Tuesday, 7 July 2015

cipher - An Unfortunate Conundrum Involving Extremes



The tide recedes as I sit in the fenced garden on my roof. A jagged rock lies ready to wreck the mariner who errs. A seabird screeches somewhere to my rear. Longing, I look at the world beyond the rail. The earth is green. It is the middle of the day and I am listening to Abba. A beat of wings and the bird comes in sight - nature and I are in sync. He who renounces nature, wherever he may roam, goes nowhere.




What is my number?


Hint 1



Throw up your hands in surrender: this is one of the harder ones.




Answer



Your number is:



Thirteen.




Why?



The last word in each sentence can be transformed with Rot13 to give another English word. That word is described at the beginning of the sentence:

The tide recedes as I sit in the fenced garden on my roofebbs.
A jagged rock lies ready to wreck the mariner who errsreef.
A seabird screeches somewhere to my rearerne.
Longing, I look at the world beyond the railenvy.
The earth is greenterra.
It is the middle of the day and I am listening to AbbaNoon.
A beat of wings and the bird comes in sight - nature and I are in syncflap.

He who renounces nature, wherever he may roam, goes nowhereabjurer.

Throw up your hands in surrender: this is one of the harder onesbarf.



Unfortunalely, I haven't got any good explanation for the title.


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