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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
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.
B = H
"DBS XOY DRPSC R KOL BOLYAS. RD'C DBS WTTY DRPSC DBOD YIRUS PS KIOHN. MBSL RC DBS TDBSI CBTS WTRLW DT YITE?"
"WVRAD RC O WRZD DBOD GSSEC TL WRURLW."
Both puzzles use the same code.
B = H
"DBS XOY DRPSC R KOL BOLYAS. RD'C DBS WTTY DRPSC DBOD YIRUS PS KIOHN. MBSL RC DBS TDBSI CBTS WTRLW DT YITE?"
"WVRAD RC O WRZD DBOD GSSEC TL WRURLW."
Hint
O = AR = I
W = G
Answer
"The bad times I can handle. It's the good times that drive me crazy. When is the other shoe going to drop?""Guilt is a gift that keeps on giving."
Key:
A = L
B = H
C = S
D = T
E = P
G = K
H = Z
I = R
K = C
L = N
M = W
N = Y
O = A
P = M
R = I
S = E
T = O
U = V
V = U
W = G
X = B
Y = D
Z = F
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