For the Cause

By design, The Online Geocacher magazine is an angst free publication where cachers can share experiences, and as such would not normally bring two opposing sides of an issue together in one article. However there should be enough humor and artistic license in the following to be able to make this an exception.

Ladies and Gentlemen…….in this corner,
weighing in with very vocal forum opinions, and new threads every month.
...
Bring Back Virtuals!!
(applause/shouts)  

  
  And in this corner,
The Quiet Giant and heir apparent to the containerless cache……….
I give you…
Waymarking!!
 (applause/shouts)

Tonight’s competition between these two formidable foes will be …
Anthems for the Cause!
 made up to fit…
 Beatles tunes!!
Ok gentlemen, I want a nice clean fight
No nitpicking or gouging, no direct confrontation,
Winner will be determined by individual personal decision.

The World will vote!

And now the cointoss… heads! Virtual, you’ll go first.
Now go to your corners and come out singing!
DING!! DING!!

Uh  mmmm  ok got one!
To the tune of ‘Yesterday’

Virtually
Many great finds have been virtually
But we’re told that this just cannot be
Oh, we still need
New Virts today

Logically
There are places caches cannot be
Many places we would like to see
Oh let us place
Them virtually

Why Virts
Had to go, I don’t know
Signal wouldn’t say,
We were
Told it’s wrong now we long
For Virts today

Virtually
It was such a pleasing game to play,
Now I need a box to hide away
Oh we still need
New Virts today

A-L-
R-‘s were banned, out of hand
They couldn’t stay.
I had
Caches planned so I long
For Virts today

Virtually
It was such a pleasing game to play,
Now I need a box to hide away
Oh we still need
New Virts today

 (wild applause, footstomping , flickering lighters and chants of All we are saying, is give virts a chance!)

                                                      Waymark! You’re up!

To the tune of Day-tripper.

Got a good reason, for taking the gps out
Got a good reason, for taking the gps out, now

I’ll be a way....marker, search great places, yeah
I’m gonna go…..out and find out, what it’s about

Such a big pleaser, all of the places I’ve found
Such a big pleaser, all of the places I’ve found, wow

Now I'm a way....marker, find cool places yeah
It lets me share....sites I found out and you'll seek out

My receiver, it’s a tour guide in my hands
My receiver, it’s a tour guide in my hands, yeah

Yes I'm a way....marker, find neat places yeah
It lets us share…..sites you found out and I’ll seek out

waymarker
waymarker yeah
waymarker
waymarker yeah

      (wild applause, footstomping , flickering lighters and chants of Waymarker, Waymarker, yeah)

Ladies and gentlemen that concludes our bout this evening.

 And now the world decides

               Will it be Bring Back Virtuals with “Virtually” or Waymarks with “Waymarker”?

Vote for your favorite by texting the word “vote” to IGO-VIRTS if you want to Bring Back Virtuals or WOW-MARKS if Waymarkers are the way to play!

By catsnfish

A couple of empty-nesters who caught the caching bug not realizing it was incurable. So if we’re found in the woods waltzing with Garmins, lifting lampskirts while tying our shoe or looking for “gum” underneath benches, be sure to stay away... it’s contagious and the only temporary relief can be found in finding bison’s, ammo’s, nano’s, or passing coins and spreading travel bugs!

Publisher's Note: Catsnfish write the periodic column The Adventures of Catsnfish. Subscribe (free) to The Online Geocacher to get an email alert when a new article is published.