# Please help decipher my own notes **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496 "2008-06-02T16:24:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/21 "2008-06-02T19:41:19Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Nah–it was the fastest solved thread, evah. I posted it about 30 minutes ago. Good on Dopers! [/QUOTE] Ha! Take that Google! ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/22 "2008-06-02T19:54:04Z")
Yeah, I got as far as “I think it’s a list…” I got to work on my speedy resolutions. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/23 "2008-06-02T20:14:47Z")
So now we have to write a detective story where the list is found on the body, and somebody (Poirot? Nancy Drew? That Patricia Cromwell forensics person?) has to figure out _what it all means…_ ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/24 "2008-06-02T20:54:22Z")
OK so we know what the note means, now what about the blood?! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/25 "2008-06-02T21:15:32Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] OK so we know what the note means, now what about the blood?! [/QUOTE] It’s lipgloss, eleanorigby says so in post 8. _Or is it…?_ ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/26 "2008-06-02T21:22:01Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] It’s lipgloss, eleanorigby says so in post 8. _Or is it…?_ [/QUOTE] That bit of plausible doubt makes my scenario look more and more likely all the time. You mundane people with your ‘list of book titles’ hypothesis. Humph. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/27 "2008-06-02T21:28:56Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] It’s all Tintin titles. [The Calculus Affair](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calculus_Affair) [Explorers on the Moon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_on_the_Moon) [The Castafiore Emerald](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castafiore_Emerald) [Land of Black Gold](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/) [Tintin and the Picaros](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintin_and_the_Picaros) You’re welcome. Why you made the list only you can say. Is it possible you were considering titles to buy for your son? [/QUOTE] That was bloody amazing. (You too, **ZipperJJ**.) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/28 "2008-06-02T21:29:16Z")
Not to be nosey, but whoever that is that’s “happy at prom”, she’s LOVELY and so is her dress. Gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/29 "2008-06-02T21:44:37Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Not to be nosey, but whoever that is that’s “happy at prom”, she’s LOVELY and so is her dress. Gorgeous! [/QUOTE] Thank you. That is (for folks playing along at home) Daughter aka my daughter. And I think she’s lovely, too. She went to prom with a friend–a very nice young man. Re the lipgloss/blood–it might be, but it wouldn’t be human blood. Human blood dries to a rusty maroon almost brown color. Which of course leads to the sole conclusion: How did alien blood get into my purse and is the “list of Tintin books” really an encoded message of sorts? Enquiring minds want to know! Did Nancy Drew ever do any space travel? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/30 "2008-06-02T21:47:11Z")
[QUOTE=eleanorigby] Re the lipgloss/blood–it might be, but it wouldn’t be human blood. Human blood dries to a rusty maroon almost brown color. Which of course leads to the sole conclusion: How did alien blood get into my purse and is the “list of Tintin books” really an encoded message of sorts? Enquiring minds want to know! [/QUOTE] From here on I shall think of you as **eleanorigby** , interstellar jewel thief. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/31 "2008-06-02T21:57:38Z")
[QUOTE=a35362] I don’t know what it’s about, but it’s a groovy poem, at least. It’s a list of four things, right? “The calendars offer Explorers on the moon Castafiore emerald The picaros’ land of black gold” [/QUOTE] I keep meaning to say ta for the lovely poem…it’s very enigmatic, no? **Antinor** –that has a certain ring to it! ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/32 "2008-06-03T01:36:59Z")
Tintin stories? You have to be freakin’ amazed at the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/33 "2008-06-03T02:26:41Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Tintin stories? You have to be freakin’ amazed at the Dope! [/QUOTE] My fav character is Mr Thompson. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/34 "2008-06-03T09:48:05Z")
The Calculus Group, the Moon Explorers, the Castafiore Emeralds, the Black Gold Gang, and the Picaros are all individual cells of a terrorist organization called the Tintins. Say goodbye to your family. You can expect federal agents to come pick you up in the middle of the night. You’ll be spending the next few years at Guantanamo while they try to improve your memory about what you know about them. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496/35 "2008-06-03T13:58:36Z")
[QUOTE=Wendell Wagner] The Calculus Group, the Moon Explorers, the Castafiore Emeralds, the Black Gold Gang, and the Picaros are all individual cells of a terrorist organization called the Tintins. Say goodbye to your family. You can expect federal agents to come pick you up in the middle of the night. You’ll be spending the next few years at Guantanamo while they try to improve your memory about what you know about them. [/QUOTE] CURSES! They’re on to me! Quick, flee–all is discovered! \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-decipher-my-own-notes/451496.md?page=1)