Conundrum.

[socrates]

I should have looked into Ezra's background a bit more before using his name

Could have been worse - could have chose Jimmy Savile.

 

[Ezra Pound]

Ah, O.K. I thought it was "all shall be well" being said to Julian of Norwich by the 'Big Guy', hence my reply. I'm glad that's sorted

 

[Trev]

@ socrates. But Wikiwatsit says

in 1933 Time magazine called him "a cat that walks by himself, tenaciously unhousebroken and very unsafe for children"

So close ;=)

 

[antipodean]

Cor blimey, this is getting too hi-brow for me and the emoticons ...

 

[oijonesey]

in 1933 Time magazine called him "a cat that walks by himself, tenaciously unhousebroken and very unsafe for children"

I had no idea JS had been around that long!!?

 

[4291]

Here's another one.
What happens in December every 823 years?

 

[Ezra Pound]

Here's another one. What happens in December every 823 years?

Does it have anything to do with 5 + 5 + 5 ?

 

[4291]

Could be. Don't give it away just yet.

 

[gomezz]

Christmas.

 

[socrates]

Does it have anything to do with 5 + 5 + 5 ?

I think we're in urban myth territory.

 

[4291]

I think you are right. I should have checked before posting!

 

[Black Hole]

Is this anything to do with the Mayans?

 

[Trev]

What happens in December every 823 years?

Nothing special. It's July that it happens in ;=)

 

[4291]

If you take 823 from 2012 you get 1189. In July 1189 Richard I came to the throne. Before that time is defined as Time Immemorial.

This wasn't the conundrum.

 

[4291]

Is this anything to do with the Mayans?

I'll let you know on the 22nd!

 

[Luke]

Is this anything to do with the Mayans?

For me the answer came up very easily with google search. Congratulations on not cheating like I did.

 

[Black Hole]

That doesn't mean I know why 823 has anything to do with it. The limited info I have from the news in the last couple of weeks is that the Mayan calendar cycles build up so that each successive cycle is longer than the last (like a factorial). Thus the "event" would not be every 823 years, and the way days are counted would not necessarily result in it always falling in December.

I'll give you my own conundrum: which day of the week is the 13th of the month most likely to fall on?

 

[Trev]

I assume that you are banning Google et. al. from your answers.

 

[Luke]

When in a pub arent all Google et. al. answers a no go?

 

[Black Hole]

Try Googling if you like, I'm not sure anything less than Wolfram Alpha will come up with the answer.