There's a guy who's been awake since the Second World War

[venta]

Today's word from The Calendar is great:

pitchkettled

meaning puzzled. I have no idea why, but I like it.

It also says:

"On this date in 1944, as the Allies prepared to invade France at Normandy, a minor detail in a London Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle raised considerable alarm among the military brass. During the preceding month, the puzzle had contained code words the invasion planners had been using, including Omaha, mulberry, Neptune and Utah. On June 2, overlord, the word secretly asssigned to the entire massive assault, appeared as a solution to "eleven across" from the previous day. British inteligence officers quickly arrested Leonard Dawe, a physics teacher and twenty-year veteran crossword puzzle writer for the news-paper, but they quickly determined that this was simply an amazing coincidence rather than an act of espionage."

Comments

[beckyl.livejournal.com]

I'd actually heard this one before in some documentary ages ago - although I can't remember whether the documentary was on espionage, D-Day or crosswords thoughout history.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

The guy that's been awake sounds cool.... does he have to rest.... is he just really really wired on drugs..... is he now massivly cranky?

In short, tell me more!

[wimble.livejournal.com]

I have no idea why, but I like it.

'cos you're a purveyor of the bizarre.
That was easy.

As opposed to a perveyor of a bazaar, of course. Which probably involves selling hobbits.