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For Your Consideration VIII
Cryptography
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.Cryptography
The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code.
V=Y
"MSCCZMGWA I QGPPQU DZJMU DIM ZWQV I MGWAQU PGWV CIJIMGPU, G JUONZW PDIP'M I ZWU-PGON CZWV."
"EDIP OZSQR VZS OIQQ CQGUJM, EJUWODUM IWR DITTUJM SMUR LV EIJPV ITCDGLGIWM? PZIR PZZQM."
Both puzzles use the same code.
V=Y
"MSCCZMGWA I QGPPQU DZJMU DIM ZWQV I MGWAQU PGWV CIJIMGPU, G JUONZW PDIP'M I ZWU-PGON CZWV."
"EDIP OZSQR VZS OIQQ CQGUJM, EJUWODUM IWR DITTUJM SMUR LV EIJPV ITCDGLGIWM? PZIR PZZQM."
Hint
A=G
N=K
T=M
Answer
"SUPPOSING A LITTLE HORSE HAS ONLY A SINGLE TINY PARASITE, I RECKON THAT'S A ONE-TICK PONY.""WHAT COULD YOU CALL PLIERS, WRENCHES AND HAMMERS USED BY WARTY AMPHIBIANS? TOAD TOOLS."
KEY:
A=G
C=P
D=H
E=W
G= I
I =A
J=R
L=B
M=S
N=K
O=C
P=T
Q=L
R=D
S=U
T=M
U=E
V=Y
W=N
Z=O
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