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T8 Tqhwk Having spent many years "deciphering" the mysterious fossilized bony remains of our earliest hominid ancestors from the reknowned (via the National Geographic Society and so forth) and fabled archeological sites in South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, and having myself worked on an interesting forensic case or two, when I Logged on PIE-net today and saw the Sparkle mystery, I just HAD to solve it!! Best wishes, 8fqh :-) 50/39/36 On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:58:11 -0500 Hans van der Genugten <[log in to unmask]> writes: >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: Ivan M Suzman <[log in to unmask]> >Aan: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Datum: zaterdag 15 januari 2000 18:35 >Onderwerp: Re: nonpd: where is everybody?? / Sparkle riddle #6 > > >>> ROGER WAS THE SUSPECT ARRESTED. BY >THE DETECTIVE! > >The solution is indeed "Roger stabbed me" Take the >strange message and slide diagonally down to the right, >and the weird message decoded. << > >CONGRATULATIONS Ivan !!!! >(And also Phil, who forgot to mention the WHY). > >The official answer is: > >The detective arrested Roger, the agent. After looking at the paper in >the >typewriter, the detective realized that the last line on the news >column >contained the phrase "roger stabbed me". (49t34 w5qgg3e j3) Max had >managed >to type the message after being stabbed, but had his fingers were >positioned >one line too high, on the keyboard when he typed his message. > >Apparently Max had planned to terminate his association with Roger. In >a fit >of anger, Roger had stabbed him. > >[log in to unmask] ^^^^^^ WARM GREETINGS FROM ^^^^^^^^^^^^ :-) Ivan Suzman 50/39/36 [log in to unmask] :-) Portland, Maine land of lighthouses deg. F :-) ********************************************************************