# Weffriddles. Maybe we can help each other out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170 "2006-11-29T04:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/241 "2006-12-02T05:56:23Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] Well, It doesn’t show up with I.E. 6 on my computer either, but it doesn’t matter since that’s not the answer. The actual answer makes no sense, IMHO. The only connection I can make at all is this - what does the line with 18 on it have in common with _very few_ other lines once pasted into notepad? [/QUOTE] Do you mean the hidden 18? The line is shorter. Other than that I don’t see anything special about the line once it’s been pasted in notepad. ---
**Author:** ![Koldanar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@Koldanar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koldanar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/242 "2006-12-02T06:00:23Z")
Which puzzle was 18? Too many of these things blur together; remind me which it is and I can attempt to explain the connection. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/243 "2006-12-02T06:12:06Z")
[QUOTE=Koldanar] Which puzzle was 18? Too many of these things blur together; remind me which it is and I can attempt to explain the connection. [/QUOTE] It’s the one with all the blahblahblahs. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/244 "2006-12-02T06:17:17Z")
[QUOTE=sciurophobic] It’s the one with all the blahblahblahs. [/QUOTE] There’s a reason highlighting doesn’t work so well. Try highlighting one line at a time. Something will stand way out. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/245 "2006-12-02T06:21:30Z")
[QUOTE=sneezy5660] Help again! I can’t get to the poem! From all the hints, I think I can solve the poem, but first I gotta get there. I know the answer, from all the doper hints, but I don’t know what to type in the address bar. Arrrrrgh, I gotta work in the a.m., going to bed now, see ya tomorrow. 😃 Sneezy; Sleepy and Dopey. (also Grumpy!) [/QUOTE] What poem? what level? ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/246 "2006-12-02T06:22:28Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] There’s a reason highlighting doesn’t work so well. Try highlighting one line at a time. Something will stand way out. [/QUOTE] Thanks. I got it now. Why the hell was there a hidden number? ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/247 "2006-12-02T06:26:55Z")
[QUOTE=sciurophobic] Thanks. I got it now. Why the hell was there a hidden number? [/QUOTE] It’s not hidden. It’s just the goofy way the html/css was laid out for the page, the level number, although it appears at the top of the page, is actually near the bottom of the plain text. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/248 "2006-12-02T19:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] Well, It doesn’t show up with I.E. 6 on my computer either, but it doesn’t matter since that’s not the answer. The actual answer makes no sense, IMHO. The only connection I can make at all is this - what does the line with 18 on it have in common with _very few_ other lines once pasted into notepad? [/QUOTE] That’s the one with the blahblahblahs, right? If you highlight the whole thing, one word stands out Giving it away–do not look at the bottom spoiler unless you want level 18 spoiled. the word is “anyway” ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/249 "2006-12-02T22:38:43Z")
I am stuck on level 49 … the clue says I am to paint the red door black - does anyone know if I need Photoshop for that or can it be done in Paint somehow? ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/250 "2006-12-03T01:42:07Z")
[QUOTE=Einmon] I am stuck on level 49 … the clue says I am to paint the red door black - does anyone know if I need Photoshop for that or can it be done in Paint somehow? [/QUOTE] It will work work paint. At least, it did for me. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/251 "2006-12-03T02:02:22Z")
[QUOTE=elfkin477] My brother introduced me to these on Thanksgiving. 9 was the only easy one, but he had to walk me through 10 because I’ve never sent a text message… I don’t think I like this game very much, to be honest. I thought of that but [http://www.weffriddles.com/rawr.jpg](http://www.weffriddles.com/rawr.jpg) is a 404 not a photo (as are .bmp, .gif and .jpeg, so I’m not sure how I’d ever gotten to kthxbye without your hint. This game is going to suck more if links break… [/QUOTE] ah, but if you put “images” in the URL like you’re supposed to, it works just fine. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/252 "2006-12-03T15:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] It will work work paint. At least, it did for me. [/QUOTE] Thank you for the info … sigh … I’m probably just too stupid to work this out properly, because all I manage to do is create a black square (used the bucket) and then stare at it until my eyes hurt. Gah! There goes my weekend. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/253 "2006-12-03T17:38:39Z")
