Yes, Scher, it's something like that, eventually revealing a mystery that managed to stop MarkBastable in his tracks.
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Yes, Scher, it's something like that, eventually revealing a mystery that managed to stop MarkBastable in his tracks.
I've done that bit. I just don't know what it means when it's translated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Take the uppercase version to Word and replace uppercase 'in' with lowercase 'out' letters, starting with those in the last sentence which is a dead giveaway. Soon you'll have a para in English - which seems to allude to an ice cream situation I don't know about. But maybe I'm missing something.
I've got the paragraph de-coded but, like MB, don't know what it means. Is it a quotation from a book? If so, I might have an ide, but it's so long since I read it (the book I think it might be) that I'm not really sure.
I hope the clue I gave helps! (Not from a book, it's an original riddle.)
A ringmaster in a circus during the interval? Nah, can't be - can it?
VERRRRRYYYYY CLOSE, Kasie. (Did the clue help? Maybe not...?) Anyhow, pretty close....
But no.
Are you in a zoo? or an animal park of some kind? Watching a circus parade? (do they still have them)
A policeman on traffic control taking a break? (Thinking how you suggested this might stop MB in his tracks....)
I want to give the win to kasie, but mick has stumbled upon it. The only letter not in the puzzle's solution (and its encoded analogue is, of course, also missing in the encryption puzzle) is the letter "z".
Stopping MB in his tracks wasn't a clue, sorry about that. And the "parade of life" bit was a little more misleading than I should've made it, probably. "...on my parade through life," or something would've been better, but I was trying to eliminate unnecessary words because I didn't want it too long, and so that bit got a little weak.
Anyhow, I had imagined myself at the zoo, relaxing for a few minutes with some ice cream. Mick got it.
Wh'd'ya mean stumbled!
what have the following in common.
Salmon
Island
Sword
In the unlikely event that no one gets it, I will add another each day.
OK, you're right, you exhibited some skill when you got it in your sights, fair and square--but you took down two innocent scenarios with your scattershot blast.
Maybe not the answer you're looking for but, they all have silent letters.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
Correct.
Your go.
The following words have been placed in this order for a reason. What is it?
Trick
Squad
Serpent
Cathexis
Antiseptic
Octopus
The relative ages of the languages from which they originate?Quote:
Originally Posted by iamnobody
(Total speculation. I'm much too lazy to do research.)