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Post by President Ackbar™ on Apr 25, 2018 22:09:44 GMT
Detective Ackbar's Journal: The guilt gnawed away at soul - like some sort of gnawing rodent creature - a beaver, perhaps, or one of those things that kind of looks like a beaver but isn't. Oh what have I done? Everything I have done - it has led me here! Oh what will become of my old ally Salzmank? And now, allied with Norman, what will I do? Go get something to eat and you will feel better!
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Apr 25, 2018 22:10:23 GMT
“Everything,” “led,” “oh,” “I.” All bolded. Curious. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Innit? Or innit?
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Post by NormanClature on Apr 25, 2018 22:10:49 GMT
Detective Ackbar's Journal: I HAVE DONE IT!!!!!1 My elite detective skills have not failed me! The elusively elusive identity of the Masked Sock Man has come to me! I have deduced the true identity of NormanClature So you've "said" several times. What I mean by "said," is that you've blathered with the intention of subterfuge or trap.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:13:04 GMT
Salzmank’s Journal: “Everything led oh i.” And President Ackbar™ himself, another long time pal who’d turned to the dark side, had added “eat.” Oh, what tangled webs we weave… Wait a sec, that’s a literary quotation. We hardboiled shamuses aren’t allowed to be literary. But I still had to work on the code—if it were a code. Hey, the Wild Turkey’s gotta be dulling my senses.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:13:17 GMT
Detective Ackbar's Journal: I HAVE DONE IT!!!!!1 My elite detective skills have not failed me! The elusively elusive identity of the Masked Sock Man has come to me! I have deduced the true identity of NormanClature So you've "said" several times. What I mean by "said," is that you've blathered with the intention of subterfuge or trap. Indeed! But now, we have inexplicably joined forces! And together we shall prevail! Unless, I have somehow been subconsciously encoding clues into previous messages... But that is impossible!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:13:50 GMT
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:23:45 GMT
Salzmank’s Journal: I wondered if the Mysterious Masked Sock Man could really be the person that my detective partner and I had suspected for a while. But, even if it were, what of the clues? “Eat” was obvious, but I saw…
Of course! The cold fist hit me again, and then slipped in my pocket and stole my wallet, and then hit me once more to make sure I was out like a tight.
It was obvious from the beginning, and my old pal hadn’t deserted me… But for the time being I was asleep, that punch having knocked me out more than I’d figured. But I knew the answer, at long last.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:31:10 GMT
Detective Ackbar's Journal: The guilt gnawed away at soul - like some sort of gnawing rodent creature - a beaver, perhaps, or one of those things that kind of looks like a beaver but isn't. Oh what have I done? Everything I have done - it has led me here! Oh what will become of my old ally Salzmank? And now, allied with Norman, what will I do? Go get something to eat and you will feel better! ![](http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/eb/0f/40/eb0f40ccfbe166bbe86a054a261e4f1b.jpg)
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:31:48 GMT
Salzmank’s Journal: Now I was facing my own moral dilemma—to join forces with @forceghostackbar, President Ackbar™, and NormanClature, or to do my detectival duty. I got through the dilemma pretty quickly, though, and kept the information to myself, only thinking that, as the phrase goes, “even Ackbars take true habits every evening, laughing, organizing, insisting.” A curious phrase, that. I returned to my cardboard box office, slightly ashamed of myself for not seeing the clues before. If this were a true hardboiled detective story, I, as the detective who didn’t first get it, would have been bumped off by now, Miles Archer-style. A sobering thought, which meant that I had to booze up again to avoid it. Good thing I was fictional too.
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:37:25 GMT
Wow. Three threads or so for this mystery. We need another one!
EDIT: Hey, maybe a mystery in every thread in the “Popular Movie Franchises” section! All very loosely associated with the subject at hand.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:41:12 GMT
Wow. Three threads or so for this mystery. We need another one! How 'bout another ten!!!!!!!&!
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:42:04 GMT
Wow. Three threads or so for this mystery. We need another one! How 'bout another ten!!!!!!!&! GIVE DETECTIVE ACKBAR THE MYSTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you still haven’t told me what clue gave it away to you yet. ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/5hoy7902h/confused.gif)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:48:39 GMT
How 'bout another ten!!!!!!!&! GIVE DETECTIVE ACKBAR THE MYSTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you still haven’t told me what clue gave it away to you yet. ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/5hoy7902h/confused.gif) First, it was the curious omission of the E from DCEU. Second, it was the most unique style of putting - dashes - between words - separated by spaces Third, it was the tendency to add questions in nearly every post Fourth, it was the recent self deletion of a regular's account And lastly, most telling of all, was the bizarre inclusion of a period at the end of some of his thread titles. Nothing gets past Detective Ackbar!
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:50:39 GMT
@forceghostackbar, President Ackbar™, No Morpho, Only Bánh mì, and all other fellow mystery-mavens… Have you seen this yet? I wrote it up a month ago, got a few nibbles on the Religion board of all places because drystyx had posted mysteries there and got a good response, and then posted it in ‘Games’ to no avail. No one’s figured it out yet—though I suspect you fellas will! ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:52:37 GMT
GIVE DETECTIVE ACKBAR THE MYSTERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you still haven’t told me what clue gave it away to you yet. ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/5hoy7902h/confused.gif) First, it was the curious omission of the E from DCEU. Second, it was the most unique style of putting - dashes - between words - separated by spaces Third, it was the tendency to add questions in nearly every post Fourth, it was the recent self deletion of a regular's account And lastly, most telling of all, was the bizarre inclusion of a period at the end of some of his thread titles. Nothing gets past Detective Ackbar! Brilliant. As expected, I feel like a fool for not seeing my own clues. “You see, but you do not observe, Watson,” as Mr. Holmes would have told me. Bravissimo, amico mio!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:55:43 GMT
Case Closed! ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/s8tffwvq1/cheers.gif) And to my "opponent" NormanClature I welcome you (back) to the boards! I hope you enjoyed this little detour as much as we have.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:57:21 GMT
Now... Somebody please create a sock account so that we can do this again!
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Apr 25, 2018 22:58:08 GMT
Case Closed! ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/s8tffwvq1/cheers.gif) And to my "opponent" NormanClature I welcome you (back) to the boards! I hope you enjoyed this little detour as much as we have. Aha! detour is NormanClature! I solved it! ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/7d754nzix/clap.gif)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2018 22:59:17 GMT
Case Closed! ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/s8tffwvq1/cheers.gif) And to my "opponent" NormanClature I welcome you (back) to the boards! I hope you enjoyed this little detour as much as we have. Aha! detour is NormanClature! I solved it! ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/7d754nzix/clap.gif) BRILLIANT!!!!!!1
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Post by Nalkarj on Apr 25, 2018 22:59:24 GMT
Case Closed! ![](https://s26.postimg.cc/s8tffwvq1/cheers.gif) And to my "opponent" NormanClature I welcome you (back) to the boards! I hope you enjoyed this little detour as much as we have. What ho, Holmes! I say, it’s been fun, eh, what? Shall I ask Mrs. Hudson to bring up some brandy? I believe I’ll insert this case into my records, as “The Adventure of the Pseudonymous Sock.” ![](http://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/album/12760/nigel-bruce-600x480.jpg)
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