Looney's Lesser Known: Slowpoke Rodriguez Traditional Cache
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Looney's Lesser Known: Slowpoke Rodriguez
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A series of caches dedicated to the lesser known Looney
Tunes characters.
Most of us grew up watching Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety Bird and
the rest of the characters on Saturday mornings, but how many of us
can still remember the rest of the crew. The ones that got some on
camera exposure, but were never the stars of the show.
I can remember most of them, How will you do?
All caches in the series are a combination of small, micros
or nano containers placed to be winter friendly. The series is
meant to be fun for the young and/or young at heart.
Slowpoke Rodríguez ("Lento Rodríguez" in Spanish, though some more
recent translations call him "Tranquilino") is described as "the
slowest mouse in all Mexico" from the country side of Mexico, and
is a cousin to Speedy Gonzales, who is known as the fastest.
However, he mentions to his cousin that while he may be slow in the
feet, which he is best known for, he's not slow in "la cabeza" (the
head). He speaks in a monotone voice and seems to never be
surprised by anything. While he is the slowest mouse in all of
Mexico he has been shown to have certain other (more extreme)
methods of protecting himself. Slowpoke only appeared in two
cartoons alongside his cousin. The first, Mexicali Shmoes (1959),
ends with two lazy cats, Jose and Manuel, the former learning the
hard way that Slowpoke carries a gun (though the gun bit has been
edited out of this cartoon in recent years). The second, Mexican
Boarders (1962), revolves around Speedy trying to protect Slowpoke
from Sylvester the Cat, but in the end, Slowpoke demonstrates his
ability to hypnotize Sylvester into becoming his slave. The other
mice comment at this point that "Slowpoke Rodriguez may be the
slowest mouse in all Mexico, but he has the Evil Eye!". This short
(which was later edited into Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit
Tales) contains a possible allusion to a marijuana habit when
Slowpoke sings La Cucaracha. Despite his few appearances, "Lento
Rodríguez" is an immensely popular character in Latin
America.
All caches are hidden on a service road that parallels
highway 11. Do not attempt these caches from the highway. Safety
First.
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(Decrypt)
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