Ask MetaFilter member JannaK presented the community with a puzzle that
had been troubling her family for nearly 20 years. Her grandmother died
in 1996 from cancer and in her last days she scribbled down a
seemingly non-sensical string of characters on index cards. Nobody knew
what it all meant. Then the Metafilter community solved the puzzle in 14
minutes.
had been troubling her family for nearly 20 years. Her grandmother died
in 1996 from cancer and in her last days she scribbled down a
seemingly non-sensical string of characters on index cards. Nobody knew
what it all meant. Then the Metafilter community solved the puzzle in 14
minutes.
According to the posting,
JannaK's grandmother left at least 20 of the cards behind but neither
JannaK nor her cousins could solve what they assumed were codes. Her
father discovered one of the cards lying around recently, and so JannaK
put it to the community. Holy moly, wouldn't you know it? The code
turned out to be last prayers of a dying woman. Each letter stood for
the first letter of the word in a prayer or message to God.
JannaK's grandmother left at least 20 of the cards behind but neither
JannaK nor her cousins could solve what they assumed were codes. Her
father discovered one of the cards lying around recently, and so JannaK
put it to the community. Holy moly, wouldn't you know it? The code
turned out to be last prayers of a dying woman. Each letter stood for
the first letter of the word in a prayer or message to God.