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I've been mulling over this intriguing connection you've made, Matthew, and wouldn't be at all surprised if you're right. But I wouldn't give too much credit for inspiration to list thuggery-- doesn't it exemplify the kind of brilliant, if twisted, lateral thinking we both admire in Steven Wright? What I'm wondering now, though, is if there's also a (similarly twisted) association between the octothorp and the Forward Prize odds of EIGHT to ONE that Roddy's given you on your Sweeney flutter. May your horse be on the tic-tac-dough! Candice At 08:17 PM 7/12/00 +0100, you wrote: >While on the subject of this fascinating symbol, does anyone know whether >its similarity to the board used for what we call noughts-and-crosses, and >Americans I think call tic-tac-toe, is a coincidence? Might the game >represent a sort of rustic streetfighting, with the winner gaining control >of the village? > >I've got to spend less time on this list. It's doing strange things to my >brain. > >Best wishes, > > >Matthew Francis >[log in to unmask] > >Visit my website at http://www.7greenhill.freeserve.co.uk > > > > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%