attractive
to your future wive, even after you have had too much to
drink)
- A handyman kit for a safer home with children
- An amulet -- good luck!