I got really stuck on that one and had to ask for help in the chat box. It uses a lot of uncommon letters.
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When I first noticed this thread, I had a few quotes in mind to add to it. But after having read the quotes that have been posted here, it was obvious that those I had in mind were child's play to the solvers who can work these out. How do you even begin to work some of these puzzles? I see now the reason for the 15 - 20% of puzzles that I fail to solve. Uff da. Ben Franklin's quotes consistently give me fits. But, not to sell myself short, I have noticed that I am often able to solve quotes that have only a 15% or so solve rate, and that does boost my confidence.
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Originally posted by maggiemouse View PostBarnabas - Uff da vida! are you from MN or ND? The most difficult ones for me are ones I can't solve.
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cogito ergo spud, I think therfore I yam. Graffito
Gonzo leaps like a giraffe and grabs it. Jerry Coleman
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife. German proverb
dios tarda pero no olvida-god delays but doesn't forget. proverb
He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock. proverb
Veni, vidi, velcro. I came, I saw, I stuck around. anonymous
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory, no cross, no crown. wm penn
and last but not least:
sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. proverb
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"Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily,
like a parson's damn." ~Thomas Hardy
and imho
"Know safety, no injury. No safety, know injury." ~Author Unknown
(hardest quote ever)
**nb...
OMG Beth, the sow reap quote. Holy cowfish...first month trying for a hundred percent,
many moons ago...I got that one. I was baffled. Time was ticking by.
I was pretty new back then, I pm'd Laura...I was in tears LOL LOL. Srsly.
she sent me the solve to it and said oh yes that one stumps everyone.
Now when I get it I still take forever to solve it. But not almost two hours.
I have to say the sow reap is on par with the no safety quote.
thanks for the memory. LOL. grrr. cryin in cryptograms. LOL.
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This is where I thank Pootie for reminding me that the thread is called "obnoxiously difficult quotes" and that I should leave the postings here to the truly gifted solvers. So often I tell myself not to go swimmin' in them there waters, only to finding myself jumping in the pool just moments later
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My Contribution.
Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is. ~ Voltaire
Weeping bride, laughing wife, laughing bride, weeping wife. ~ "Joe" proverb[B][I]"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds."[/I] [/B]-- Albert Einstein
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