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Tommy Cooper Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 11/10/2013
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This simple multicache takes you to an iron silhouette placed in memory of Tommy Cooper, on the wall of his weekend home / seaside retreat in Motcombe Lane.


 

Tommy Cooper was a much-loved and greatly admired comedian and magician who worked from the late 1940s until his tragic onstage death in 1984, although he was particularly popular in the 1970s and 80s, when he was regularly on television. He combined skilful stage presence with great comedic timing to produce a persona of an incompetent magician, despite being very respected by many 'serious' magicians.  He had a great personality and an unerring ability to deliver fantastic one-liners in his own unique fez-wearing style. He was a truly funny man, who had the ability to make many people laugh simply by being on stage, or even just by thinking about him. He was one of the first to use his style of comedy so effectively, and has now been copied so much that we've possibly forgotten how good he really was.

"My doctor told me to drink a bottle of wine after a hot bath, but I couldn't even finish drinking the hot bath!"

"Gambling has brought our family together. We had to move to a smaller house."

"I said to the doctor, 'Can you give me something for my liver?' He gave me a pound of onions."

 

In order to find this cache, you need to go to the published location and find the following numbers:

 

The number of birds = A 

The number of pockets = B

 

The cache can then be found at N50 46.(B+1)(B-A-1)(B-A-1) E000 15.(A+B)(A+1)(A+1)

 

Whilst it is not a logging requirement for this cache, to honour Tommy Cooper when posting your log please add a joke to amuse future cachers.  It dosn't have to be from Tommy Cooper, and if you don't know any, Google is your friend!

Congratulations to Vimmes for being the First To Find.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

"Qbpgbe, Qbpgbe, V pna'g fgbc fvatvat 'Gur TERRA TERRA Tenff Bs Ubzr'". "Gung fbhaqf yvxr Gbz Wbarf Flaqebzr". "Vf vg pbzzba?" "Vg'f Abg Hahfhny."

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)