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From: john@cisden.UUCP (John Woolley)
Newsgroups: net.puzzle
Subject: Re: Yet Another Letter Sequence
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 18:52:58 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 17 18:52:58 1986
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In article <889@spp2.UUCP> stassen@spp2.UUCP (Chris Stassen) writes:
>What are the next four letters in this sequence:
>
>	H, H, L, B, B, C, N, O, F ...
>
>(Careful!  There are two equally correct answers).

Well, obviously it's  N, S, M, A.  How could anyone fail to see it right
off?  But I don't see how there's another equally correct answer, unless
you're going to argue for N in place of my S, which would be pretty perverse.

Actually, this was a good one.  I stared at it for some minutes without any
progress, then decided to call my Dad and see if he had any ideas.  As his
phone was ringing, suddenly it all was clear.  Funny how these things happen.
I think it was the haunting familiarity of the CNOF part of it that clicked.
-- 
				Peace and Good!,
				      Fr. John Woolley
"Compared to what I have seen, all that I have written is straw." -- St. Thomas