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Folks (the few of you who are still electing to receive messages!): I have uploaded in the Photos section a photo of a button with the letters "HYS UFPOG DIN"...
Strange. Obviously, traditional cryptanalysis is a bit tough -- three short words with no repeated letters! HYS has a number of interpretations, but I found it...
Gish, David
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Aug 22, 2003 11:34 pm
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... the know" ... That's TANSTAAFL (Is -> Ain't), from "TMiaHM", by Heinlein. I like this! It has the ring of sanity about it. I nominate "Have You Seen" or...
Yellow buttons with uppercase grey letters were a favourite way for the Fukawi tribe of Western Africa to pass messages between members interested in...
Tim Roberts
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Aug 23, 2003 12:58 am
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The novelty type font used in the button is interesting. Does anyone recognize it? Do we know where the button was found, or photographed, or whatever?...
... We don't know the circumstances. It came to us from a newspaper writer who had been asked about it by a reader. The reporter sent me the photo of the ...
... I think it's likely to be something religious too... Help Your Self/Soul/Saviour U__ F__ Power Of God Do It Now Ring any bells with anyone? Mark...
At least it makes no sense in swedish or any other nordic language. I think that you can forget about the caesar shift in this case. Fredrik Johansson ... ...
No it's not Albanian, just sounded like it. Must be Arabic transliteration or something like that. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
It's not an anagram, it's not religious and it's not English. It's Albanian. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,...
Here's more info on the origin of the button message: "My wife was given a button around 15 years ago by a friend in high school. When he gave her this button,...
... school. ... said she ... Not exactly an idea, but perhaps a mini-thoughtlet. Building on my "Have you seen...Do it now" suggestion, how about the name of...
Hi Jim, TANSTAAFL -- I'll correct my glossary! (Actually, I've seen it both ways. Chalk it up to corruption by Internet osmosis.) The high school connection...
Gish, David
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Aug 25, 2003 11:44 pm
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Hey folks, ... I go right with Fredrik that it is probably not a Nordic Language like Swedish, Norwegian or Suomi nor Danish. I don't know about Icelandic or ...
OK, what about this... Have You Signed Up For Party/Prom Of Graduation? Do It Now Any ideas from those the west side of the Atlantic what POG could be? Mark...
... be? ... A quick Google search of "Do It Now" reveals an organisation called "Do It Now" ( http://www.doitnow.org ) This is "America's drug information...
I like this; it's the best shot so far. POG is the big mystery and the possibilities are vast -- just check Google. It was doubtlessly some local event we'd...
Gish, David
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Aug 26, 2003 5:49 pm
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... Following your suggestion, I have passed on our ideas so far and asked the writer to see if any of it rings a bell with the button owner. Will let you know...
Please delete my name from this email list. Thanks L Bird ... From: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com> To: <CipherChallenge@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 27 August...
L Bird
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Aug 29, 2003 10:13 am
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Hello everyone, Pig & I are still in the group, and a SHY PIG FOUND must still not reveal its name. HYS UFPOG DIN ? Pig thinks that this is a misprint for ...
Okay, here's my two cents: He's Your Savior Understand (the) Forgiving Power of God-Jesus Do It Now The thing that doesn't quite work is the missing T for...
HYS is also the name of a British, Shakespearean movie company featuring Sir Lawrence Olivier. The company produced many VHS and film versions of Shakespear's...
It's a quatrain from Nostradamus, predicting one of the most terrible events of the mid-sixties. Hear "Yellow Submarine" - Understand Fully Phrase "Octopus's...
Tim Roberts
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Aug 30, 2003 1:11 pm
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Not in my lifetime. "Drummer Ignites Narcolepsy" is not a terrible event. Narcolepsy is the tendancy of one to fall asleep without warning. The G-J reference...
Er, yes. I think you missed a little bit of humour in my post, there, Snuffy. Tim ... From: r263g235 [mailto:snuffy@...] Sent: Sat 30/08/2003 11:35 PM ...
Tim Roberts
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Sep 1, 2003 1:33 am
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You're right. It was my first day out of the hospital after a gallbladder operation. Nothing was funny that day. Looking back, what you wrote was funny....
I also don't think that the G on the button should be interpreted as a G + J, but that it's just an artistic way of writing it. If you type a G in a few...
Point taken on Coronet and (somewhat) on Lucida Handwriting. However, those are script faces where flourishes are sorta the point. I think you're mistaken...
