Miss Scarlet has developed a recent affinity for IM code language because it allows for clear, precise communication.Witness the cyber interchange between Scarlet and Yvette, dated 6/2/09:
Scarlett: WWY?
Yvette: AFK
Scarlet: 411 on Boddy
Yvette: CYE
Yvette: HIH
Scarlet: OO
Whereas to many readers the preceding exchange might look like gibberish, an astute sleuth with cyber skills would easily decode their online transaction as follows:
Scarlet: Where were you?
Yvette: Away from keyboard
Scarlet: (Request information) on Boddy
Yvette: Check your email
Yvette: Hope it helps
Scarlet: Over and out
Staff members, be on the lookout for a text message between Scarlet and Yvette, which will be posted in your division this week. Each division's text message will be different. The message will be posted beside your division gameboard.
Replying to this blog entry with the decoded message will earn a point for you and your division!
If you decode the message correctly, Miss Scarlet and Yvette will visit your division and sign their initials on your division gameboard on the week during which your team had the lowest participation -- moving your division two steps closer to winning an end-of-summer Pizza Party!
Additionally, staff will earn points for wearing RED on Thursday.
6 comments:
Oh Miss Scarlet, I did decode your messages... Not only did I wear red, your message has been decoded and broken...
Yvette: TBH
Yvette: IWAWO
Scarlet: NWO
Scarlet: Or, OOTD
Scarlet: WYLEI...
Yvette: IK
Yvette: IMS
Scarlet: YHBW
Scarlet: TMB when job is finished
Scarlet: OO
Decoding...
Yvette: TBH (To be honest)
Yvette: IWAWO (I want a way out)
Scarlet: NWO (No Way Out)
Scarlet: Or OOTD... (Or One of these days...)
Yvette: IK (I know)
Yvette: IMS (I am sorry)
Scarlet: YHBW (You have been warned)
Scarlet: TMB (Text Me back when job is finished)
Scarlet: OO (Over and out.)
Decoding complete...
Decoding of message is accurate...
Scarlett and Yvette will appear and sign your division (Circ's) gameboard within the next week.
Hope I decoded right!
Scarlet: DNT 4get the (Don’t forget the)
Scarlet: T&C of your job (terms and conditions of your job)
Scarlet: YCDBWYCID (You can’t do business when your computer is down)
Yvette: WAH (Working at home)
Yvette: NIROK (Not in reach of keyboard)
Scarlet: Keep stalling... (Keep stalling…)
Scarlet: AYOR (at your own risk)
Scarlet: WIU by this W/END (Wrap it up by this weekend)
Yvette: SLAP (Sounds like a plan)
Scarlet: WDYS?? (What did you say??)
ThunderChyld, what is WYLEI?
When you least expect it?
AV's Decoded Message:
Scarlet: CM (Call Me)
Yvette: CT (Can't Talk)
Scarlet: Mustard? (What do you think about Col. Mustard?)
Yvette: ACORN (A Completely Obsessive Really Nutty Person)
Scarlet: ITA (I Totally Agree)
Scarlet: CM 2NITE (Call Me Tonight)
Yvette: K (Okay)
Scarlet: OO (Over & Out)
Now as the Colonel, I really must take offense at that ACORN comment. I'm not obsessive--well, mostly not obsessive. It's just all that military training in action that seems obsessive. Humpf!
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