Don't Pull Jack's Leg!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.The following quotations all have a common theme. Can you decipher them?
JACKLEG MUGL, ONE WE FAKLC'E LKKY EA MUG KCANRJ EA LNWE LAYK MKAMQK. - XWC JNOOUBF EJK OKLE YKULNBK AS U YUC'L JACKLEG WLC'E JWL WCPAYK EUH BKENBC. WE'L EJK TKBA UFVNLE AC JWL OUEJBAAY LPUQK. - UBEJNB P. PQUBXK EJKBK UBK ACQG EDA DUGL AS EKQQWCR EJK PAYMQKEK EBNEJ - UCACGYANLQG UCF MALEJNYANLQG. - EJAYUL LADKQQ DJKC LAYKEJWCR EJUE JACKLE WL LUWF WE NLNUQQG CKKFL U SKD YWCNEKL AS LWQKCPK EA FWLLWMUEK. - MUYKQU BWOAC WS EJK EBNEJ FAKLC'E LUIK NL, DJUE FAKL EJUE LUG UOANE NL? - QAWL YPYULEKB ONVAQF AnswerThe theme is HONESTY.A = O B = R C = N D = W E = T F = D G = Y H = X I = V J = H K = E L = S M = P N = U O = B P = C Q = L R = G S = F T = Z U = A V = J W = I X = K Y = M Z = Q (not used) Honesty pays, but it doesn't seem to pay enough to suit some people. - Kin Hubbard The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale. - Arthur C. Clarke There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously. - Thomas Sowell When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate. - Pamela Ribon If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us? - Lois McMaster Bujold JACKLEG is an adjective that describes someone who is unscrupulous or without the accepted standards of one's profession, such as a jackleg lawyer. Hide What Next?
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