What could WYLBNIMGTHAD possibly mean?
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From: Ki Song on 26 Jul 2010 23:49 My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get anything out. Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D
From: Gordon Burditt on 27 Jul 2010 01:47 >My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... >mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could >possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get >anything out. > >Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D Ciphertext: WYLBNIMGTHAD Plaintext: OWA TUNAS SIAM This decrypts to a short prayer I learned about in Boy Scouts. The natives of Siam were having a bad drought, crops were dying, and they needed rain badly. So they prayed: OWA (the name of their God) TUNAS (the word for rain) SIAM (where they wanted the rain) There were some complicated hand and body motions to go with this. You were to keep repeating this, faster and faster, until enlightenment comes to you. Note that the solution has nothing whatsoever to do with oil leaks and BP.
From: jbriggs444 on 27 Jul 2010 07:52 On Jul 27, 12:10 am, Ki Song <keylimepi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... > mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could > possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get > anything out. > > Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D Write you later, but not in morning. Going to have all day.
From: rossum on 27 Jul 2010 10:07 On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:47:36 -0500, gordonb.yz01f(a)burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) wrote: >>My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... >>mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could >>possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get >>anything out. >> >>Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D > >Ciphertext: WYLBNIMGTHAD >Plaintext: OWA TUNAS SIAM > >This decrypts to a short prayer I learned about in Boy Scouts. The >natives of Siam were having a bad drought, crops were dying, and >they needed rain badly. So they prayed: > > OWA (the name of their God) > TUNAS (the word for rain) > SIAM (where they wanted the rain) > >There were some complicated hand and body motions to go with this. > >You were to keep repeating this, faster and faster, until enlightenment >comes to you. Note that the solution has nothing whatsoever to do >with oil leaks and BP. > My father learned something similar in the RAF during the war. However the version he learned was OH WATANA SIAM, a hymn of praise to the wonders of the kingdom of Thailand. rossum
From: Fiziwig on 27 Jul 2010 15:41 On Jul 27, 7:07 am, rossum <rossu...(a)coldmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:47:36 -0500, gordonb.yz...(a)burditt.org (Gordon > > > > Burditt) wrote: > >>My penpal from Mexico (who is studying cryptology) sent me this... > >>mysterious message... does anyone have any clue as to what that could > >>possibly mean? I tried rot n for n = 1 to 25, but I couldn't get > >>anything out. > > >>Any kind of input would be greatly appreciated! :D > > >Ciphertext: WYLBNIMGTHAD > >Plaintext: OWA TUNAS SIAM > > >This decrypts to a short prayer I learned about in Boy Scouts. The > >natives of Siam were having a bad drought, crops were dying, and > >they needed rain badly. So they prayed: > > > OWA (the name of their God) > > TUNAS (the word for rain) > > SIAM (where they wanted the rain) > > >There were some complicated hand and body motions to go with this. > > >You were to keep repeating this, faster and faster, until enlightenment > >comes to you. Note that the solution has nothing whatsoever to do > >with oil leaks and BP. > > My father learned something similar in the RAF during the war. > However the version he learned was OH WATANA SIAM, a hymn of praise to > the wonders of the kingdom of Thailand. > > rossum The old TV series Odd Couple used the PG-rated version OWA TAGU SIAM. --gary
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