rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
I don't know about Hitchcock, but Christie did. In fact, it's one of a
few reasons why some people who aren't familiar with her wider work
think all she ever did were cheaty, rulebreaking endings.
It definitely spun my brain around, but in a good way. It's good to push
the boundaries. "The butler did it" has been a cliche for decades, but
once it was a violation of a rule that servants don't count.
On 3/7/26 12:11 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
Rot13 is annoying for everyone who don't have
decoding for rot13. We're supposed to number
each letter and then add or subtract 13 to find
the answer one letter at a time? That's worse
than morse code.
On 3/7/26 12:11 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
Rot13 is annoying for everyone who don't have decoding for rot13.
We're supposed to number each letter and then add or subtract 13 to
find the answer one letter at a time? That's worse than morse code.
But to the point, are narrators ever reliable? They seem to exist to mislead.
I don't know about Hitchcock, but Christie did. In fact, it's one of a
few reasons why some people who aren't familiar with her wider work
think all she ever did were cheaty, rulebreaking endings.
It definitely spun my brain around, but in a good way. It's good to push
the boundaries. "The butler did it" has been a cliche for decades, but
once it was a violation of a rule that servants don't count.
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
I don't know about Hitchcock, but Christie did. In fact, it's one of a
few reasons why some people who aren't familiar with her wider work
think all she ever did were cheaty, rulebreaking endings.
It definitely spun my brain around, but in a good way. It's good to push
the boundaries. "The butler did it" has been a cliche for decades, but
once it was a violation of a rule that servants don't count.
On 2026-03-08 06:51:46 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
On 3/7/26 12:11 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
Rot13 is annoying for everyone who don't have decoding for rot13. We're supposed to number each letter and then add or subtract 13 to find the answer one letter at a time?-a That's worse than morse code.
Most proper newsreading apps have an option to convert to / from ROT13 easily.
For those without, there are numerous free websites that will do it via a quick copy-paste. For example: <https://www.rot13.app>
But to the point, are narrators ever reliable? They seem to exist to mislead.
I don't know about Hitchcock, but Christie did. In fact, it's one of a
few reasons why some people who aren't familiar with her wider work
think all she ever did were cheaty, rulebreaking endings.
It definitely spun my brain around, but in a good way. It's good to push >>> the boundaries. "The butler did it" has been a cliche for decades, but
once it was a violation of a rule that servants don't count.
On 3/7/26 12:11 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
So to ROT13 this again it's
STAGE FRIGHT
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
But does the titles alone identify the works?
With the book and movie publishing world heavily
promoting remakes the title alone isn't enough
and should have a (YEAR) appended to the title,
to narrow it down.
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
Iirc, both Hitchcock and Christie caught some flak for it.
I don't know about Hitchcock, but Christie did. In fact, it's one of a
few reasons why some people who aren't familiar with her wider work
think all she ever did were cheaty, rulebreaking endings.
It definitely spun my brain around, but in a good way. It's good to push
the boundaries. "The butler did it" has been a cliche for decades, but
once it was a violation of a rule that servants don't count.
On 2026-03-08 07:34:38 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
On 3/7/26 12:11 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
So to ROT13 this again it's
STAGE FRIGHT
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
But does the titles alone identify the works?
With the book and movie publishing world heavily
promoting remakes the title alone isn't enough
and should have a (YEAR) appended to the title,
to narrow it down.
Now let's do pig Latin for the kids.
On 2026-03-08 07:34:38 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
On 3/7/26 12:11 PM, The True Melissa wrote:
rec.arts.books added to the newsgroups line.
Verily, in article <10ohu59$1pqmv$1@dont-email.me>, did
nobody@nowhere.com deliver unto us this message:
The classic examples are, in movies:
FGNTR SEVTUG
...and, in books:
Gur Zheqre bs Ebtre Npxeblq
(rot13, as anti-spoiler lip service.)
So to ROT13 this again it's
STAGE FRIGHT
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
But does the titles alone identify the works?
With the book and movie publishing world heavily
promoting remakes the title alone isn't enough
and should have a (YEAR) appended to the title,
to narrow it down.
Now let's do pig Latin for the kids.
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