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   ABCtexan said, 8 months ago

   whoh… I didn’t know my keyboard did that… ˙ø∑ çøø¬¡
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   c001 said, 8 months ago

   And with the “option” key the 7 letters of “Gilbert” become 6 characters of gibberish? I opted for Lester because his first name is the only one with 6 charcters,
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   Chris Eden said, 8 months ago

   My keyboard does not have an ‘option’ key – I have tried all the Control keys to no avail.
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   aint_lost said, 8 months ago

   @Chris Eden

   one of many differences between mac and pc
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   Tue Elung-Jensen said, 8 months ago

   Another stupid one considering we can only see 6 characters in the name.
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   voluspaa said, 8 months ago

   @ Tue – Actually there’s 7 – the apostrophe is clearly visible next to the integral. Being a mac illiterate I didn’t have a chance with today’s puzzle.
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   SeaFox10 said, 8 months ago

   Never seen an “option” key on any computer, so this case is a lie!
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   lichtentunes said, 8 months ago

   It kind of almost works on a PC if you hold ctrl & alt while you type. a couple of the same symbols pop up.
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   Darren Blair said, 8 months ago

   If the guy was a vintage computer enthusiast knocking something out on a Commodore then I’d believe it; the Commodore 64 actually did have a key that, if you held it down while typing, would enable you to put out images and lines instead of text. I used to use it a lot to doodle back in the day.
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    aircraft-engineer said, 8 months ago

    OPTION KEY? is the the old joke about “hit any key to continue” and then be unable to find the “ANY” key?
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    nighthawks said, 8 months ago

    here’s what I got when typing ’ gilbert’ with the option key pressed on my mac:
    ©ˆ¬∫´®†
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    nighthawks said, 8 months ago

    Had this macbook for 5 years and did not know that…..
    sometimes I want to type a ‘cent’ sign and all you have is the $ sign when you press shift 4……but ( I have just learned) if you press option 4 , you get ¢
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    route66paul said, 8 months ago

    Hector, I am afraid you didn’t do it correctly. Send Lucille down to me and I’ll do it.
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    WytZox1 said, 8 months ago

    Wrong Wrong Wrong! The only names with 6 letters where no 2 letters are identical are BAXTER and WILSON so I narrowed it down to those 2 suspects. My keyboard special characters option didn’t produce the characters in the strip so I couldn’t determine which one tho. This strip was clever indeed … but lame to the max!
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    rightisright said, 8 months ago

    Lucille Baxter will be strip-searched IRREGARDLESS. Right after I dump the body of Joe the Jerk.
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