tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post7254779787971060407..comments2024-03-18T10:07:42.027-07:00Comments on Papergreat: From the readers: "Mark Felt" weighs in on mystery postcardChris Ottohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435979081891289688noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-5862463884790349802018-04-30T17:12:46.676-07:002018-04-30T17:12:46.676-07:00The writer may very well have intended to write &q...The writer may very well have intended to write "pen", but not in the sense of a writing utensil, rather "any small enclosure in which someone or something can be confined".<br /><br />See definition 1.2 under the <i>second</i> section here: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/pen<br /><br />That would make more sense in the context of the postcard.<br /><br />-- M.F.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-3053283924462183482018-04-18T10:18:05.314-07:002018-04-18T10:18:05.314-07:00My mind is now blown.My mind is now blown.Joan Conciliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037521306574698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-20021553254634513812018-04-17T07:33:47.649-07:002018-04-17T07:33:47.649-07:00My jaw just hit the floor. This might be my new fa...My jaw just hit the floor. This might be my new favorite theory. It boggles the mind to think that someone might have used 50% of the postcard message to complain about the pen they are using.Chris Ottohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875854143718805298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6681636933577206972.post-20653829239878774932018-04-16T11:09:03.247-07:002018-04-16T11:09:03.247-07:00It just sez "Pens". Compare the P to th...It just sez "Pens". Compare the P to the one in "Penna" (nearly identical, except where the former faded), and note the lousiness of the pen the writer is using in several places --- most significantly, in the two letters right before the sentence in question, which had to be gone over more than once.Lhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razornoreply@blogger.com