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Break the Code

Have a code you want the PPOT brain trust to break? Post it.
First guy to run off to the Acronym Finder is a dirty thermometer.
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Yeah, I'm bored this morning.

I'll start:
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BBROYGBVGWGSN
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How about this one?
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LS/MFT
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An easy one:
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FIGMO

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Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
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Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
One might think that...
But it means, "Let's screw/my finger's tired."
And in boot camp it meant, "Lord Save Me From Texas"

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Old 08-18-2015, 06:41 AM
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An easy one:
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FIGMO
Yeah, especially if you were in the Mob...

Fook It, Got My Orders
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Old 08-18-2015, 08:17 AM
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Pelican techies not know this one?
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BBROYGBVGWGSN
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It's actually:

BBROYGBVGW GSN

Bad Boys Race Our Young Girls Behind Victory Garden Walls Get Started Now

It's a mnemonic for resistor color codes.
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Just needed a little prodding, eh?
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In the military we learned it as:
Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly - Get Some? No.
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The "No" is for no color.
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OK, that's my Tuesday's contribution. As you were, gents.
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No one will get this one......

chopknscafemgbmncuznmocl
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Pelican techies not know this one?
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BBROYGBVGWGSN
In AF tech school, it was:

Biloxi Beer Rots Our Young Guts But Vodka Goes Well
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BBROYGBVGWGSN
Must resist...
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No one will get this one......

chopknscafemgbmncuznmocl

Would you by chance be slurping on alphabet soup?
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No one will get this one......

chopknscafemgbmncuznmocl
The elements essential for plant growth (CHOPKNSCaFeMgBMnCuZnMoCl)
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The elements essential for plant growth (CHOPKNSCaFeMgBMnCuZnMoCl)
Yeah, 3 second Google search revealed that. Wonder if there's *anything* Google doesn't know?
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Yeah, 3 second Google search revealed that. Wonder if there's *anything* Google doesn't know?
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First guy to run off to the Acronym Finder is a dirty thermometer.
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...or Google.
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Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
Or, according to my uncle Richard (the family rebel)

Loose Sweaters Mean Flabby Tits.
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These should be fairly easy, but I've run into a fair number of folks that are not aware.

FUBAR

BOHICA

PEBKAC
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How about:
SCTOHAHOA

Hint: First word is Sally
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Translation; Loose Strap Means Floppy T*t
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The elements essential for plant growth (CHOPKNSCaFeMgBMnCuZnMoCl)

You Googled that Winders?

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