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Noke Lieu
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I called her, she called me.
« on: Aug 16th, 2010, 10:43pm » |
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I've been away, I must confess.
Sorry to leave in such a mess.
Other matters were arranged
I now return, slightly changed.
There were two, you see,
Both were very dear to me.
Neither left, and one is right-
There is no end in sight.
There now is one, so it goes
Whatever happened, do you suppose?
Tears were shed, sabres rattled
Women talked, men prattled.
Put more cryptically
Fused metals changed from left to right handed.
or
Manchester loses head, and trails west.
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #1 on: Aug 25th, 2010, 1:28pm » |
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Going by your recent puzzle Silly Romans, this one will have at least two independent levels of obfuscatory fuzzy logic protecting undecrypted references to ancient hieroglyphs whose secrets only meditating deaf mutes have so far been able to penetrate. LOL
Other than that, the clues (anagrams?) at the end ought to be accessible. 
Custody battle?
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THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you.
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Noke Lieu
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #2 on: Aug 26th, 2010, 5:38am » |
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Quite the opposite, it turns out.
Correct about the levels of obfuscation. Sorry.
The first part is plain- I was away, and did something. Here, I'm telling you about it. I'll admit my urgency hampered the crafting of the riddle.
The rest of the riddle is just abotu looking at things sideways- finding awkward ways of describign the obvious.
It'd help to know that (confusingly) here, Manchester isn't only a city... confusingly
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #3 on: Aug 26th, 2010, 6:49am » |
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on Aug 26th, 2010, 5:38am, Noke Lieu wrote:
Correct about the levels of obfuscation. Sorry.
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Nevertheless, I have duly encrypted 1-25, as asked, and thrown in 26 for free.
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Noke Lieu
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #4 on: Aug 26th, 2010, 7:09am » |
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Yep, I noticed. Wasn't all that bad, was it?
(reference to silly romans here)
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #5 on: Aug 26th, 2010, 7:48am » |
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on Aug 26th, 2010, 7:09am, Noke Lieu wrote:| Yep, I noticed. Wasn't all that bad, was it? |
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Nah, it was wicked, mon!
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Noke Lieu
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #6 on: Sep 5th, 2010, 5:09pm » |
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so... any advance?
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #7 on: Apr 13th, 2011, 3:22pm » |
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The fused metals changing hands is hard. It would seem the last line provides "westinen" or something similar.
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Noke Lieu
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Re: I called her, she called me.
« Reply #8 on: Apr 13th, 2011, 9:24pm » |
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Hey WTF! Nice approach, but wrong runway...
got another name for "linen"? And usually cryptic clues about West means it'd be "winen"...
Changing hands...Seconds to minues? L to R? R to S? D to L?
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