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Post by Joxcenia on Jan 14, 2005 2:12:36 GMT -6
Gabrielle in Forget Me Not
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Post by guru on Jan 17, 2005 2:03:59 GMT -6
Bonus points to Joxcenia, but Phalon still leads with a total score of 450.
Next cryptogram will come from fanfic. Got a few picked out already, but I'm always open to suggestions. So does anyone have a favorite story that they love for its quotable dialog?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 19, 2005 23:24:32 GMT -6
tap...tap...tap...tap...tap
That is me tapping my foot, waiting.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 19, 2005 23:27:55 GMT -6
OOO god STOP that! The fumes are wafting this way!
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Post by Phalon on Jan 19, 2005 23:35:48 GMT -6
Pbbllllttt! Sheesh, the things I put up with. Remind me in the future to never offer you the luck of my tennis shoes again.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 19, 2005 23:44:20 GMT -6
Well you did let it slip once that they weren't really lucky and you have been wearing them a while and I am still unemployed....so I'm starting to think the prospective employers are being scared away by the stench!
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Post by Phalon on Jan 20, 2005 0:11:41 GMT -6
Does this mean I can free my feet without guilt?
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 20, 2005 0:13:06 GMT -6
God I suppose....but you know....if I get a job now in the next couple of days I'll swear it was your feet holding me back....
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Post by Phalon on Jan 20, 2005 10:16:48 GMT -6
Ok, Scrappy. You are free of my lucky tennis shoes now. Actually, it was Hubs that was insistent. He claims buzzing from the flies was keeping him awake last night.
How about a lucky scarf? Been wearing one of those a lot lately in this cold. Soft black wool, or fuzzy orange/red multi-color?
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Post by guru on Jan 21, 2005 1:45:15 GMT -6
NAB GEM DIG GABBY IZL FTOB. NAUG BIYTM UZ NAB LIM, GAB PKOTL GNUTT GBB NAB HKKZ, NAKOWA UN DIG RUGUFTM LUGGKTRUZW IDIM. TUEB GITN, GAB NAKOWAN ULTM. TUEB I LYKS KC GBIDINBY LYUBL NK GITN KZ I GUTEBZ GIUT. TUEB I.... ZK, UN DIG ZK WKKL. LBGSUNB ITT ABY BCCKYNG NK PITH ABYGBTC, NK NOYZ NAB GPBZB UZNK I TMYUPIT TIZLGPISB, GAB GAURBYBL.
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Post by Phalon on Jan 21, 2005 2:13:41 GMT -6
Ok...this one looks hard. No apostrophes. I like apostrophes.
hhhhmmm...quick guess. I = A, G=S, N=T, A=H, and B=E?
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Post by guru on Jan 21, 2005 2:19:53 GMT -6
Yes on all counts. Are you sure you don't have a background in cryptanalysis?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 21, 2005 2:22:25 GMT -6
Ok, good. Thanks. And no, I don't even think I can pronounce that correctly.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 21, 2005 20:36:13 GMT -6
Ok ok I got it.....
The sky was sheer and blue. This early in the day, she could still see the moon, though it was visibly dissolving away. Like salt, she thought idly. Like a drop of seawater dried to salt on a silken sail. Like a...no, it was no good. Depsite all her efforts to talk herself to turn the scene into a lyrical landscape, she shivered.
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Post by guru on Jan 21, 2005 22:33:39 GMT -6
Correct!
from "Circle of Stones" by Mary Morgan
There is a rumor that solving a cryptoquote brings one better fortune than chain letters or four-leaf clovers.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 21, 2005 23:30:28 GMT -6
It would seem so.....YAY!
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Post by Phalon on Jan 21, 2005 23:33:21 GMT -6
Oh sure...I do all the ones prior, and now you end up with the luck. Pfft.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 21, 2005 23:34:53 GMT -6
I suspect it had everything to do with the sneakers.....can I take the clothes pin off my nose?
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Post by Phalon on Jan 21, 2005 23:40:55 GMT -6
No, leave them on. You look becoming.
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Post by Scrappy Amazon on Jan 21, 2005 23:47:12 GMT -6
Wnhy thanek yoow Phalom.....
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Post by Phalon on Feb 1, 2005 7:29:13 GMT -6
I was browsing around different sites to look for a riddle for Scrappy's "Daily Riddle" thread over in the General Discussion forum, and on one of the sites I was flipping through I found a whole section of cyrptograms! Cool!
Checking the comments after each one though, it seems like most people just don't get it, or maybe give up too easily. Too bad - they are fun, and really very easy once you get the hang of it. Come on, if I can figure it out, believe me, anyone can.
BTW, the reason I was checking the riddles sites in the first place is because I don't know any. Most of the time, I just don't get them.
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Post by guru on Feb 1, 2005 23:38:55 GMT -6
Lots of changes around here -- looks like Joxcee has been moving mountains. And it looks like I'll be making some heartfelt apologies for my extended absense. But now I feel better and have a new cryptogram, too. (They are as much fun to create as they are to solve.) The longer ones are actually easier.
