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Cachephrase - Julia Lang - 1950 Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 10/21/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A series of caches named after the many catchphrases over the years that have made stars famous. The idea is to look at the hint after you have found the cache to see if you have guessed the correct catchphrase. Hints will be given on some caches in the series. An assortment of container types, some will need tweezers & pen to sign the log. Please note the location of cache before removing & replace as found.

Julia Lang originally said this as an ad lib comment in Listen with Mother, a BBC radio programme for children which ran between 1950 and 1982, which opened with this catchphrase. The question, became so well known that it ended up in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations It has been incorporated and sampled by many artists and musicians. For instance, in the episode "The Idiot's Lantern", in the revived series of Doctor Who, it was used by the alien presence known as "The Wire" appearing on a television screen and addressing its first victim, the hapless Mr. Magpie. It was also used as the opening line in the film "The Others". Listen with Mother's final week's programmes (widely reported in the press) featured Wriggly Worm stories, presented by Nerys Hughes and Tony Aitken and directed by David Bell. These stories were broadcast on the Listen with Mother programmes throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. Listening Corner, which replaced Listen with Mother, began with repeats of the Wriggly Worm stories. Collections of Listen with Mother stories have been published by Hutchinsons/Random House. Two collections of Wriggly Worm stories,('Wonderful Wriggly Worm' and 'Wonderful Wriggly Worm Rides Again')″ by Eugenie Summerfield, have been published by Book Guuild. The phrase was used as the title and was included in the lyrics of Moody Blues song.

Bison sized container, Ivy post

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ner lbh fvggvat pbzsbegnoyl? Gura V'yy ortva.

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)