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Problem

Decode this message:

  I were you I love of worms between the lines is it, pillar to one or
  e-mail a tee is it of seven a jam only one difference great white.
  Myself a kiss desired result of least squares to z and sweet song
  and.

-- David Moews <dmoews@xraysgi.ims.uconn.edu>, "Stereotypy", May 1997

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Solution by the proposer.

The message was encoded by the following method: for each word, or
chunk, of the original message, I picked a stock phrase containing it,
and then deleted the original word or chunk, leaving the rest of the
stock phrase.

The decryption is as follows:

(If) I were you                 IF
I love (you)                    YOU
(can) of worms                  CAN
(read) between the lines        READ
(this) is it,                   THIS,
pillar to (post)                POST
one or (another)                ANOTHER
e-mail (message)                MESSAGE
(to) a tee                      TO
(this) is it                    THIS
(group) of seven                GROUP    (also known as G-7)
(in) a jam                      IN
(the) only one                  THE
(same) difference               SAME
great white (way).              WAY.
(I), Myself                     I
(stole) a kiss                  STOLE
(the) desired result            THE
(method) of least squares       METHOD
(from a) to z                   FROM A
(short) and sweet               SHORT
song and (story).               STORY.

The short story in question is "Calloway's Code", by O. Henry.  It was
reprinted in WHIRLIGIGS.

-- David Moews <dmoews@xraysgi.ims.uconn.edu>