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jackM50black · 02-11-2006, 09:14 PM

Osama's Code Cracked!

You may have heard, about two weeks ago that the Bush administration was trying to crack a handwritten code, said to have been the writing of Osama bin Laden himself. Then yesterday, the NSA announced that the message was Osama's and get this... was intended to be read by Bush himself. Yesterday's press release described the extent of the international effort to de-code the message.

The coded message: 370HSSV O773H...

Received at the White House itself, the President read the coded message then passed it to the Vice President and then to the review of the NSA. The NSA reported after 3 days that they could not crack the code. Sec. of State Rice suggested that Britain's MI-6, whose code breakers had provided previous information to the White House, take a look. MI-6 could not determine the code type, let along the code message itself. Even PM BLair was shown the message, but to no avail.

An MI-6 manager had contacts with his counterpart in the French Government, and with the White House giving the OK, it was forwarded to code breakers in Paris. After reviewing the Code for no more than 5 minutes, French PM Villepin contacted George Bush and Dick Cheney in a conference call. The French PM said simply in English: "...About the message? ... You're holding it upside down! ". Bush thanked the French Prime Minister, hung up, and then turned the message up-side down.

Mystery solved.

**Trapper** · 02-11-2006, 09:18 PM

huh?

MagnumForce · 02-11-2006, 10:01 PM

Hate to be Captain Obvious here, but if you turn the code upside down, it reads:

HELLO @$$H0LE

Kind of a funny play on words, because whenever someone curses, the normal disclaimer would be "Pardon my French." Of course, the French would be the first to code this message.

**Trapper** · 02-11-2006, 10:38 PM

I never even looked at the ...nevermind.

stevie c · 02-12-2006, 08:14 PM

Ha ha!

**Louis** · 02-13-2006, 08:04 AM

Good one Kevin, trying to play the idiot to whom we had to explain this joke. Very convincing

[WHISPER]That'll be $10, for saving your a$$[/WHISPER]

02-11-2006, 09:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
jackM50black Looking for trouble Joined: Jan 2006 Bike: Suzuki Boulevard M50 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 258	Hands Up, ..Step Away From the Keyboard Osama's Code Cracked! You may have heard, about two weeks ago that the Bush administration was trying to crack a handwritten code, said to have been the writing of Osama bin Laden himself. Then yesterday, the NSA announced that the message was Osama's and get this... was intended to be read by Bush himself. Yesterday's press release described the extent of the international effort to de-code the message. The coded message: 370HSSV O773H... Received at the White House itself, the President read the coded message then passed it to the Vice President and then to the review of the NSA. The NSA reported after 3 days that they could not crack the code. Sec. of State Rice suggested that Britain's MI-6, whose code breakers had provided previous information to the White House, take a look. MI-6 could not determine the code type, let along the code message itself. Even PM BLair was shown the message, but to no avail. An MI-6 manager had contacts with his counterpart in the French Government, and with the White House giving the OK, it was forwarded to code breakers in Paris. After reviewing the Code for no more than 5 minutes, French PM Villepin contacted George Bush and Dick Cheney in a conference call. The French PM said simply in English: "...About the message? ... You're holding it upside down! ". Bush thanked the French Prime Minister, hung up, and then turned the message up-side down. Mystery solved.

02-11-2006, 09:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
Trapper Dogs Best Friend(admin) Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: SOLD Location: Moncton NB Canada Posts: 9,185	huh? __________________ PointFlushRetrieve.com - Bird Dog Blog Motorcycle-Journal.com Blog

02-11-2006, 10:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
MagnumForce Throttle Jockey Joined: May 2005 Bike: 05 M50, 06 CBR600F4i Location: Sitting on the can... duh! Posts: 3,160	Hate to be Captain Obvious here, but if you turn the code upside down, it reads: HELLO @$$H0LE Kind of a funny play on words, because whenever someone curses, the normal disclaimer would be "Pardon my French." Of course, the French would be the first to code this message. __________________ "I love the smell of toner in the morning… it's the smell of victory!" MAJ M, Staff Officer

02-11-2006, 10:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Trapper Dogs Best Friend(admin) Joined: Jul 2004 Bike: SOLD Location: Moncton NB Canada Posts: 9,185	I never even looked at the ...nevermind. __________________ PointFlushRetrieve.com - Bird Dog Blog Motorcycle-Journal.com Blog

02-12-2006, 08:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
stevie c Sit speling cheker Joined: Mar 2004 Bike: GSX-R 600 K1 Location: Northants,UK Posts: 1,631	Ha ha! __________________ Stevie C '02 Gixer 600 K1,Yellow and Black (fastest colour!), always beats red ones!! Why put off until tomorrow what you can get someone else to do for you today.

02-13-2006, 08:04 AM	#6 (permalink)
Louis Administrator Joined: Sep 2003 Bike: SV650S '05 (Blue) Location: Gatineau, QC, Canada Posts: 10,657	Good one Kevin, trying to play the idiot to whom we had to explain this joke. Very convincing [WHISPER]That'll be $10, for saving your a$$[/WHISPER] __________________ Louis

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