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I Love Tribbles; Some Think They Taste Great! Mystery Cache

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Skrip: Tribble guts, oh my. Time to retire this one. Thanks for all of the fun comments.

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Hidden : 6/27/2010
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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The cache is not at the listed coordinates, but you probably knew that already.

I recently found a sir-cachealot hide called "The Tribble Trove" (GC1NKAG) and I later found a tribble cache in my pocket, after I returned to my vehicle. What to do, what to do?

I quickly did some research, as I did not know a lot about tribbles. I discovered that I should not feed the tribble cache and should plant it quickly to avoid uncontrolled reproduction. Now, on to the hide.

There are rumors of a Klingon based recipe book, which may include instructions on how to skin and cook a tribble. The Klingons are said to be offended by this as they claim a tribble must be eaten while still alive, as it improves the flavor.

Here's one of the recipes.

Tribble Nuggets
SERVES 1 PLATOON

Identify a tribble infestation. Scramble your forces and surround the affected area with a ring of thermal mines reinforced by autoguns with overlapping fields of fire. Once secure, saturate the area with plasma mortars and spicy barbecue sauce. Assess bomb damage and repeat as necessary. When satisfied, sweep the area with squads and mop up any remaining resistance. Retrieve charred tribble carcasses and stomp or pound into nuggets.

Serve hot and enjoy.

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I also learned that Klingons supposedly shout the following phrase out when they spot tribbles.

"Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!"

To encourage the finders to do a little fun research, as well, please add the Star Trek second season episode number, in which Captain Kirk discovers that tribbles do not like and can detect Klingons, to the following latitude and longitude numbers in the form of (.XX0) to N 41 52.148 and W 083 59.255.

As a check, the two individual digits should add up to 6.

Have fun and bring a pencil.

P.S. – I think tribbles are cute and I would never knowingly eat one.

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