Join The ChivCo Happy-Go-Lucky Easter Egg Hunt

Everyone loves an Easter Egg…
Also, Everyone loves an Easter Egg!

Easter Egg
– noun

1. An egg given to children at Easter, usually a chocolate egg or a hen’s egg with its shell painted

2. A bonus or extra feature hidden inside a website, computer game or DVD that is only revealed after repeated or lengthy viewing or playing

Dictionary.com

I certainly do (both kinds) and now you can join the fun (on the second one).

You may or may not know that contained within this very blog are a multitude of Easter Eggs (YouTube videos mainly, but also other stuff) and now would seem to be a fitting time to clue you curious readers in on where you can find them.

So, without further ado, if you are sitting comfortably, we shall begin…

Cautionary Note For The Future: These Easter Eggs are based on hyper-links and, as you know, these have a nasty habit of expiring, moving or being removed. I can’t really be held responsible for that, but I can apologise for any disappointment caused by broken links. If you come across any dead-ends I would appreciate you letting me know. [The comments section at the bottom of this post is a good place to leave a note – or on the page where you found it. Thanks]

Category A: It’s Under The Butter!

This first category is the most straight forward. All you need to do is decipher the clue to find which post you need to find and then click on the banner:

 

Hint: Open the Home Page in a new tab so you can use the search bar and still see the clues.

#1
An easy one to start off. Find my 50th post to answer an important question and lean back.
[Hint]

#2
Find the post celebrating one of my favourite people for a very special session.
[Hint]

#3
To find a good, hard rant- aspire to do nothing.
[Hint]

#4
Sshhhhh! He’s fallen asleep whilst doing a commentary.
[Hint]

#5
Don’t mess with the mouse.
[Hint]

#6
Find innovation using a BASIC dead language.
[Hint]

#7
For this one you’ll have to go underground because there’s something down there!
[Hint]

#8
Justin Timberlake can’t hug every cat.
[Hint]

#9
For one of Ronnie Barker’s finest moments you need to find a shawshank cuckoo’s nest.
[Hint]

#10
Wait. Back up and join the chain gang.
[Hint]

#11
If you are good, I’ll set you up on a date with Felicia Day’s guild’d avatar.
[Hint]

#12
Errr…. It’s the 1st of the month and I can’t think of anything to say.
[Hint]

#13
Find a long, rambling post about a bloody good actor and, if you can be bothered to scroll to the bottom, you’ll end up in his studio.
[Hint]

#14
Find everything I know about audio commentary to find a secret policeman.
[Hint]

#15
If you can find a cowboy playing a trumpet then you will be treated to a sublime piece of bilingual stand-up.
[Hint]

#16
Get Stoned with Oliver and you’ll enter a conversation with history.
[Hint]

#17
And finally for this first category, find out why I hate spam and find… well I don’t even know what I was doing there! Answers on a postcard.
[Hint]

Category B: A Little More Complex.

This next category of clues require a little bit more digging around as they are hidden within the text itself. Use the clues to discover the post and the phrase which contain the link. Basicly, you are looking for any part the text that is in red.

To qualify as a genuine Easter Egg the link in question can’t simply be a reference, source note or example – it has to be some kind of non-sequitur that deviates from the topic in some way.

Hint: Once again, open the Home Page in a new tab so you can use the search bar and still see the clues.

#1
There is something genuinely shameful hidden in one of the posts about commentary.
[Hint]

#2
There are at least two Nina Simone songs on this blog. To find the other one you will need to join the chain gang.
[Hint]

#3
Find a post that is full of films I haven’t seen and look for a warning aimed at the girl from the block to see a puerile piece of entertainment. [The same post also contains a surprising fact about the subject.]
[Hint]

#4
If you are looking to escape then first you must put yourself behind bars.
[Hint]

#5
Ironically I have used the same video twice, firstly as a cartoon Easter Egg and secondly in review as an example.
[Hint]

#6
To find the song which inspired the name of one of this blogs features then you must find the last proper example of that feature.
[Hint]

#7
There is a certain event in a now familiar post about an ironic mouse that will make half the room go all weepy.
[Hint]

#8
To find one of my favourite songs ever, first you must learn how to smile as you kill.
[Hint]

#9
Return to the ironically familiar mouse and find this.
[Hint]

#10
Find out what Movie Bob thought of The Green Lantern [P.S. he thought it was rubbish].
[Hint]

#11
Look for a Monty Python quote to find this link to a memorable sketch.
[Hint]

#12
For a bout of extreme violence then you need only search out one man – RoboCop.
[Hint]

#13
There is a whole book hidden within the most complicated and pointless tournament ever devised.
[Hint]

#14
Is rugby better than football? There really is only way to find out…
[Hint]

#15
If you fancy whiling away the afternoon with some retro games then play some.
[Hint]

#16
Finally, Christmas Presents  are not Easter Eggs (egg-cept for the eighth one).
[Hint]

Category C: This is rugby.

For egg chasers of a different kind, we have special category all of its own. Rules are the same as in the first category but, as this is a niche interest, I’ve collected them together here.

Same Hint: Open the Home Page in a new tab so you can use the search bar and still see the clues.

#1
To relive one of England’s greatest triumphs, find the post which has connections with what this post is all about.
[Hint]

#2
For the reason we all come together, find the post that opens the whole thing up.
[Hint]

#3
For some light-hearted ribbing aimed at the Scots, roll into the pool.
[Hint]

#4
As tournament is 1/4 complete, we anticipate another old rivalry.
[Hint]

#5
Welsh heart-ache is the subject of the post which is basicly a puerile joke about erectile dis-function.
[Hint]

#6
To relive one of New Zealand’s greatest triumphs, find the post which concludes the whole thing.
[Hint]

Category D: ???

This last category is a bit daft. See if you can read the hidden message.

Game Over

So that’s it, you now have all the clues you need to find out just how random Random Insults to Sanity can get. If you find any that you particularly liked [or you have anything else to say]  then don’t forget to leave a little note in the comments section [even if it is no longer Easter – it doesn’t matter, don’t be shy]. Until next time, Happy Hunting!