ADDENDUM SCHEMATIC
FOR DERMATOGRAPHIC BRAILLE
MESSAGE ON TRUDY'S ARM (PAGE 6)
In this
schematic an "X" represents a
bump, a dash indicates a cell position
that has no bump, a parenthetical "C"
represents the symbol that makes the
character that follows it capitalized,
and a parenthetical "S"
signifies a space. (Arrange on Trudy's
arm in 2 lines, each a complete sentence.)
(C) N O T
(S) I N (S) T
- - X X X - - X - - - X X X -
- - X
- - - X - X X X - - X - - X -
- X X
- X X - X - X - - - - - X - -
- X -
H I S (S) L I F E T
X - - X - X - - X - - X X X X
- - X
X X X - X - - - X - X - X - -
X X X
- - - - X - - - X - - - - - -
- X -
I M E (S) (C) I (S) H A
- X X X X - - - - - - X - - X
- X -
X - - - - X - - - - X - - - X
X - -
- - X - - - - - - X - - - - -
- - -
V E (S) A (S) H E A D
X - X - - - X - - - X - X - X
- X X
X - - X - - - - - - X X - X -
- - X
X X - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - -
A C H E
X - X X X - X -
- - - - X X - X
- - - - - - - -
(Writer's musing: It's ironic that all
this code is for a simple "sight gag."
Well, donthca think or dontcha?)
(FYI: Dermatographia is "a condition
in which touching or lightly scratching
the skin causes raised, reddish marks."
- Random House Dictionary of the English
Language. Second Edition, Unabridged)
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