WZN XNAIV ZNY VJAZMPC YJMOIP RL TJWMIVSJVA ZNYWNPL LYRE ENERYC RL AIXYJNPPN. MZN DJVT WMJPP XPND; WZN DRVTNYNT JL JM NBNY SNIWNT JMW ZRDPJVA. DZNV JM POPPNT MZNYN SIEN LYRE MZN ZROWN MZN JVMNYEJMMNVM WROVTW RL PIOAZMNY, IVT WJVAJVA. WRENRVN UPICNT MZN POMN. MZN SYCJVA DJVT, PJFN WREN AYNIM XNIWM JV UIJV, ERYN WOJMNT ZNY ERRT, IVT WZN DNPSRENT JMW NMOYV.
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Post by Joxcenia on Feb 1, 2005 23:54:14 GMT -6
A few of the Whoosher Bards begged to have a home, so I set it up to appease them.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 2, 2005 0:16:22 GMT -6
Hey, where's the apostrophes? Where's the single letter words. Oh geeze, this is going to take more than a single cup of coffee, I think.
Quick guess...J=I V=N and A=G?
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Post by Phalon on Feb 2, 2005 6:26:09 GMT -6
Ok - my above guesses were correct, which should give you the second word, and then rest flows nicely. Fun; I love doing these things. Oops, though, Guru...the last word is missing the first letter.
It should read: YNMOYV
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Post by guru on Feb 2, 2005 11:06:18 GMT -6
Okay, everyone else... did you see what just happened? The cryptoquote was solved despite having a typo! That should prove they aren't so scary.
Congrats, Phalon! You may now redeem your bonus points for airline miles. Please read the legal disclaimer on the back of this page.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 3, 2005 7:12:40 GMT -6
Darn, I knew there had to be a catch on redeeming this airline mile stuff.
Travel restrictions....hhmmm...can only travel Thursday through Saturday, between the dates of October 24th and October 25th, during the waxing of the moon in the year following a leap year ending in 08. Flights must be booked on an airline beginning with the first letter of your mother's grandmother's second cousin's fourth husband's mother's maiden name.
Ok, ok...I can do this. I used to be a travel consultant. Lemme start planning.
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Post by guru on Feb 3, 2005 8:17:17 GMT -6
So ... are you gonna post the answer? Or are you giving someone else a little time to try?
The quote is from "Origins" by M. Parnell. This story is mentioned in the Whoosh! report The History of Xena Fan Fiction on the Net.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 3, 2005 9:59:09 GMT -6
I was waiting to see if someone else wanted to try.
But, if you want to start constructing the next one...too cool.
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Post by Phalon on Feb 4, 2005 1:32:25 GMT -6
No one? Hhhmmm…maybe some tips on the easiest ways to do these things? What do you think, Guru?
This is how I tackle them anyway… First let me bring the puzzle up, because I like it right in front of me when I start figuring it out.
WZN XNAIV ZNY VJAZMPC YJMOIP RL TJWMIVSJVA ZNYWNPL LYRE
ENERYC RL AIXYJNPPN. MZN DJVT WMJPP XPND; WZN DRVTNYNT JL
JM NBNY SNIWNT JMW ZRDPJVA. DZNV JM POPPNT MZNYN SIEN
LYRE MZN ZROWN MZN JVMNYEJMMNVM WROVTW RL PIOAZMNY, IVT
WJVAJVA. WRENRVN UPICNT MZN POMN. MZN SYCJVA DJVT, PJFN
WREN AYNIM XNIWM JV UIJV, ERYN WOJMNT ZNY ERRT, IVT WZN
DNPSRENT JMW YNMOYV.
1. Punctuation is key. Question marks and apostrophes are the best. Damn, there are none in this puzzle. Ok, scratch that.
2. Glance through the thing and see if anything stands out…patterns and such. In this one, I noticed two two-letter words following each other and each beginning with the same letter: JL and JM. Not too many combinations that would fit, and everything that ran through my head started with an I. Is, it, if, in. Okay, assume that is right and you’ve got your first letter. J = I.
3. More patterns… the WJVAJVA word stands out. Assuming I is correct it would be _ I _ _ I _ _. Ok, need a couple of consonants in there. N and G fit. _ INGING. Good, might work. So now we’ve got J = I, V = N, and A = G.
4. Start at the beginning…ooo, second word, XNAIV, has both a G and an N. _ _ G _ N. Hhmmm. What fits. Begin? No, we’ve already determined, (guessed), that J = I. Began? Cool, it fits. X = B, N = E and I = A.
5. Who began? If the second word is began than the first word, WZN, ends in an E, because N = E. So who began? A proper name? Glance through the puzzle again and there is another WZN and also a couple of MZN. Ok, she and the. Fits, and then completes our INGING word, making it singing. So then W = S, M = T, and Z = H.
6. This also gives us the third word in the puzzle, ZNY. She began HE_. Y = R.
7. She began her… This is about where I went through the entire puzzle and put the letters in the corresponding places. With just those four words completed – “She began her” and “singing”, the puzzle was pretty much solved.
8. I think a big trick to this being fun and not frustrating is not to write anything down until you are sure….except for the first few letters, because those are always guesses anyway. Assume something is correct halfway through, without being sure and the entire thing can get screwed up.
I’m sure Guru has a much more technical and precise way to do these things, but this works for me. A trip into my head, and perhaps it should not be attempted at home.
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