Defeating the sytem, one piece of red tape at a time...

[use_theforce_em]

So I accidentally booked our hostel in Istanbul for one day more than I should have (I blame lack of sleep and brain damage - nothing new). And I emailed the hostel and told them that I needed to change the reservation and take a day off of it. And they emailed me back saying that reservations made on hostelbookers.com could not be changed. I had

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[hangingfire]

BSG spoilers for ep. 3.19 ROT-13'd:

pheerag gurbel va bhe ubhfr vf gung gur plybaf fghpx fbzr xvaq bs genafzvggre be qrivpr va gvtu'f urnq, naq gung'f jul ur'f urnevat gur zhfvp. orpnhfr v ershfr gb oryvrir gung ur'f bar. vg'f vzcbffvoyr. ohg fbzrguvat vf tbvat gb unccra gb gur thl, znex zl jbeqf. jurarire gjb punenpgref unir n "lbh'er zl byqrfg sevraq" pbairefngvba, bar bs gurz? vf fb qrnq.

[use_theforce_em]

okay, did the same, in case their are any people lurking around here who haven't seen the ep:

nu, penc. v unqa'g gubhtug bs gung. ohg jung nobhg naqref urnevat vg gbb? v thrff gurl pbhyq unir qbar vg gb obgu bs gurz. tbggn ybir ubj gur ahttrg vf pehfuvat ba uvz evtug nsgre uvf jvsr qvrq, gubhtu. ynql, ur'f qnzntrq tbbqf evtug abj. yrnir vg nybar. naq yrr, v ybir lbh, ohg abj vf abg gur evtug gvzr gb qrpvqr gb or n zna. qb vg yngre. naq nqnzn, vs lbh'q gnyxrq gb lbhe obl nobhg rirelguvat orsber ur jrag gb pbheg, vafgrnq bs sernxvat bhg bire gvtu, ur jbhyqa'g unir nfxrq onq dhrfgvbaf va gur pbhegebbz. naq fgbc gelvat gb xvyy ynhen ebfyla. v fjrne, guvf frnfba gurl whfg fnvq, "jr qba'g arrq srznyr punenpgref. yrg'f bss 'rz. nyy bs gurz."

[hangingfire]

qhqr, ab xvqqvat nobhg gur srznyr punenpgre qrngupbhag. vg'f fgnegvat gb naabl zr, gb or ubarfg.

gurer frrzf gb or n irel cbchyne gurbel gung naqref znl or erirnyrq nf bar bs gur svany svir, juvpu ... v'q nyzbfg ohl, ohg v qb xabj gung v'z nyzbfg avargl-avar creprag pregnva gung gbel vf.

nf sbe yrr naq ovyy, nyy v pna ernyyl qb vf dhbgr vgrz #1051 sebz gur "guvatf v nz abg nyybjrq gb qb nobneq tnynpgvpn" yvfg: "v nz abg nyybjrq gb fgneg ersreevat gb gur 'nqenznf'." v'z cebonoyl va gur zvabevgl ba guvf, ohg v xvaq bs purrerq jura qhnyyn svanyyl onvyrq ba uvz. jnf fhecevfrq gung vg gbbx _guvf_ ybat, npghnyyl.

(And can I say I just really like how ROT-13 makes stuff look like something out of Farscape?)

[use_theforce_em]

lrnu, lbh xabj, vg jbhyq znxr cresrpg frafr sbe gbel gb or bar. jung jvgu ubj fur'f orra bhg bs vg, naq ure jrveqarff ng gur one, naq gur snpg gung ynhen unf pnapre ntnva, juvpu nyzbfg znxrf lbh jbaqre vs vg jnf ratvarrerq. v qba'g xabj vs v'q ohl naqref, gubhtu. v zrna, vg jbhyq or ernyyl vagrerfgvat gb unir bar gung sne vagb guvatf; orvat gur yrnqre bs gur erfvfgnapr ba pncevpn naq fhpu, ohg vg qbrfa'g frrz gb qb zhpu sbe gur fgbel