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  1. Mar 23rd, 2006, 06:22 PM #1
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    Question Cryptic Problem

    Here's one for you Mensa puzzlers. This was given to me by my son and he states that the story goes like this:

    Old Cap'n Bloodhook, the captain of The Black Pawkeet, has spent the better part of the past week packing away his hoarded dubloons. He has hardly gotten any sleep.
    So, you want to talk to him about last week's quiz, but you're not sure if you should approach him if he's not in a good mood. So you ask one of his deckhands how he's feeling.
    "I can't really tell you," the deckhand says. "If he overhears me talking about his mood, I'll surely be walking the plank before long." But he hands you a piece of paper with a code on it. "If you can figure this out," he says, "you'll learn how he's feeling right now."

    0 7 A B 5 9
    D 5 1 5 0 3
    F E 9 C 0 9
    8 0 7 9 8 1
    1 8 8 5 0 C
    F D F D 2 4

    How is Old Cap'n Bloodhook feeling?

    (Manxy's note: the figure 1 might be an i or a L, but the 0 is definetly a zero)
    So any guesses to this?
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  2. Mar 23rd, 2006, 06:25 PM #2
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Only crptcblade can help us now.
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  3. Mar 23rd, 2006, 06:34 PM #3
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Is it work-safe?
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  4. Mar 23rd, 2006, 07:10 PM #4
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    It's my monkey
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    He's high on fish paralizers.

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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Interesting.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Does anyone have a webcam?
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    The captain is playing a snake game.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Your avatar is greeeen.
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    Your avatar is hirsute.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    My IQ is 42
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    I walked into a pole two days ago.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Old Cap'n Bloodhook is mind freaked.
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  16. Mar 31st, 2006, 05:44 AM #14
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    Solved!
    But I'll let you work out the answer with a major clue:

    hexadecimal colour code, like those used in HTML.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    He is blue with rage and green with love.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    another major clue
    each line is a hexdecimal colour code
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    He is pink and aroused with passion for manxy.
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    Re: Cryptic Problem

    If the answer's groggy, that's pretty gay.

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