Braingle: 'I Wanna Be Happy' Brain Teaser

I Wanna Be Happy

In Cryptography teasers, a phrase or expressions has been encoded in some way (frequently by replacing letters with other letters). You need to figure out the encoding method and then decode the message to find the answer.

Puzzle ID:	#24880
Fun:	(2.5)
Difficulty:	(2.87)
Category:	Cryptography
Submitted By:	DesertJules1974
Corrected By:	boodler

"EZRM WXGEM VXQQDYMEE PVMAMIMA CVMH NZ; ZCVMAE PVMYMIMA CVMH NZ."

--- ZEWXA PDUTM

"D VXIM YZ RZYMH, YZ AMEZGAWME, YZ VZQME. D XR CVM VXQQDMEC RXY XUDIM."

--- VMYAH RDUUMA

"VXQQDYMEE DE YZC X TMECDYXCDZY. DC DE X RMCVZT ZL UDLM."

--- OGACZY VDUUE

"UZZF XC X TXH PVMY HZG XAM EGQAMRMUH EXCDELDMT XC CVM MYT. DC'E YZC X TXH PVMY HZG UZGYNM XAZGYT TZDYN YZCVDYN; DC'E PVMY HZG VXT MIMAHCVDYN CZ TZ, XYT HZG'IM TZYM DC."

--- RXANXAMC CVXCWVMA

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i=D
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Comments

jajajaja Jul 26, 2005	I don't think that really works, but hey that could just be me, you did not explain the pattern of how you reached the code, and how you got to there. Also in the answer there was no code for z I don't think but I am tired so there may be... never mind....
SaturnCat08 Jul 27, 2005	Good Job!
DesertJules1974 Jul 27, 2005	Thank you, SaturnCat08.
DesertJules1974 Jul 27, 2005	jajajaja - I created the code. That's how cryptography works: I pick a quote or two, create a replacement code, and code the message. Your job is to figure out my code and replace the 'wrong' letters with the 'right' letters, so that you can read the quote.
TsunamiSurfer Jul 27, 2005	Hello: Thanks for the quotations! Is Thatcher still alive? I thought her son was in trouble? Poor Lady of Iron Fist. quack- quack
sftball_rocks13 Jul 31, 2005	huh
pinkat05 Jul 31, 2005	Not even a genius could figure this out it did not have any key or any thing. I did not like it.
DesertJules1974 Jul 31, 2005	The purpose of a cryptograph is to figure out the code. There's a hint to get you started, and the key is included in the answer. If I tell you, upfront, what the code is, it's not much of a teaser, is it?
lisha_kc Aug 03, 2005	Too long+Too difficult=Not fun.
einstein23 Aug 03, 2005	but wait, think about it... in the key you gave us in the answer, it's just pretty much random letters matched up... in order to figure this out, you would have to know the code beforehand, and then totally re-memorize the alphabet to match the code. i mean, really, did anyone get this one? (please respond) it would make some sense if i=D, j=E, k=F, and so on, treating the alphabet like a circle, and just moving forward 6 letters. otherwise... well. this "code" is crzy. anyone can just "make their own code" and tell someone to solve it. no one would get it though.
DesertJules1974 Aug 03, 2005	Okay, at the risk of insulting someone - learn how to do a cryptograph before you try to critique one! The instructions are listed at the top of the category. If you don't understand how they work, do a different teaser.
einstein23 Aug 04, 2005	ok, maybe i'm stupid, or i don't know what i'm talking about. insult me all you want, but if you say i don't know how to do a cryptograph, then why don't you explain how?
smarty_blondy Aug 18, 2005	Einstein, you have a very good point. In order to make cryptography fun and enjoyable for everyone, the clever writer "should" come up with some sort of order in the code to make some sense, a pattern to help us understand and solve the teaser in less time, less effort, more satisfaction. On the other hand, I'm affraid Desert is right. Unfortunatly cryptography is many times far from organized, which makes many abuse of this category. It makes teasers very easy to create: take a couple of quotes from an internet site, come up with a code, and you have a teaser. The writer has the right to make the code by their own free will, no matter how messy and random, much to the frustration of resolvers like me who waste a great amount of time trying to solve it when reviewing. No offence Desert or Einstein, but this is how this type of cryptography works.
brainster Oct 15, 2005	I could solve it all, and this is what I did, in case you want to try out my trick - 1. I copied the quotes to word 2. Then I changed the case to lowercase 3. Then I used the first replacement and replaced with a capital letter 4. Then I tried to look for common phrases, the best one I find is "the", which I found by noticing that a certain three-letter pattern was used in all sentences, which could be "the". 5. Using that premise, I replaced a few more characters and then more and more of the pattern starts emerging in front of you. I enjoyed it !