Posted on 08/17/2024 4:04:35 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets
FZKFACFYWF CB YMG XQUG QUKKFYB GM U SUY. CG CB XQUG U SUY EMFB XCGQ XQUG QUKKFYB GM QCS. - UPEMTB QTZPFR.
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.## ping list message
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
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HKQ UY HZLX KQ KVX GSKQ HKQF ZM GSX KVXY - MLUXALUDS EUNSXNH QUXGIYDSXSolution to previous Puzzle: (select the yellow text with your cursor to read):
MAN IS MORE AN AGE THAN MANY OF THE AGES - FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE
HAL'S CRYPTOGRAM HELPER
Got it
Live and learn.
The guy who came up with the upside down squeeze bottle idea must be filled with pride when he walks down the condiments aisle and sees shelves full of those things. Somebody should find him and interview him. Might also be a candidate for a “Real Men of Genius” radio spot (from back in the pre-clown-world days when Bud Light was still cool and normal...)
Nope:
MAN IS MORE AN APE THAN MANY OF THE APES - FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE
"APE" not "AGE"
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Never make the same mistake again. Show some creativity.
Yep, very important distinction!
And, I might add, what lessond he learns from it in terms of what works or not.
It’s the source of what we call “wisdom”.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. So is laziness.
Thanks.
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