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          Silver (both a metal and a medal)




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          Then the title sounds like "Hi-yo, Silver, away!", the catchphrase that the Lone Ranger shouted to his horse Silver. :)







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            @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
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            And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
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          • @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
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          Is it...




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          Then the title sounds like "Hi-yo, Silver, away!", the catchphrase that the Lone Ranger shouted to his horse Silver. :)







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            @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
            – somebody
            Nov 19 at 23:47








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            And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
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            Nov 19 at 23:53










          • @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
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          Is it...




          Silver (both a metal and a medal)




          Because...




          Then the title sounds like "Hi-yo, Silver, away!", the catchphrase that the Lone Ranger shouted to his horse Silver. :)







          share|improve this answer



















          • 1




            @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
            – somebody
            Nov 19 at 23:47








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            And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
            – Chris Happy
            Nov 19 at 23:53










          • @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
            – Walt
            Nov 20 at 13:00













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          up vote
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          Is it...




          Silver (both a metal and a medal)




          Because...




          Then the title sounds like "Hi-yo, Silver, away!", the catchphrase that the Lone Ranger shouted to his horse Silver. :)







          share|improve this answer














          Is it...




          Silver (both a metal and a medal)




          Because...




          Then the title sounds like "Hi-yo, Silver, away!", the catchphrase that the Lone Ranger shouted to his horse Silver. :)








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            @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
            – somebody
            Nov 19 at 23:47








          • 2




            And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
            – Chris Happy
            Nov 19 at 23:53










          • @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
            – Walt
            Nov 20 at 13:00














          • 1




            @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
            – somebody
            Nov 19 at 23:47








          • 2




            And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
            – Chris Happy
            Nov 19 at 23:53










          • @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
            – Walt
            Nov 20 at 13:00








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          @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
          – somebody
          Nov 19 at 23:47






          @ChrisHappy pls rot13 not reverse :| (type as: rot13(<rot13'd text here>))
          – somebody
          Nov 19 at 23:47






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          2




          And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
          – Chris Happy
          Nov 19 at 23:53




          And that is rot13(obgu n zrgny (Nt) naq n zrqny (2aq))
          – Chris Happy
          Nov 19 at 23:53












          @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
          – Walt
          Nov 20 at 13:00




          @cobaltduck Thanks, edited.
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