# Sunday Morning Puzzle # 43 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862 "2002-03-24T16:18:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862/1 "2002-03-24T16:18:07Z")
SMP #43 is dedicated to **Jim G.** of Park Ridge, Illinois. This week’s challenge is yet another code. Fortunately, SDMB solvers have had several excellent cipher/cryptography puzzles over the past couple of weeks, so this should be as easy and pleasant as a walk in a gentle spring rain. The mess of letters below, when decoded, will reward the solver with text written by UETTURUETSTUYWI ISIHATISILLLENI…and a bit more. * * * OOKUPI, PIDSTULLL… THEESOSTUYWITUR TRAINSYWHTHETURYDRENI HATUPIOOKTRA YWISTUTRATURYWHISIYWIYWIYDR HATYWHUPITHEOOK STUOOK TRAESOTUR YWHISISTUOOK, TRAESOTURYWHTUR STUENI ISI SARYWHISISTUOOK UPIKEY TRAYWHINSTRAESO TRAUPI TRAESOTUR STUHATTURISI TRAESOISITRA TRAESOTURYDR HATUPI. INSOOKTRASTUYWI TRAESOTURYDRYWHTUR ISITTRUPIINSTRA TURSTUSARESOTRA UPIYWH OOKSTUOOKTUR THETURTURTHEENI UPIYWIHAT, TTRISITTRYDR TRAINSYWHTHETURYDRENI ISIYWHTUR UETUPIANDTURYWHTURHAT THESTUTRAESO HATUPITHEOOK YWHISITRAESOTURYWH TRAESOISIOOK KEYTURISITRAESOTURYWHENI ISIOOKHAT UETUPIOOKENITURESKINSTUROOKTRAYWIYDR ESKINSSTUTRATUR ANDINSYWIOOKTURYWHISITTRYWITUR TRAUPI TRAESOTUR TURKEYKEYTURUETTRAENI UPIKEY THETURISITRAESOTURYWH… ISIENI ISI YWHTURENIINSYWITRA, TRAESOTUR UETESOSTUUETTHEENI SARTURTRA UETUPIYWIHAT ISIOOKHAT THETURTRA ISIOOKHAT UPIKEYTRATUROOK HATSTUTUR UPIKEY TURREBNTHUPIENIINSYWHTUR THEESOTUROOK STUTRA YWHISISTUOOKENI. _(Source):_ **LLLUPIYWHTUR UPIKEY TRAESOTUR ENITRAYWHISISTUSARESOTRA HATUPINTHTUR** — TURHATSTUTRATURHAT TTRYDR TURHAT OWNUPITRATRASTU ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862/2 "2002-03-24T17:59:15Z")
I thought I’d found a glitch when my deciphered message had a lot of W’s where there ought to be K’s, but when the question appeared, it was clear that everything was ISIUPITHE. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862/3 "2002-03-24T18:55:19Z")
**Peregrine** : That was unbelievably fast! I’m going to have to triple my efforts to create the perfect cipher–because anything less difficult is no match for the likes of you. Wow!! You take the walk in the gentle spring rain, and I’m the one that’s all wet. Back to the drawing board! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862/4 "2002-03-24T19:06:57Z")
Another terrific puzzle there, Biotop. I guess I’m not going to wear my down jacket in the rain anymore. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862/5 "2002-03-26T05:35:18Z")
Well now that the Oscars are over and I’ve finished consoling Russell (a dear boy, really, except for his unfortunate tendency to whine about the least little thing), I can get back to the really important things - like the SDMB and a Biotop puzzle! Hmmm. Looks like I should have forgotten Russell and talked to Woody Allen instead. After all, he did write the book, _Without Feathers_. Oh well, since those other two turkeys, Peregrine and MonkeyMensch, have already made their acceptance speeches, I may as well go back to Russell. Poor little chick; he is very down about the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sunday-morning-puzzle-43/99862/6 "2002-03-26T15:01:42Z")
**MonkeyMensch and aseymayo** : I think you two should join **Peregrine** on a national decoding team if they ever make it an Olympic event. I thought the trick in this code would be hard to figure out, but you all just gobbled it up. I could advise anyone else still working on this puzzle to remain positive and “keep looking up”…but somehow that just doesn’t seem appropriate.