Today’s Cryptogram

[nikos1121]

V PMYYZPF HF UGG JULF ZMQ QFIZGGFIXVZDP ZT ZMQ FUQGVFQ JZGVWURP, UGG SQVPXGVDK HVXJ JZQQZQ.--TGUDD Z' SQVFD

[nikos1121]

You can find this fun quotation puzzle, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. I challenge us with the best ones out there.

The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram).

Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated, you’ll be solving them all within a few days. If you’re stumped, take a break and return to it.

PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and how you made out.

You can certainly send your solution to my private reply, or if you need a hint for today’s Cryptogram ASK THE GROUP FOR HELP!

I suggest printing these out and work them on paper. If you need a little help you can copy and paste it to Hal’s Helper below.

You can then work on the puzzle without using pen and paper, but I recommend that you do NOT look at the letter counter.

HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER

One last request. Feel free to post a fun or clever clue, the more tangential to the quotation the better, but please don’t put the actual words of the quote in the clue.

Clue for today’s puzzle. Simply scroll your cursor over the text while left clicking your mouse, and the letters should appear.

P=S

[nikos1121]

From the Arkansas Gazette

I had problems getting started on this one. Took me about 10 minutes coming back to it several times. Then it went quickly.

[ArtDodger]

When money’s tight and hard to get,
And your horse has also ran,
When all you have is a heap of debt,
And a pint of plain is your only man

[nikos1121]

There was a maid from Madras
Who had a magnificent ass
Not rounded and pink as you’d probably think
It was gray, had long ears and ate grass.

[nikos1121]

And

When food is scarce and your larder bare
And no rashers grease your pan,
When hunger grows as your meals are rare -
A pint of plain is your only man.

[ArtDodger]

Great!
Is the limerick one of his, too, or just one that welled up in you with the emotion of the moment?

[nikos1121]

Mine

[nikos1121]

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

[nikos1121]

And When health is bad and your heart feels strange, And your face is pale and wan, When doctors say you need a change, A pint of plain is your only man.

[ArtDodger]

Haha! Politicians.. the same the world over and thru time immemorial.

[nikos1121]

I read where the guy didn’t speak til he was 7.

[ArtDodger]

My dad was fond of saying he never spoke English until he was 5.

[nikos1121]

Ha!

[nikos1121]

My first son was the same. I think no one made him ask for things. The second was ignored and he started speaking at 6 months.

[1_Rain_Drop]

2:42
Started with author’s middle name and the first word. Fourth word was obvious and gave a hint to the 11th word.

My best memory is when Santa left a “Buche de Noel” outside our door. The most confusing was when I received a bag of granola. OK, that’s funny now.

[nikos1121]

Pretty quick.

[freedom1st]

Burma Shave

[ArtDodger]

I was quiet as a kid. My mom had told me she acquired me from some Indians passing through in exchange for a bucket, and she rued the bargain, vowing to ‘get her bucket back, if they ever passed that way again. So I spent a goodly portion of my childhood in terror of looking up to see a tribe camped out in our yard and realizing the day I dreaded had come.

[nikos1121]

Yes, those were the best. We need to post some today. Might be fun.

SLEEP IN A CHAIR

NOTHING TO LOSE

BUT A NAP

AT THE WHEEL

IS A PERMANENT SNOOZE

—-BURMA SHAVE.

[nikos1121]

That wasn’t nice.