Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 8:13 am
by MaineMarge
That was absolutely fun! Thanks Josh. Bring more on.
Off the couch! Into a garden chair!
Early purple Glory of the Snow and red leafed bergenia.
May 15, 2020
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 9:08 am
by bhamren
Finally off the couch.
I did the puzzle Monday, looked at the nudges and nothing made sense. Just now I saw the story to be read with it. I missed that part. Duh. I couldn't figure out what Encyclopedia Brown had to do with it. I feel as dumb as Bugs Meany!
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 12:55 pm
by MikeyG
The story is hilarious, though I'm still trying to figure out what I'm missing to crack the meta! So still working to crack the case. (Sherlock I am not.)
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 1:51 pm
by madhatter5
Literboard
1) 1000 milliliters
2) 0.26417205235815 fluid gallons
3) 67.628045397969 tablespoons
4) 0.11351037303361 pecks
5) 0.028377593258402 bushels
6) 4.2267528377304 cups
7) 2.3991275857893 x 10^-13 cubic miles
8) 0.0041932071802881 hogsheads
9) 0.0030551284485984 Imperial hogsheads
10) 0.00027589583376163 cords
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 2:50 pm
by Al Sisti
madhatter5 wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 1:51 pmLiterboard
Think you might've missed me. I'm "0.028377593258402 bushels and 0.11351037303361 pecks and a hug around the neck."
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 5:27 pm
by Meg
@Al Sisti i was a Hotbox Girl in our high school production. The cows 'n chickens are goin' to the dickens! Killer lyrics.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Thu May 06, 2021 5:45 pm
by Wendy Walker
Meg wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 5:27 pm
@Al Sisti i was a Hotbox Girl in our high school production.
Meg. The instant you you return home, find your high school yearbook and POST A PHOTO!
G&D is possibly my favorite musical EVER. In fact, I just posted the "Fugue for Tinhorns" on Facebook on Derby Day.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Meg wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 5:27 pm
@Al Sisti i was a Hotbox Girl in our high school production.
Meg. The instant you you return home, find your high school yearbook and POST A PHOTO!
G&D is possibly my favorite musical EVER. In fact, I just posted the "Fugue for Tinhorns" on Facebook on Derby Day.
West Side Story is on TCM, tonight: 8 PM ET.
- Chino
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Meg wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 5:27 pm
@Al Sisti i was a Hotbox Girl in our high school production.
Meg. The instant you you return home, find your high school yearbook and POST A PHOTO!
G&D is possibly my favorite musical EVER. In fact, I just posted the "Fugue for Tinhorns" on Facebook on Derby Day.
West Side Story is on TCM, tonight: 8 PM ET.
- Chino
Yeah, it was on when I got home from the Pub. And even though I've seen it 942 times -- and own two copies of the DVD (yeah, I know), I still watched it to the end. "Te adoro Anton" kills me every time. Have you seen Spielberg's trailer yet?
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Meg. The instant you you return home, find your high school yearbook and POST A PHOTO!
G&D is possibly my favorite musical EVER. In fact, I just posted the "Fugue for Tinhorns" on Facebook on Derby Day.
West Side Story is on TCM, tonight: 8 PM ET.
- Chino
Yeah, it was on when I got home from the Pub. And even though I've seen it 942 times -- and own two copies of the DVD (yeah, I know), I still watched it to the end. "Te adoro Anton" kills me every time. Have you seen Spielberg's trailer yet?
I’m still trying to figure out why @Joe Ross chose to be Chino.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Al Sisti wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 1:44 am
Yeah, it was on when I got home from the Pub. And even though I've seen it 942 times -- and own two copies of the DVD (yeah, I know), I still watched it to the end. "Te adoro Anton" kills me every time. Have you seen Spielberg's trailer yet?
I’m still trying to figure out why @Joe Ross chose to be Chino.
The HS drama director thought I'd shame the rest of the cast as Tony, so he let me shoot the gun & say very few lines, if any.
The promo looks great, @Al Sisti. Thank you!
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Fri May 07, 2021 5:26 pm
by Anita
We finally had time to solve this. Pretty sure we're off the couch!
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Sat May 08, 2021 10:48 am
by lbray53
I just got around to this one this morning.
I don't think that this comment is more of a spoiler than what has already been posted when I looked back at them but just in case:
My high school typing class from 53 years ago proved helpful in cracking the case. I knew it would come in handy one day.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 3:41 am
by madhatter5
Solution:
The phrase Barnie heard, Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD., bags few lynx, is a perfect pangram (i.e. an anagram of the entire alphabet). The evildoers' code involved ciphering letters of the alphabet, using that sentence as the key:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
M R J O C K T V Q U I Z P H D B A G S F E W L Y N X
Using this code, we can decipher the circled letters in the grid:
TWDBKOQ -> FLORIDA
Thus, the heist was going to take place at FLORIDA BANK.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 9:57 am
by whimsy
The Piggies and I were making this much too hard because "we" were sure 44D OCTAL was involved. And since they were using their hooves.....
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Sun May 09, 2021 8:14 pm
by MikeyG
The normal alphabet to the pangram, not the pangram to the normal alphabet. Ugh, I thought I tried both, but I guess not!
Fun puzzle, even so!! Story was great.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 2:06 am
by Al Sisti
I started writing a kids' mystery for my grandkids when the pandemic started last year... I even tried to use a Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew-like font. Anyway, I'd mail them a chapter that usually had some kind of puzzle/code to solve, and they'd call me ("Mr. E.") and give me the answer/password which was my cue to send them the next chapter. Chapter 1 is here.
Re: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Impending Heist
Posted: Mon May 10, 2021 8:41 am
by MikeM000
I never got back to solving this but where I got hung up (damn you, Gaffney's Zachary Taylor puzzle!) was in applying the concept of a pangram to the grid and noticing that X and Z were not present. Since the circles were in \ shape, my presumption was that the matching letters setting up a symmetrical / to make an "X" would do the trick. Of course, my one fallacy is that then the "Z" is cast aside...
Speaking of this thread and my aside above, many have mentioned that the story hooks like "if it was a brick of pure gold, it would weigh 300 pounds and he couldn't lift it!" stay in your head forever...perhaps meta constructions do the same to us as adults?