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.## ping list message
To: 4Liberty; absalom01; alicewonders; AloneInMass; Apple Pan Dowdy; Aria; Avoiding_Sulla; babyfreep; ..
If you need a clue ask the group to send you a letter to your private reply.
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets
4 posted on
04/07/2024 4:48:58 AM PDT by
Apple Pan Dowdy
(... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Got it
Would have been faster if this mouse wasn’t such a problem
Need to buy a new one
5 posted on
04/07/2024 4:50:26 AM PDT by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I sometimes submit your cryptograms to AI chatbots (Claude and ChatGPT) to test them. Usually they can solve them...but not today.
6 posted on
04/07/2024 4:55:23 AM PDT by
RoosterRedux
(A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
7 posted on
04/07/2024 5:09:35 AM PDT by
ComputerGuy
(Heavily-medicated for your protection)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
10 posted on
04/07/2024 5:18:53 AM PDT by
Baldwin77
(DJ & JD 2024 (Trump-Vance) NOVEMBER 5-CHRISTIAN VISIBILITY DAY)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
I hope he’s right, or we’ll be the miserable.
12 posted on
04/07/2024 5:32:19 AM PDT by
A_perfect_lady
(The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
13 posted on
04/07/2024 5:57:44 AM PDT by
Steven Tyler
(Who in their )
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
15 posted on
04/07/2024 6:17:22 AM PDT by
Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
24 posted on
04/07/2024 8:52:50 AM PDT by
BlueLancer
(Think of it as evolution in action. [Oath of Fealty - Pournelle and Niven])
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
35 posted on
05/09/2024 7:13:56 PM PDT by
manna
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