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[MCC]

Yule-tide is here
And soon - end of year
When it's time to look back
At the riddles you've cracked
Hope this one keep's you in good cheer.

BDCCVPDD

What am I


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[underquark]

What, no R? (or RTRNR).

[MCC]

What, no R? (or RTRNR).

That's right, no R. Shouldn't that have been RNRTR, if so, then NSVAH.


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[underquark]

I stand corrected. Maybe there's no R because NHCALTUROTOA.

[Myth Jellies]

Man, I hope it is/contains ethanol (does it?)

[udosuk]

WALODSLAQIKIAMIMBSN...

And the shape:

Code: Select all

D D
P V
C C
D B
 S

[underquark]

Man, I hope it is/contains ethanol (does it?)

Not BDCCVPDD
Not R (or RNRTR) traditionally although you might have a point what with the NSV and all.

[Cec]

Pardon my ignorance but, unless somebody has spiked my diet-coke, could somebody explain to me what all this secret code means

Cec

[MCC]

WALODSLAQIKIAMIMBSN...

December 23, 1823.

NBTCASAWHACTCHETRM

Diet coke, never, more like mince pies and milk
I wonder if the milk was for the s'DR.

Don't worry Cec, think topically.

HHHOOO (anagram).

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[Cec]

I've worked out the anagram of HHHOOO is "HO HO HO" but after that I'm still stumped!. I haven't a clue what happened on December 23, 1823. The mince pies sound tempting but not after shedding 10kilos on my diet - I can now see my shoes without bending over and various other things...... As for all the jumbled words I'm still none the wiser.....Are they also anagrams? If so how do you work out their meaning? Udosuk's letters look like a wine glass...Is this so.?

Cec.

[Hud]

Cec, I was also in-the-dark about the anagrams. I guess it's a generational thing lol. I don't usually watch this show, but I remember a Simpsons show where they were trying to break their scrawny dog of some bad habits. Everytime they talked to the dog, the voices came out all garbled, and the dog was justifiably mystified. After all kinds of training, the dog finally heard the instructions distinctly and suddenly stopped peeing on the floor and messing with women's legs. I guess you have to have seen it to appreciate it.

[Cec]

Cec, I was also in-the-dark about the anagrams. I guess it's a generational thing lol. I don't usually watch this show but ....."

So Hud, are you saying that this "jumbled" language originates from some TV show...if so I'm not aware of any such show in Australia which would explain (to me anyway) why I haven't a clue as to what these jumbled letters mean.

Cec

[udosuk]

My letters have nothing to do with anagrams/jumbled letters...

The Simpsons is aired repetitively in Australia but I (almost) never watch it...

AVFSN, aka TNBC, was first published in NY on December 23, 1823 by CCM...

TTNBCWATTH
...
WALODSLAQ
IKIAMIMBSN
...
HCTAATAAGN

[Cec]

I never watch The Simpsons.

I've again read the above posts and most of them contain jumbled letters.

Cec

[MCC]

Cec, you could try googling December 23rd 1823 and see what you come up with.

Remember that there are two parts to the riddle, there is a clue as to how you should look.

This poem might be of some help:

Old Santeclaus
by CCM


Old Santeclaus with much delight
His reindeer drives this frosty night,
O’er chimney-tops, and tracks of snow,
To bring his yearly gifts to you.

The steady friend of virtuous youth,
The friend of duty, and of truth,
Each Christmas eve he joys to come
Where love and peace have made their home.

Through many houses he has been,
And various beds and stockings seen;
Some, white as snow, and neatly mended,
Others, that seemed for pigs intended.

Where e’er I found good girls or boys,
That hated quarrels, strife and noise,
I left an apple, or a tart,
Or wooden gun, or painted cart.

To some I gave a pretty doll,
To some a peg-top, or a ball;
No crackers, cannons, squibs, or rockets,
To blow their eyes up, or their pockets.

No drums to stun their Mother’s ear,
Nor swords to make their sisters fear;
But pretty books to store their mind
With knowledge of each various kind.

But where I found the children naughty,
In manners rude, in temper haughty,
Thankless to parents, liars, swearers,
Boxers, or cheats, or base tale-bearers,

I left a long, black, birchen rod,
Such as the dread command of God
Directs a Parent’s hand to use
When virtue’s path his sons refuse.

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