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Welcome to the Cooties message board!
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Oct 31, 2004 9:13pm
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Cooties are the latest, growing rage—especially at events—of letterboxes. Now they have their own message board. Use this message board to discuss your cootie counts and experiences!
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #3 by Green Tortuga
Nov 3, 2004 11:08am
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Okay, I've had a couple of people e-mail me asking, "What the heck is a cootie?!"

So I've added it the letterbox glossary. To save you the trouble, it's basicly a small letterbox that you try to plant on other people without them knowing it. Slip it into a coat pocket or an open backpack. That sort of thing.

I may have also exaggerated a bit when I said it was the "growing rage", though at events in the Pacific Northwest, they are very popular--especially among the kids! Can't turn your back on them for a second without some cootie showing up somewhere. ;o)

So anyhow, I figured I'd put this board up for those who want to discuss all things cooties. Not really expecting too much at the moment, but if the concept really does become a 'growing rage', it'll be nice to have a board especially for cootie talk.

-- Ryan
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #372 by Green Tortuga
Oct 31, 2011 6:07pm
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Here in Ohio the children do love Cooties. You can hear them clipping and tossing them into bags, you can often find them crawling under a picnic table to tag you with one.

We usually have a Cootie Catcher for those who don't like them and just aren't even interested in stamping, much less logging them. Then they just get picked up again by the kiddos and tagged on someone else.

Its harmless fun that makes the children smile having put one over on the grownups.
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #372 by Green Tortuga
Jun 30, 2012 7:44am
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Ok, so if we found a "flea" inside of another planted letterbox (like a hitchhiker) we can either plant it again like a hitchhiker, or plant it all secret-like on a person like a cootie? Is this correct?
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #711562 by The Twilight Jedi
Jul 1, 2012 12:07am
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Is this correct?

Yep. *nodding*

-- Ryan
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #651376 by Granny Butterfly
Aug 11, 2016 9:50pm
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And it was thru a cootie that somehow made it's way from Ohio, and I got here in Texas, and when I was recording it, I looked up Granny Butterfly, and contacted her because I was going to Ohio and she did not live very far from my in-laws. She put together a fun meet and greet so I could meet some letterboxers from Ohio, I met her hubby, Coffee Mug, and Safari Man, Horse Trader, Rgang, and I introduced my sister-in-law, Mustang Julie, to letterboxing and these super nice folks.