Creative High Schooler Sneaks Biggie Quote Into Yearbook via Nerd Code

Yearbook quotes are always the perfect way to catch a glimpse into the psyche of your 18-year-old self. Oh, you thought “The Boy with the Arab Strap” was the height of poetry? Did that Mahatma Gandhi quote you read in your world history book move you to the point that you always want to be remembered by it? Or were you more into a classic Walt Whitman line?

Whatever dopey quote you decided on, it was nowhere near as cool as Jessica Lee’s encrypted message for her fellow graduates:

Flourine uranium carbon potassium bismuth technetium helium sulfur germanium thulium oxygen neon yttrium.

All the Sublime-heads who skipped Chem 101 were probably all, “NERD! What is she even talking about?!” But everyone who stayed up until 4 AM the night before the AP Chemistry test that year see Jessica winking. We feel, you Jessica Lee. Take a closer look at Jessica’s quote, with the symbols for each of the elements she listed:

(F) flourine (U) uranium (C) carbon (K) potassium (Bi) bismuth (Tc) technetium (He) helium (S) sulfur (Ge) germanium (Tm) thulium (O) oxygen (Ne) neon (Y) yttrium