Something Different For Monday Mystery...!

I think that this mystery is a tad different from what we usually have here, so maybe it's a good one!

Normally a mystery like this stays close to the same place, but in this case it seems to bounce all over! That alone makes it a good mystery to me!

Toynbee Tiles

The Toynbee tiles are messages of mysterious origin found embedded in asphalt in about two dozen major cities in the United States and three South American capitals. Since the 1980s, several hundred tiles have been discovered. They are generally about the size of an American license plate, but sometimes considerably larger. They contain some variation on the following inscription:

TOYNBEE IDEA

IN KUBRICK’S 2001

RESURRECT DEAD

ON PLANET JUPITER.

The majority of tiles contain text similar to that above, although a second set is often found nearby. Several of these allude to a mass conspiracy between the press (including newspaper magnate John S. Knight of Knight-Ridder), the U.S. government, the USSR (even in tiles seemingly made years after the Soviet Union’s dissolution), and Jews. The writing is of a similar style and poor quality. A tile that used to be located in Santiago de Chile mentions a street address in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2624 S. 7th Philadelphia, PA. The current occupants of the house know nothing about the tiles and are annoyed by people who ask.

Nothing like a good mystery to get the ol' imagination to flowing freely, right? Makes for an interesting discussion around the coffee circle!

Speaking of coffee, let's have ours out on the patio this morning. Sound OK to you?