Subdeacon Joe Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 If so, Get Crackin' Quest to crack secrets of lost D-Day pigeon It was part of a very special air service crucial to the D-Day landings. But a carrier pigeon dispatched by the invasion force to relay secret messages back across the Channel never made it home to its base. Instead the bird got stuck in a chimney only to be discovered 70 years later, it's secret communique still attached to its skeleton in a red capsule. The message is so secret that it is written in code long since forgotten by the security services. Now the Government Communications Headquarter (GCHQ) in Cheltenham, Glos, is hoping to decipher the note in a bid to unravel the mystery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hmmm....seems this isn't new news. The birds skeleton was found back in '82. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/world/europe/world-war-ii-pigeons-message-a-mystery.html?_r=0 http://www.bletchleypark.org/news/docview.rhtm/675670 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G #1840 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I figured out you meant Cryptographer, does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 I understand that those birds taste just like squab. Wait a minute, THEY ARE SQUAB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hey.... I had an uncle who was a squab leader in WW II.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 I figured out you meant Cryptographer, does that count? and furthermore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 I understand that those birds taste just like squab. Wait a minute, THEY ARE SQUAB! An' they DON'T taste like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 An' they DON'T taste like chicken. One time long ago I was lost out in the mountains while hunting. I shot a American Bald Eagle to eat cuz I was hungry. A Game Warden heard the shot and came and found me. He understood why I shot the eagle, but had to arrest me anyway. Took me to a Judge and the Judge fined me $1,600 for shooting and eating the Eagle. I paid the fine and was getting ready to leave when the Judge asked me what American Bald eagle tasted like. Not bad I said, kinda like Spotted Owl or Calif Condor. Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted November 3, 2012 Share Posted November 3, 2012 An' they DON'T taste like chicken. Well I guess not, Joe. They is squab, not chicken. Alligator taste like chicken tho. No that ain't right, Alligator like chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Well I guess not, Joe. They is squab, not chicken. Alligator taste like chicken tho. No that ain't right, Alligator like chicken. You are what you eat.... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Hey.... I had an uncle who was a squab leader in WW II.... Strange...I had an uncle who was a cryptographer. Seriously. He decoded the message that said the war was over in Europe for his HQ in Germany. He kept the original for a souvenir and made a copy for the general staff. My cousin has it in a family album somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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