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02-22-2010, 10:22 PM
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Authors
My local paper encrypts authors, also. Usually, I ignore them until the end, but Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are dead giveaways!
Ed
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04-07-2009, 04:49 PM
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Most Grossly Misattributed Quote
Friends,
I'm not sure who said this originally, I think I remember hearing it from a comic in the '60, but the quote was "How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice." It was...
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10-22-2008, 07:41 PM
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Disowning my record
Well, I just beat a bonsaisequoia time, a feat I rarely achieve. I'm afraid I really shouldn't get credit, though, as it was the same short quote I'd solved only 21 minutes earlier. I guess the...
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08-29-2008, 03:34 PM
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Views: 7,532
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08-18-2008, 04:04 PM
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08-18-2008, 03:54 PM
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Views: 1,786
I have no idea how this person manages to get...
I have no idea how this person manages to get over 100%, but if you look at someone's score while they have a puzzle open and unsolved, the attempts will include the puzzle being worked on while the...
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08-11-2008, 04:44 PM
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Views: 3,650
Keeping Score
Oh Hell, I guess I've got to add my two cents...
Of all the cryptogram sites that I've found, and there are quite a few out there, this is the only one that keeps score, and is therefore the only...
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07-31-2008, 04:44 PM
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Views: 2,576
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07-29-2008, 04:31 PM
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Embarrassing
I just solved a short quote from Ezra Pound in just over thirty seconds, checked the records to see how I did, and found I held the fastest time...I'd solved it before in twenty.
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03-27-2008, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,549
Christianity...
Well, as of 3/27 the quote, offensive or not, is still in the database. At least all the discussion led me to quite a quick solve. My thoughts on the subject of offensivity are mostly in line with...
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