Civilisation

[addedentry]

I had the good fortune to attend a charming civil partnership ceremony on Saturday. The invitation came as an encrypted teletype message, for the ceremony was to take place in Bletchley Park. Fortunately the details were repeated in clear.

We were treated to Bernstein and Stevens, a Flanders and Swann tribute act, and though 'Misalliance' was not

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[vinaigrettegirl]

That sounds like quite a ceremony: can you reproduce the encrypted text?

[addedentry]

I don't know that I ought, because it would (at least with inordinate persistence) reveal the grooms' names! There were five by five blocks of five letters, enciphered on an Enigma machine with appropriate settings of dates and initials. We were given the key to decipher the message on the day, but as I say, unencrypted instructions had also been provided, otherwise the ceremony might not have been so well attended...

[qatsi]

I've added you to my f-list; you should be able to see the text here.

(Purists will note that there is no preamble, so the indicator settings are missing. I don't know if I missed anything else off, or whether the message is long enough to be subjected usefully to other forms of attack.)

[vinaigrettegirl]

Thank you; I am fond of the Enigma machine and its history, and this is a grand addition.

[qatsi]

I'm glad you enjoyed the day. Though I agree it has somewhat mixed messages, Misalliance is one of my favourites. And thank you for the A&M link; I hadn't been aware of those!

[jiggery_pokery]

Oh, very cool all round! Many congratulations, especially to the grooms. :-)

I didn't know you could do playlists on YouTube like that; good to know, too!

[qatsi]

Thank you!