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Two Peas in a Pod – Laurel Mystery Cache

Hidden : 1/23/2022
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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I am almost 80 years old and have been a fan of Laurel and Hardy for 70+ of those years. In the early 1950’s I used to watch Laurel and Hardy regularly on TV. There was usually an hour show of Laurel and Hardy shorts and/or movies that was broadcast on the weekend morning, either Saturday, Sunday, or both days. I found their shorts/movies great, a barrel of laughs, with some rememberable lines.

As I am almost 80, I don’t sleep too well. Last night I woke up and for an unknown reason several of those rememberable lines popped into my head and I decided to use them to make up two puzzle caches. This cache is dedicated to Ollie. These lines appear in Sons of the Desert (1933).

The basic story line is as follows: Stan and Ollie want to go to the Sons of the Desert convention; however, their wives forbid it. Stan and Ollie tell their wives they are going to Honolulu but sneak off to the convention instead. Upon returning home, the boys go to their homes (which are next door to each other); and Ollie strums his ukelele, singing "Honolulu Baby" while Stan dances, but no-one is home at either residence to be greeted with evidence of their Hawaiian trip. They go inside and see a newspaper with headlines "HONOLULU LINER SINKING! FOUNDERING IN TYPHOON." "Passengers and Crew on S.S. Muana in Panic as Wireless Fails." This was the ship that Stan and Ollie were suppose to be on!

The wives were not home as they went to the steamship company to await news of their husbands and the list of casualties. While waiting for news, they go to the movies, and see a News short showing Laura and Hardy at the Sons of the Desert convention. They are steaming mad as they head home. As Stan and Ollie are deciding what to do next, they hear the wives returning home. Stan and Ollie decide that they must hide out and spend the night in exile in the attic. They make up a bed to spend the night. Later a thunderstorm arrives, Stan feels protected and secure and these famous words are spoken:

Stan: We're just like two peas in a pot.
Ollie (correcting him): Not pot. Pod-duh. Pod-duh.
Stan: Pod-duh

Story to be continued – See Two Peas in a Pod – Hardy

1369245 1360517  5430985  3286432  7643097  3925485  3946595

0053975  1274378  0853642  5620569  0427597  1840327  4396403

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvqr - Gur pnpur vf unatvat va n cvar gerr Chmmyr - 1) Obyq grkg & ahzoref ng obggbz bs jevgr hc unir abguvat gb qb jvgu pnpur ybpngvba 2) Pbzcner

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)