The Yip-Yips are two of our favourite characters on Sesame Street. They are interplanetary visitors, presumed to be from the planet Mars, who valiantly explore our world despite their terrifying encounters with everyday objects like clocks, telephones and computers.
They are funny-looking creatures with squid-like tentacles, large eyes, antennae, and bottom lips that extend up to cover their eyes when frightened.
They typically materialize into a room and converse with each other in their native tongue: "Yip-yip-yip-yip... Uh-huh. Uh-huh." They often come across common objects and become curious as to their names and functions. The Martians will consult their intergalactic travel guide and almost always identify the object incorrectly. For example, in one skit, the Martians incorrectly identify a computer as a television and then a typewriter, before discovering what the object actually is.
In their first ever skit back in 1971, the Yip-Yips try communicating with a telephone by common greetings such as "Hello", "Greetings", and "Hi there!" unsuccessfully. After each failure they say "nope nope nope". Next they address the phone as a cow, a cat, and then a chicken, only finally learning what it really is when it rings. They "ring" back at it with their voices, clearly pleased to have identified and established communication with it.
This first skit is still the best and is our all-time favourite with the Yip-Yips. Click here to watch the Yip-Yips hilariously interact with an old-style telephone. B-r-r-r-r-i-n-g! B-r-r-r-r-i-n-g... Yip-yip-yip-yip... Uh-huh. Uh-huh!
And speaking of phones...
The demand for telephone numbers continues to increase due to the growth of communications services and technologies. Everything needs a phone number these days, including phones, tablets, vending machines and even traffic signals.
To create more numbers, new area codes have been added: 431 and 584. The "overlay method" that is in use adds a new area code to the same geographic area as the original 204 area code. This method ensures existing telephone numbers can remain the same and means the same telephone number is able to exist three times within the same region (e.g.: 204-555-5555, 431-555-5555 and 584-555-5555), effectively tripling the amount of phone numbers available.
The 431 area code was added in 2012, shortly after this cache was published, and 584 was added in 2022.
THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES
To solve for the correct coordinates...
N 50°
Bahamas ___ __ ___
District of Columbia __ ___ ___
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North Dakota ___ ___ __
Saskatchewan __ ___ ___
Newfoundland __ ___ ___
W 96°
Ottawa ___ ___ __
Vermont ___ ___ __
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Nova Scotia __ ___ ___
Hawaii ___ ___ __
Manitoba (2012) __ ___ ___
The cache is not in the restricted area of Victoria Beach so you do not have to leave your vehicle in the parking lot during the summer months. You may park for free in the sports complex parking area (see attached waypoint) but stay out of the way of the construction and heavy machinery. Do not leave your vehicle on the side of the highway.
Please note that bikes are very much encouraged throughout the municipality, but off-road vehicles are not. If you are cycling along the highway, please be cautious in traffic.
You are looking for a well-hidden bison tube. Not winter-friendly.
Attributes listing for paperless caching: Parking is available, bikes allowed, dogs allowed, very likely wheelchair accessible, poison plants present and possibly ticks, available at all times, stealth required, not really winter-friendly, no public transportation available, stroller accessible, picnic tables and playground nearby, no camping allowed, no motorized recreational vehicles allowed.
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