[Az-Geocaching] Only an altoids tin!!

AZcachemeister azcachemeister at getnet.com
Sun Feb 11 09:03:02 MST 2007


Perhaps we all should have a look at this site: The Geocacher's Creed 
<http://www.geocreed.info/index.html>

AZcachemeister wrote:
> DWYT is good!
> Here's another that has been used:
>
> >From Prime Suspect's Geo-lexicon.
> *DPM* -- Including the letters "DPM" in a cache log was a once-secret 
> way to indicate the cache was of low quality. DPM is an abbreviation 
> for "des palourdes mortes", which is French for "the dead clams". The 
> entire French phrase is "Les longs sanglots des palourdes mortes 
> blessent mon coeur avec un languor monotone pendant qu'ils dansent à 
> minuit", which translates to "The long sobs of the dead clams wound my 
> heart with a monotonous languor as they dance at midnight". The idea 
> was to include this phrase in a cache log to clue in others that the 
> cache was of low quality. Rarely actually used, as the meaning of DPM 
> quickly spread throughout the geocaching community, and its secrecy 
> was lost.
>
> Jared Ross wrote:
>>
>>
>> Anyone else have any ideas or comments on how we can improve the 
>> caches in our state? Maybe we need a special acronym. Instead of TFTC 
>> we could have DWYT (Don't Waste Your Time). Of course we could always 
>> start using this website to generate log entries for us: 
>> http://loungingatwalden.googlepages.com/RandomLog.html
>> My favorite generated log entry: "This cache was ill-conceived and 
>> ill-received. You should turn your GPS over to the nearest 
>> authorities! TNLN and almost didn't bother signing the log!!"
>>
>>
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