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So, I was walking down the street when this paper materialized just in front of me, as if from thin air. I'm not sure if I can decipher it, maybe you can? It also smelled like fish a bit.



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          The paper says:




          Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
          $quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
          $quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha


          [These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite




          How the deciphering works:




          Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.




          Here is the paper together with the plaintext:




          enter image description here







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            I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
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          The paper says:




          Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
          $quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
          $quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha


          [These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite




          How the deciphering works:




          Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.




          Here is the paper together with the plaintext:




          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer









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            I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
            $endgroup$
            – user477343
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          $begingroup$

          The paper says:




          Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
          $quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
          $quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha


          [These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite




          How the deciphering works:




          Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.




          Here is the paper together with the plaintext:




          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer









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          • $begingroup$
            I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
            $endgroup$
            – user477343
            14 mins ago













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          The paper says:




          Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
          $quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
          $quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha


          [These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite




          How the deciphering works:




          Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.




          Here is the paper together with the plaintext:




          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer









          $endgroup$



          The paper says:




          Hello! My name is Sam. I am from the future. Dad said I can send a letter to the past. Hope you find it! Now, I will tell you my best joke.
          $quad$ Why the fisher does not want to live on the shore?
          $quad$ It runs too fast! Hahahahahahaha


          [These last few words are upside down] Anchovies are my favourite




          How the deciphering works:




          Each of the figures is composed of some simple symbols, each of these symbols represents a letter which together form a word.




          Here is the paper together with the plaintext:




          enter image description here








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            I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
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          I had a feeling the first symbol meant that... but, boy, I had no idea about the rest! This is so good!
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