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Wait...
25x25x25. Did you use a 3 dimensional grid for this? Would you be willing to post your old grid here?
(I know I don't have 50 posts. Humor me.)
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ratman4762 wrote: Quote:
Maybe this one should be called......The Never Ending Story II.  |
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Ok, here goes...  |
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does CADR DMOB MTSD translate to "IS"?
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"This is why this war is not an ordinary war. It is not a conflict for markets or territories. It is a desperate struggle for the possession of the souls of men." -- Harold Ickes
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First two letters are the key to the keep or toss. If the first letter is "greater than" the second letter, then toss it.
Once I sorted out all of the keepers, I used the grid you provided to decipher. The third letter keys to the upper, the fourth letter for the left set.
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Most impressive. I thought that they were double encrypted. I am looking forward to how the hints Gitmo and Ughs fit into the solution.
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I am not sure if this was the intent, but 'ughs' gave me the idea of excluding words that had the first letter greater than the second. As for Gitmo, I have no idea.  |
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Ding, ding, ding!    We have a winner !jbuck is the terrific decoder of the following: Quote:
"This is why this war is not an ordinary war. It is not a conflict for markets or territories. It is a desperate struggle for the possession of the souls of men." -- Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of The Interior under FDR And jbuck also correctly identified the encoding. (If the first 2 letters of the 4 are in alphabetical order (i.e., the first comes before the second in the alphabet) use the next 2 to decode the letter. If the 2 are NOT alphabetical, discard the 4 letter word and move on tho the next). "Ughs", is another way to say "ickys" (the way Harold pronounces his last name Ickes. i.e., Ugh = icky)  Gitmo as we all know stands for Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. There is a recent movie of "Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanomo Bay". Ickes' first name is Harold. (Obscure I know, but I couldn't give away the store on the first couple of clues!) Obviously, Wild Bill Kelso is from the move "1941". The quote is from Ickes' speech of May 1941 titled "What is an American". (Thus answering the definition within a definition clue. (This is a war... and What is an American). jbuck! PM me your address and I'll get you shiny Morgan off to ya! Thanks to all that played!  Edited by Moe145
06/29/2009 1:49 pm
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I should have gotten that Harold and Kumar reference! I suspect a future clue might have included a reference to Neil Patrick Harris or Kal Penn. PM Sent. This was a fun one, thanks!  |
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Congrats Jbuck, that was awesome - I was close but would have never gotten that...Great Job.
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I got something special in the mail today!  Thanks, Moe! She is a beauty! |
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No thanks necessary! Nice job on the decoding!! |
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