Comments | wisewoman: Where is d'Herblay?

wisewoman

Where is d'Herblay?

Dec 21, 2007 10:54

I need his assistance. I just don't buy this.

In my in-box this morning:

"It was on this day (December 21) in 1913 that the very first
crossword puzzle appeared in The New York World. It was the invention
of journalist Arthur Wynne, who called it a "Word-Cross," but the
typesetter made a mistake and printed the game as "Cross-Word" and the
name stuck. ( Read more... )

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midnightsjane December 21 2007, 19:53:58 UTC

That is highly suspicious!
I would read a book with that plot for sure...I enjoy crossword puzzles, although I'm no where near d'H's class.
Hey! how are you doing? Mouth better now?
Happy Winter Solstice!
we must do lunch again soon...after New Year?

wisewoman December 21 2007, 20:06:46 UTC

I'm doing just fine! Mouth is healing nicely and sinus puncture has closed (did I tell you about that, I'm sure I did, lol). One big excavation is still far from closing, but will do so on its own and not require surgery, YAY!!

The rest of the work happens January 15, so I say, let us lunch between January 1 and 15...perfect timing for moi.

Just name the date, m'dear.

;o) xoxoxo

midnightsjane December 21 2007, 20:57:29 UTC

Sometime between January 1 and 15 it is. We can decide after Christmas, eh?
Glad to hear you're mending well!

ladystarlightsj December 21 2007, 20:36:58 UTC

I'm gonna rely on my recall of all the war-themed shows I've watched over the years (sigh) and say that it's true. I vaguely remember hearing about it on something, heh.

wisewoman December 21 2007, 20:40:34 UTC

It's true that it was a coincidence?!?

I'm a Wiccan. We call coincidences like that clairvoyance, lol!

;o)

ladystarlightsj December 22 2007, 01:12:45 UTC

Heee, true enough.

(And yes, it was a coincidence)

cactuswatcher December 22 2007, 00:53:31 UTC

I didn't think the clues all occured in one puzzle.

The British were careful about checking it out.

wisewoman December 22 2007, 03:22:40 UTC

As I said to LadyS, when we call something like this "coincidence" I think we may be deliberately turning a blind eye on some sort of psychic event. It would be safe to assume that those words held great importance for a number of minds in Britain in those days, that a significant number of people, out of necessity, were concentrating intently on those specific words.

I'm not saying anything deliberate happened, just that the intense concentration "leaked" into other, receptive minds, who happened to be composing crossword puzzles at the time...

;o)

dherblay December 22 2007, 04:34:50 UTC

This article adds some interesting information to the story.

wisewoman December 22 2007, 04:58:55 UTC

Well, thank you very much! Definitely not a coincidence then, if any of these "schoolboys" can be believed.

But how efficient could MI-5 have been? That is just appalling.

I must say I'm disappointed that there is no hint of psychic involvement but...you win some, you lose some.

;o)