Secret ENIGMA competition: ACTIVATED

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1. @ Jopedder – Most of us dunno yet. The rabbit hasn’t appeared yet – to my knowledge. Which doesn’t count for much.
2. @ Jopedder – and 59 Seconds is Richard Wiseman’s new book, so it might be a clue, but it might be that Derren’s team just didn’t clear up before they shot the poster. Or maybe it’s just a wee bit of extra subliminal sales work..?
3. @Jopedder: that’s Richard Wiseman’s book in the corner.
4. @JayKay The books’ called The Rose Labyrinth by Titania Hardie but I very much doubt it’s relevance, It’s just another conspiricy book using palindromes as clues 😀
5. @ WritersBlock – But it will no doubt be a book that Derren has aside for reference. He and Andy Nyman are a bit up on obsolete old weirdy books methinks. Thank you for that.
6. And it’s not even old or obsolete. But it’s weirdy.
7. when they say they are moderating, they really are. it’s quite annoying that i can’t express my views about people that really need a good old shake. i personally think that blogs are magnets for some strange people. and i didnt even swear. moderate that!

   Msg from Abeo: Not quite sure what comment your talking about, happy for you to email me about it if you want. For pointers on what gets removed and what doesn’t see the FAQ / About Page. 🙂
8. @The Zomeister Exactly what I did! I got SOLOS so i guess i lose?
9. woo. i got a message from abeo.

   Msg from Abeo: *Waves* 😉
10. MIne says solos ….. I see no rabbit – except the ones hopping around my garden!!
11. I’m sad – poster 210 doesn’t have any special UV stuff at all! How disappointing. Luckily I ordered solely for the love of Derren and his mystical face.
12. Thanks for the replies – can’t believe I missed the rabbit ref above – serves me right for being a skim reader. Thank’s also for all those with the book title. Derren mentions in a blog or tweet somewhere that someone might get poster 666 – anyone here have that one, and if so, does it have anything different on it – being palindromic n’all??
13. Me thinks Derren will be projecting the rabbit into our heads tonight “At the end of the show, the image itself will be revealed to see how it compares with the one produced by viewers”
14. I ordered mine about a week ago, still waiting for it can`t wait for it to get here now.

    XTraceyX
15. These hidden messages are not written in you manly love juice are they?
16. OMG! I’m so sad, my poster (according to the lovely phillis, who i may add has been tres helpful in the situation) was number 12, and i had problems with no address supplied (I’m sure i did, I’m quite good at spending money via the internet!!) , paypal saying i hadn’t paid, then when all that was sorted the bleeding thins still hasn’t arrived! eep don’t start with out me!!! hehe
17. Got my poster just now, fab, ta v much for getting them out. Haven’t any UV lights, but I can’t spot any ink deposit, so I might not have a code; we’ll see later on. Nevertheless, it’s a bit quality, isn’t it?
18. Well found my word, and its vertically down the poster and over the white bits as well, oh what made it REALLY clear! lol

    It looks like a template was used and smudged when it was moved as little “dribbles” are all over the edges.

    So i assume the words are NOT random and follow a theme, so im going to do a little research contecting the words to date. 🙂

    Cheers
    Rob
19. @JayKay – I’m sure you probably have, but have you tried directing the poster towards the light to see if you have ink deposits along the bottom of the poster under where it says Adelphi Theatre? They look like little ‘L’ shapes. Mine is the same as the video but just printed a bit further along. What number poster did you get? It seems that the majority of people’s posters read SOLOS?!?
20. I’m 223 and, yeh, I’ve had a wee look in the light, but there’s no raised deposit on or under the varnish. I’ve not been to any shows or anything – though we’ve bought tickets for pressies for others to go to previous shows – and it might be linked to that. But no worries, it’s still the perfect poster to finish off my row of black and red posters in the hall upstairs. Now I just have to get my arse in gear and get them in their frames and up on the walls!
21. Bit of dodgy kerning going on with the type, haha!
22. Oh hang on, there are a few blobs which look like drips, but it’s not like the one in the video and not like I’d expect a deposit to be. I’ve got lighting gels upstairs… wonder if any are UV? Hope I haven’t chucked em. Rummagy rummagy. You know, i never enter competitions or do the lottery or anything like that – this whole thing is making me feel like a kid!
23. Nah, no UV gels and, looking again, I don’t think these blobs are owt. I’ll take the poster to the bogs in Café Nero on Old Compton Street on ma way to’t theatre tonight and have a wee butchers down there whilst I try to find a vein for jacking-up – terribly difficult with these UV lights y’know.
24. Is it too late to get a poster? Are they sold out?

    Msg from Abeo: Nope, you can buy them here http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/merchandise/products-page/ 🙂
25. i’m confused – no UV writing or braille on #236, but a random UV line underlining ‘sat 18th July’ =
26. Hi, if anyone fancies sending me a DM on Twitter who, like me, has a UV poster then maybe some of us can work together to figure out what this all means? I think the secret is in the teamwork………………
27. LairyT I’m following you now, I am AndyWaitey on Twitter
28. @AndyWaite – yep I saw you were following me. Will go on Twitter when get home in couple hours and follow you too, then I can DM you and vice versa. Cheers.
29. You know, I’ve been a bit crap on the UV front. I can see nowt in the sun apart from a few random drops of what could be UV on it and I’ve tried to find a UV torch but it’s impossible. I thought I’d buy one online but figured it would take 3 weeks to get to me and a postie would steal it anyway – like he did my last 6 dvds – and I have had the poor guy in an electrical shop try to read it with his faulty UV note inspector. I’ve hoofed it around in my bag but keep forgetting to go to the bogs in Café Nero on Old Compton Street as it has an anti-jacking up UV light in there. I’m poster 223, so it’s not an early one.

