# The Straight Dope Easter Egg Hunt! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432 "2003-04-13T14:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/61 "2003-04-15T21:48:04Z")
**ivylass** , is your egg in Juneau, Alaska? My egg is hidden at the most famous tomb in the biggest cemetery in my hometown. (Or is that too easy??) ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/62 "2003-04-15T21:59:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by butrscotch \* > \*\*Nope to both guesses on my egg. > > Hint: Look at my location. \ \*\* Is it in the **Ursaline Academy**? ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/63 "2003-04-15T22:34:00Z")
And **DeVena** SCORES! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/64 "2003-04-15T22:35:05Z")
My next egg is hidden on the shores of a lake where jellyfish follow the sun. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/65 "2003-04-16T15:51:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avarie537 \* > \*\ ***ivylass** , is your egg in Juneau, Alaska? > > \*\* Why, yes it is! ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/66 "2003-04-16T16:17:36Z")
\*\* butrscotch \*\* I spotted (or googled, I cant remember which) an egg nestled on the shores of Palau’s famous Jellyfish Lake ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/67 "2003-04-16T16:28:32Z")
Someone please do mine, Its only a little bit cryptic, **Avarie537** your egg was festering in Crown Hill Cemetery , and yes it was too easy. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/68 "2003-04-16T16:43:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smam \* > \*\*My Girlfriend hid mine in the garden. > > _HINT_ she really splashed out on me this time and bought me a genuine Faberge’ egg, when you crack it open there is a bottle of Brut’ inside. har har \*\* Did she hide your egg at Neiman Marcus? ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/69 "2003-04-16T16:46:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*Did she hide your egg at Neiman Marcus? \*\* negatory ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/70 "2003-04-16T16:52:26Z")
**Smam** , it’s either in the Royal Enclosure at Ascot (in the bubbly), or in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, probably in a fountain. Have you located _my_ second egg yet? ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/71 "2003-04-16T16:54:47Z")
My egg has no royal or expensive wine connections. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/72 "2003-04-16T16:58:22Z")
**Rodd Hill** is it in cackleberry airport in some sort of tower? or a crows nest? is it anything to do with towing a glider? ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/73 "2003-04-16T17:31:35Z")
**Smam** , Covent Garden. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/74 "2003-04-16T17:36:53Z")
**photopat** _DING DING_ We have a winner. (You got the Henry Cooper connection , right?) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/75 "2003-04-16T20:01:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rodd Hill \* > \*\*You’ll be out of breath to get the 311 on this cackleberry; a little bird built its tall nest; at least you’ll get a certificate to say you were there. \*\* Little bird…are you talking about Christopher Wren? Then it’s [one](http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Sir_Christopher_Wren.html) of these buildings, but I don’t know what 311 refers to… ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/76 "2003-04-16T20:55:39Z")
Sorry not to get back sooner! Real life intrudes… **Smam** : Yes, it is a tower, or near enough, though it’s known by a one-word other name. “Cackleberry” is just old slang for an egg; you’re on the right track though (but not with the glider!) **Ivylass** : Yup, the little bird is Sir Christopher Wren, but the list of his erections (!) on that page don’t include this particular place (although you’re so hot, you’re smokin’!) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/77 "2003-04-16T21:24:24Z")
My egg’s been sitting there for over 26 hours now and nobody’s stepped on it yet. A clue has been added. In the land of the orange bridge. But far closer to the other one. Perhaps a valentine had an accident. Or Cupid tripped trying to catch the streetcar. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/78 "2003-04-16T23:03:25Z")
Damn, **smam** , that was fast! Palau it is. . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/79 "2003-04-17T03:15:50Z")
I just hid 2 eggs. The first one is for all the running Dopers: You have to run from Santa Cruz to find it. The other one I hid a few miles away on some shaky ground. ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432/80 "2003-04-17T12:10:59Z")
\*\*Rodd Hill \*\* I trod on an egg on my way to the top of this thing, I think it may have been yours. It was at - The Monument, Monument Street, EC3 The Monument, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, commemorates the Great Fire Of London in 1666. You can enjoy great views of the City from the viewing platform (202ft high) after climbing the **311** steps of narrow spiral staircase. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-straight-dope-easter-egg-hunt/168432.md?page=5)