The Joke's on You Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 12/25/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Just off the side of the road next to a rural airport.

Who knew there was a runway up here?

Dr. Richard Wiseman from the University of Hertfordshire’s LaughLab in the UK spent a year researching the world’s funniest joke. (visit link) 40,000 people voted. Here’s the winner:

"Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn’t seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed.

"The other guy whips out his phone and calls the emergency services. He gasps: ‘My friend is dead! What can I do?’ The operator says: ‘Calm down, I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.’

"There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the guy says: ‘OK, now what?’"

Dr. Wisenheimer says “…we find jokes funny for lots of different reasons. They sometimes make us feel superior to others, reduce the emotional impact of anxiety-provoking situations or surprise us because of some kind of incongruity. The hunters joke contained all three elements.”

Then again, EB White said, “Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.”

The logbook for “The Joke’s on You Cache has a bunch of our favorite cartoons pasted in it. Cache also contains a glue stick. If you’ve got a favorite cartoon, or just a joke you think is pretty good, I’d love it if you’d add it to the book.

Cache starts off with Travel Bug Pimp my Rolls, a CD of a recent set by my buddy DJ Yoms in the UK and a Burning Man documentary DVD by another good friend, Bill Breithaupt. Please help yourself.

P.S. Here’s the joke that came in No. 3 in the world. I liked it more:

An Alsatian went to a telegram office, took out a blank form and wrote: "Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof. Woof." The clerk examined the paper and politely told the dog: "There are only nine words here. You could send another Woof for the same price." "But," the dog replied, "that would make no sense at all."

I hope you enjoy it. Coordinates are +/- 17 feet.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Spoiler] nobhg 10 srrg gb evtug bs cnvagrq fgvpx

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)


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