[QUOTE=Einmon] Thank you for the info … sigh … I’m probably just too stupid to work this out properly, because all I manage to do is create a black square (used the bucket) and then stare at it until my eyes hurt. Gah! There goes my weekend. [/QUOTE] That’s odd. It should be immediately clear. Maybe your version of paint doesn’t support some feature of PNG files that makes this one work. If you can’t get it to work, try: I’ve done the painting here: [http://myweb.stedwards.edu/mikem/sing.PNG](http://myweb.stedwards.edu/mikem/sing.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/254 "2006-12-03T20:46:38Z")
[QUOTE=aktep] That’s odd. It should be immediately clear. Maybe your version of paint doesn’t support some feature of PNG files that makes this one work. If you can’t get it to work, try: I’ve done the painting here: [http://myweb.stedwards.edu/mikem/sing.PNG](http://myweb.stedwards.edu/mikem/sing.PNG) [/QUOTE] Thank you ever so humbly…I suspected as much - my Paint efforts never yielded any results. Now I finally can go on to other excruciating decoding failures (I’ll check back here with you next week or so :D) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/255 "2006-12-04T05:15:40Z")
Level 40. Finally ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/256 "2006-12-04T07:16:13Z")
Augggh! Level 41 is killing me! I understand the “Ack” sentence and the significance of the numbers but I can’t figure out what the heck the title means in relation to the rest of the page. All through levels 1-40 I’ve been 😕☹ :mad: :o :smack:, usually in that order. I suspect that when I finally figure out 41, it’s going to be a double :smack: :smack: and maybe a little :eek: . ---
**Author:** ![ealaindraoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@ealaindraoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ealaindraoi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/257 "2006-12-04T14:18:05Z")
> [@](#): > > but I can’t figure out what the heck the title means in relation to the rest of the page. All through levels 1-40 I’ve been , usually in that order. I suspect that when I finally figure out 41, it’s going to be a double and maybe a little . The title of the page doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it. Run through all the words associated with what the numbers mean. The Ack! thing is a megaphone, but even now that I know it, it’s obscure. If anyone has gotten that far, I think I need a big fat hint for Level 57. I’ve got the ‘key’ from the source code, I’ve figured out that you need to do something to those symbols to get negative and positive numbers to deduct or add to the numerical values of the eygldijv. I got the exeizddo, which according to the forums over there is in the right direction, but there I sit for four days now. What more do I need to DO to those numbers? ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/258 "2006-12-04T15:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=ealaindraoi] The title of the page doesn’t seem to have anything to do with it. Run through all the words associated with what the numbers mean. The Ack! thing is a megaphone, but even now that I know it, it’s obscure. [/quote] Actually, it has everything to do with it Break The NInJa son into words based on the capital letters. Then figure out the ACK word to give a clue to what to do with the numbers bigger hints: Find the N in JASON. Interpteting the numbers properly will spell JASON from the 7th through 11th letters > [@ealaindraoi](#): > > If anyone has gotten that far, I think I need a big fat hint for Level 57. > > I’ve got the ‘key’ from the source code, I’ve figured out that you need to do something to those symbols to get negative and positive numbers to deduct or add to the numerical values of the eygldijv. I got the exeizddo, which according to the forums over there is in the right direction, but there I sit for four days now. What more do I need to DO to those numbers? This one was a pain in the butt and then it came to me. Did you convert all the symbols in the key? 3 symbols in each group. further… notice there are 8 sets in the key and 8 letters in the code? let me know if you need more. ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/259 "2006-12-04T16:13:03Z")
OK, I am just not getting ‘real’ 45. I am sure that I am just not translating the right way, but I am stuck. This is what I have… zs = 26+19 = 45 abcd = 1+2+3+4 = 10 ae = 1+5 = 6 dfnp = 4+6+14+16 = 40 cej = 3+5+10 = 18 bfi = 2+6+9 = 17 So I have got that the title is 45 and I have translated the rest of the letters to numbers in the same way. I would imagine that I would now have to translate the numbers back to letters. The obvious problem with this is that there are not 40 letters in the alphabet. So I tried wrapping around and starting at the beginning again so that a=27 etc. I tried /planets/jfnrq.html and /jfnrq.html to no avail. I am sure that I will have a ‘DUH’ moment when I finally get it, but I am OK with that… that’s the way this whole thing has been going. Any hints? ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170/260 "2006-12-04T16:25:51Z")
[QUOTE=StinkyBurrito] OK, I am just not getting ‘real’ 45. I am sure that I am just not translating the right way, but I am stuck. \ I am sure that I will have a ‘DUH’ moment when I finally get it, but I am OK with that… that’s the way this whole thing has been going. Any hints? [/QUOTE] At some point you have to stop translating and LOOK ALL THE WAY UP… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weffriddles-maybe-we-can-help-each-other-out/382170.md?page=14)