Bombeckisms IIIn 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.
Here are some thoughts from Erma Bombeck, one of America's wittiest dispensers of common sense. Can you decode them?
Both puzzles use the same code. "DAFT ICH SCCR SYRF ICHX VEMMVCXU VACUC, YU'M UYKF UC BC ACKF." "YO E KET DEUGAFM UAXFF OCCULESS BEKFM YT E XCD, AF MACHSN LF NFGSEXFN SFBESSI NFEN." Answer"When you look like your passport photo, it's time to go home.""If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead." Key: A=H B=G C=O D=W E=A F=E G=C H=U I=Y K=M L=B M=S N=D O=F R=K S=L T=N U=T V=P X=R Y=I Hide What Next?
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