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  • abracadebra
    Member
    • Aug 2012
    • 15

    #151
    Thanks for the warning, they are definitely more difficult to me than usual.

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    • universalmom

      #152
      abracadebra is a GREAT name

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      • Barnabas

        #153
        "Night's black mantle covers all alike."
        -Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas

        A 3% solve rate. I worked this one quite awhile, and after I realized I had as much chance of solving it as I did of striking oil in my back yard I just had to look it up.

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        • montyb
          Member
          • Nov 2011
          • 271

          #154
          "Civilization: a thin veneer over barbarianism."
          — John M. Shanahan
          [B][I]"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."[/I] [/B]-- Albert Einstein

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          • momof7
            Member
            • Apr 2015
            • 5

            #155
            Impossible quote!

            I came across a quote tonight that had a solve rate of less than 2.5%

            Flirtation: attention without intention.

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            • wvwoman
              Member
              • Feb 2019
              • 6

              #156
              whoa!

              that is obnoxious!
              i had one earlier with a 3.8% success rate--that's the lowest i've had.

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              • Lurker
                Member
                • May 2009
                • 379

                #157
                Wow, momof7, if you don't get "without", it's pretty near impossible. Congrats!!!

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                • montyb
                  Member
                  • Nov 2011
                  • 271

                  #158
                  "When in doubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. "
                  — Unattributed

                  This little blackguard caused me no end of grief.
                  [B][I]"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."[/I] [/B]-- Albert Einstein

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                  • gryhnd51
                    Premium Member
                    • Feb 2019
                    • 5

                    #159
                    these "little backguards" are the reason I have made lists of the most elusive and EVIL crytograms I have solved. You can scoff, but I did it with Pootie's advice. I see nothing wrong with giving yourself the gift of a particularly ugly quote you've solved all on your own!

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                    • Barnabas

                      #160
                      Originally posted by gryhnd51
                      these "little backguards" are the reason I have made lists of the most elusive and EVIL crytograms I have solved. You can scoff, but I did it with Pootie's advice. I see nothing wrong with giving yourself the gift of a particularly ugly quote you've solved all on your own!
                      I'm not scoffing. I do the very same thing. If I've solved it, and it was particularly difficult, it goes onto a list. Nothing wrong with giving yourself credit. I have also prepared a list of "letter patterns" from quotes I've previously solved. If, for example, I spot the crypto-pattern of the word NothiNg, but I find that the word doesn't work with the puzzle, I'll check my list of 7 letter words and look at positions 1 & 6 for a matching letter. Again, this list has been compiled from words in puzzles that I have already solved, so I don't consider it to be a cheat sheet. A word is not added to the list until it has been solved by me in a puzzle.

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                      • montyb
                        Member
                        • Nov 2011
                        • 271

                        #161
                        Aarghh!!!

                        "Enough shovels of earth - a mountain. Enough pails of water - a river. "
                        — Proverb
                        [B][I]"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."[/I] [/B]-- Albert Einstein

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                        • damsel22
                          Member
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 63

                          #162
                          Obnoxiously difficult quotes

                          ooh, Montyb, that's just wrong! I'm sorry you had to experience that. Try to have a good day anyway.

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                          • montyb
                            Member
                            • Nov 2011
                            • 271

                            #163
                            Thanks, Damsel

                            It's going to be a great day; I'm playing golf today with my son.
                            [B][I]"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."[/I] [/B]-- Albert Einstein

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                            • damsel22
                              Member
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 63

                              #164
                              Obnoxiously difficult quotes

                              "Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame."
                              — Alexander Pope

                              Average time 330 seconds. I took about 233.

                              "No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving. "
                              — Lord Byron

                              Average time 260 seconds, my time 223.

                              Oh my goodness, two in a row! I think it's time for a coffee break!

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                              • marnita
                                Premium Member
                                • Apr 2014
                                • 42

                                #165
                                I just got a proverb: "He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock. "
                                It didn't even say it was Scottish!

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