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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsYesterday, the Internet Solved a 20-Year-Old Mystery
http://www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/01/21/ask_metafilter_a_decades_long_mystery_over_a_series_of_index_cards_with.html
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Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name... etc etc etc
The whole thread is fascinating. You should take a look at it. You might even be able to contribute.
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Yesterday, the Internet Solved a 20-Year-Old Mystery (Original Post)
ashling
Jan 2014
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flying rabbit
(4,623 posts)1. Pretty cool. nt
Baitball Blogger
(46,676 posts)2. Hey! Where did you get my password!
tclambert
(11,084 posts)3. TYAGFE
Thank you, almighty God, for everything.
Brilliant to see that it's a prayer.
The back of the card has the Lord's prayer twice, but on the card it does say GUTDODB (Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread), while here and on the website, it is mistyped FUTDODB
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)4. It turned out to be a stupid prayer?
That's like decoding "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine".
Son-of-a-b*tch.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)5. Yeah, that's a disappointment. Too bad it wasn't something cool like
"I was FDR's secret lover ... and Eleanor's, too" or "I will now reveal what really happened in Dallas in November of '63" ...
ashling
(25,771 posts)6. You are free to move on
I'm sure it was an exciting solution to an enigmatic puzzle to some.
Vashta Nerada
(3,922 posts)7. Not really.
I figured it out before I read the story.
enigmatic
(15,021 posts)10. Excuse me, but I'm the enigmatic puzzle around here
ashling
(25,771 posts)11. sorry, didn't mean to step on your toes
being as you are so completely enigmatic, I don't know what to say here, . . . so I will just move on
Stainless
(718 posts)8. WGARA?
Who Gives a Rats Ass?
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)9. A rat....
Bring the duct tape.