# code **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 29, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081 "2002-09-29T06:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/1 "2002-09-29T06:40:01Z")
Can you understand this: o ,sfr s vpfr ejrtr upi djogy pmr lru yp yjr tohjy gpt rsvj ;ryyrt/ yp frvpfr. djogy yp yjr ;rgy/ [;rsdr tr[;u om vpfr/ yjsmc/ oyd brtu ,[do,d o lmpe ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/2 "2002-09-29T07:34:10Z")
urd/ ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/3 "2002-09-29T07:43:05Z")
Blah. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/4 "2002-09-29T07:59:14Z")
I ran this through the ol’ Babel-ator back and forth between several languages and it spit out: Or, of the tohjy of djogy of the yjr; rsvj t LRU r [; sfr s of the gpt of the yjr of the YP frvpfr. of ryyrt/YP of the om of u; rgy/[ of of the YP of the pmr of djogy of ejrtr the PUI of the vpfr of the vpfr; oyd of rsdr/brtu yjsmc/del, [, the lmpe of d or I think you dangled a particple in there somewhere. Word to your mutha. ---
**Author:** ![honkytonkwillie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@honkytonkwillie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/honkytonkwillie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/5 "2002-09-29T08:12:00Z")
Standard keyboarding positioning shifted to the left one space, with some accommodation for the letters Q, A and Z since those hit the Tab, Caps Lock and Shift buttons. Something like that. “vpfr” is obviously “code” and “yjr” is “the”. ---
**Author:** ![EggNogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EggNogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EggNogg)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/6 "2002-09-29T10:02:21Z")
That looks suprisingly like one of my methanol induced posts. egg ---
**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/7 "2002-09-29T10:05:52Z")
W. S. smf X str mp [tpn;r,/ Jperbrt. yjr nsvld;sdj. rmyrt. smf gptestf d;sdj vsmmpy nr fpmr domvr yjsy epi;f ets[ stpimf yp mpm=yrcy vjstsvyrtd/ O jsbr ypp ,ivj yo,r pm ,u jsmfd. O lmpe. ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/8 "2002-09-29T12:02:33Z")
/WTH/[/?] ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/9 "2002-09-29T12:10:14Z")
I support the theory that all this, the thread we’re in now and those two “Click/Don’t Click” things, is a little psych experiment \*\* TJdude825\*\* is performing, and we’re th’ guinea pigs. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2002, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/10 "2002-09-29T16:47:43Z")
Before I attempt to decode this, please tell me if it is actually something or just a random combination of letters, so I’m not wasting my time. ---
**Author:** ![Member\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Member\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Member_10K)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/11 "2002-09-30T04:17:56Z")
\*\* honkytonkwillie \*\* gave the clue. Here’s the translation o ,sfr s vpfr ejrtr upi djogy pmr lru yp yjr tohjy gpt rsvj ;ryyrt/ yp frvpfr. djogy yp yjr ;rgy/ [;rsdr tr[;u om vpfr/ yjsmc/ oyd brtu ,[do,d o lmpe i made a code where you shift key to the right for each letter. to decode, shift to the left. please reply in code. thanx. its very mpsims i know ---
**Author:** ![Member\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Member\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Member_10K)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/12 "2002-09-30T04:26:31Z")
**BraheSilver** said W. S. smf X str mp [tpn;r,/ Jperbrt. yjr nsvld;sdj. rmyrt. smf gptestf d;sdj vsmmpy nr fpmr domvr yjsy epi;f ets[ stpimf yp mpm=yrcy vjstsvyrtd/ Q, A, and Z are no problem. However, the backslash, entr, and forward slash cannot be done since that would wrap around to non-text characters. O jsbr ypp ,ivj yo,r pm ,u jsmfd. O lmpe. I have too much time on my hands, I know ---
**Author:** ![Member\_10K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Member\_10K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Member_10K)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code/130081/13 "2002-09-30T04:32:50Z")
\*\*Loopus \*\* said urd/ yes.