# Looking for a waste of time?  Try this...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 22, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335 "2002-10-22T04:40:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/1 "2002-10-22T04:40:54Z")

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(inspired by an AIM chatroom)

It is quite simple, but equally mindless and probably fairly boring once the shock (?)of it goes away.

The task?

Translate the Bible (KJV or whatever version you like) into l337 5p34k.

“ph0r6!v3 7h3//, ph47h3r, 7h3y k//0W //07 //h47 7h3y D0”

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/2 "2002-10-22T04:58:08Z")

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Woah, that Rosetta’s extremely stoned.

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**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/3 "2002-10-22T05:21:49Z")

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Ouch … that hurt to even look at.

-Dirty

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**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/4 "2002-10-22T05:39:42Z")

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The scary part is:

_They let **iampunha** drive a car!!!_

:eek:

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/5 "2002-10-22T06:15:27Z")

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OMG… I can actually read that! :eek: It took a little for me to figure what it was (working backwards) bit I know what it is!

Forgive them, Father, they know not what they do.

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/6 "2002-10-22T06:56:50Z")

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**Obsidian** , it was with some amount of embarassment that my girlfriend watched as I kept typing various Bible verses (some mock) in that chat. She had never seen 1337 before. Wanted to know where I’d learned it.

! h4/3 50M3 B134cH 0/3r |-|3r3 !f //31 //33D5 !7.

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/7 "2002-10-22T07:21:11Z")

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0 5l-l!7 //0W ! C4// u//D3r574//d 7l-l!5.

7l-l!5 !5 !//54//3 :eek:

F0r wl-l0503/3r b3l!/37l-l !// //\3 5l-l4ll l-l4/3 373r//4l l!f3.  
J0l-l// 3:16

_thinks that’s how it goes… has been awhile since she read the Bible_

Heh I can understand now! I just have to think slowly like when I first learned Pig Latin.

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**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/8 "2002-10-22T07:30:28Z")

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// 7h3 B36!////!//6 60d Cr34!3D 7H3 |-|34/3//5 & 7h3 34R7H.

7h3 34r7|-| //45 //!7h0U7 pH0r|/| & /0!D, & d4R|\<//355 //45 uP0// 7H3 ph453 0pH 7h3 D33p; & 7h3 5p!R!7 0pH 60d //45 |/|0/!//6 0/3r 7H3 pH4(3 0pH 7h3 //473r5.

& 60d 54!D, “137 7h3R3 B 1!6h7”; & 7h3r3 //45 1!6h7.

& 60d 54// 7h47 7h3 1!6H7 //45 600d; & 60d 53p483D 7h3 1!6h7 pHr0|/| 7h3 d4R|\<//355.

90d (4113d 7h3 1!6h7 d4Y, & 7h3 d4r|\<//355 |-|3 (4113d //!6h7. & 7h3r3 //45 3/3//!//6 & 7h3r3 //45 |/|0r//!//6, 0//3 d4Y.

& 60d 54!d, “137 7h3r3 B 4 ph!r|/|4|/|3//7 N 7h3 |/|!d57 0ph 7h3 //473rZ, & 137 !7 53p4r8 7h3 //473rZ phR0|/| 7h3 //473rZ.”

& 60d |/|3d3 7h3 ph!r|/|4|/|3//7 & 53p4r83d 7h3 //473rZ //h!(h //3r3 4b0/3 7h3 ph!r|/|4|/|3//7. & !7 //45 50.

& 60d (4113d 7h3 ph!r|/|4|/|3//7 |-|34/3//. & 7h3r3 //45 3/3//!//6 & 7h3r3 //45 |/|0r//!//6, 4 53(0//d d4Y.

Okay, who’s up for Day Two?

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/9 "2002-10-22T07:43:40Z")

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OK, I get mostly how to read this, but what’s the name? I can’t figure out how to use the “1” in 1337.

“One-eet”?  
“Neat”?  
“Leet”?

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**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/10 "2002-10-22T07:58:00Z")

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Leet. It’s the 1337 |-|4xx0r way of saying “elite.”

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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/11 "2002-10-22T07:59:29Z")

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444444444|-|…

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**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/12 "2002-10-22T09:52:51Z")

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_Squints_

Ow. Or rather, 0//.

_//4|||)3|2z 0[=[= 2 [=1|||) 4 7|-||234|) 7|-|47z 34513|2 0|| 7|-|3 3y3z…_

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/13 "2002-10-22T11:48:09Z")

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C0u64rf4//6, 417|-|0u6h ! //45 4b13 2 ph!6ur3 0u7 Ur //\56, [= != (h0//'5 _7h47_ 4 4n !n73r357!n6 ju}{74p05!7!0n) F.

! 7|-|!//K.

:://!11 b3 4r0u//D 4 D4y 2 18r::

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/14 "2002-10-22T12:30:38Z")

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My brain hurts. I’m going back to MARC records and AACR2R, thanks.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/15 "2002-10-22T13:10:17Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Lsura \*  
> \*\*My brain hurts. I’m going back to MARC records and AACR2R, thanks. \*\*

Aren’t MARC records used for library cataloging?

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/16 "2002-10-22T13:14:24Z")

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Yes. And AACR2R is the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, second edition.

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**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/17 "2002-10-22T14:06:16Z")

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[Heh.](http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=9)

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**Author:** ![apotheosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@apotheosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apotheosis)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/18 "2002-10-22T14:12:11Z")

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Oh…and [here’s](http://68.46.224.11/e2l.cfm) a work in progress, something I started in my spare time a while back.

Sorta defeats the purpose of the OP, though…

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/19 "2002-10-22T14:17:29Z")

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Owwwww! can’t read…

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**Author:** ![B\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@B\_Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B_Williams)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-waste-of-time-try-this/133335/20 "2002-10-22T14:35:13Z")

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Well, I am surely in the dark about this…Care to translate?

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