    God, I’m stinking as I sit here. My composter decided to wee all over the office and I’m covered in it. Have to go change, ‘scuse. Phew!
30. At this point my head is swimming in symbols and all sorts but here is where I am so far. His Video – the events is very visual, black and red, the girls baloon has an eagle on it, which some have been saying is the barclays symbol. Its more like the russian coat of arms and there are words round the symbol, i think, something international airport. It is a baloon after all. Then there many other visual refrences. However its all reversed, back to front and some clips he is upside down. I have closed my eyes after this brail thing, and listened to the advert, remember he had that blind guy in his programme who could almost sonar his way around. Then the palindromes. Well rotor, solos are magikal formulae. Kayak isnt but but all back to front references. Up is down, back is front (shrugs)
31. If I didn’t know better I would say someone whom shall remain Nameless, is looking for a Charlie to take over the chocolate factory or at least look after the ooompa loompas?
32. hi i just recieved my poster after a long wait but i cant find a code of any sort why is this??
33. Out of interest, what’s the average time for poster delivery here? I’m starting to wonder if the Post Office has gone back to delivering by mule again…
34. Deffo no UV on my poster. Went to the Tate today and somehow KNEW there would be something UV in there. A whole room in the pop culture exhibition. i whipped it out in there. But nowt. I also went to see UP 3D at the cinema (you MUST go see this – it is laugh out loud and you also get to have a wee snottery tear) and had a look at the poster with 3D glasses. Nowt special at all on my poster. Sob. However, there is a stainless steel Jeff Koons bunny at the Tate..? I know. I tried.
35. Harvey? You there..? Har-vey!
36. The Post Office has totally screwed up so many orders I’ve lost count. The UV marked versions are no longer the only ones to be entered. I’m still waiting for the THIRD send out of some posters to get to the rightful owners.

    So wait for them to turn up and when they do you’ll get a little message to tell you what to do. Sorry people – I’m cursing the Royal Mail every day.
37. Curse, curse, cursey curse curse curse.
38. @JayKay – ‘Nowt special at all on my poster’ – s’cuse me – apart from Derren’s lovely wee face that is. Ooops.
39. phillis all my note said was to watch out for the white rabbit so if mines not uv how will i know what to do??
40. Cos I’ve been looking up some bits and bobs about the poster again, I had the weirdest of Derren dreams again last night… I had to go to this big office/warehouse thing for an audition and no one really spoke to me there. Phillis, who looked like a cross between Walliams and my old dead toothless agent (sorry Phillis) in a flattened, squint, hairlacker-coated blonde cancer wig and a shabby beige poloneck and ski pants? (even more apologies) handed me a piece of paper with instructions. I made my way to the slide at forwardsplash and me and Coopy had to roll down this slide together in a specially linked hold – no one told me how to do the hold, I had to guess and not speak as I did it. Then I had to do it on my own. This time, when I stood up in the shallows of the pool… Ctnd
41. Hair lacquer, I mean
    Ctnd… there were loads of little threadlike nematode worms burrowing into my thighs. Brown Towers realised that the water was dirty (it was now like a cesspool around my legs) and they all apologised and got me out of the water and I had to have a rough towelling down to get rid of the worms. Again, no one really spoke to me, but Phillis came back in, slightly younger-looking for some reason and with prominent teeth and her wig dragged more forward over her forehead and said well done I’d done enough to get a prize. Thank Christ I needed a pee and had to get up. I’m all disconcerted this morning… Mummy…
42. I am having blog withdrawal symptoms. With the rellies down, I can’t sneak off and get online v often… Help. I’m trapped…
43. The RABBIT ITS THERE ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH what does it mean, smoking is bad for you? lol or rabbits, or car parks
44. where is the rabbit i cant see it lol
45. I have poster number 250 and received an email yesterday my poster has 18th July underlined and that is it!!!
    Did anyone read the terms and conditions for the competition? And once you clicked your details through it said await further INTRUCTIONS what does that mean? Is it a spelling mistake?
    Mr Derren Brown why are you so clever!!! lol
46. I’ve found the rabbit, and another clue. Can’t wait. 🙂
47. Hi LairyT Im following on twitter name Hallmork.
48. Ecclesiastes
49. “SOLOS/ROTOR/KAYAK etc ”

    did anyone get a word other than SOLOS as that’s what mine translates as and is the name of the competition. What’s with the other words mentioned?
50. Has anyone thought that this whole competition could be like Trick or treat series 2, episode 6? We are all trying to make sense of these random, spontaneous words, symbols trying to attach a meaning to them in order to win this competition when in fact it could all be that a random name is chosen out of a hat and they are the winner?