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SMITH and JONES: The hidden meanings of the signs
Posted By: Nack Ballard In Response To: SMITH and JONES (Nack Ballard)
Date: Thursday, 23 February 2017, at 5:39 p.m.
The first paragraph of my story offered a little bonus puzzle:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few days ago, I was invited to a posh club that is ironically named the MANLY SLUR. Underneath its banner is a sign stating that ONLY SURLY MADMAN need apply. Finally, a hand-scrawled sign looks like it has been freshly added: Sadly mourn Mr. Merlin, ally. All three have a hidden meaning, or so I heard.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ These phrases, of increasing length, are all anagrams of the name of the talented magician, logician, mathematician, pianist and philosopher who I mentioned just above the beginning of my story.
....MANLY SLUR...........................R. SMULLYAN
....ONLY SURLY MADMAN.........RAYMOND SMULLYAN
....Sadly mourn Mr. Merlin, ally.......RAYMOND MERRILL SMULLYAN
The scoop is that the club owner had known Mr. Smullyan personally, and had a fascination for his books. Upon his death, the owner added the italicized tribute (in blue).A few other candidates I considered for the third anagram were:
.....Alas, mourn merry-mind ally
.....Mourn Merlin's rally, madly!
.....Merlin lays? Normally drum
.....Randomly rill my numerals
.....Merry minds roll manuallyNack
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