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A comment on R.I.P. Donald J. Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown Author, 1924-2012.

Re:R.I.P. Donald J. Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown Author, 1924-2012 by darren on Tuesday July 17, 2012 @10:15PM (#4259019)
Topless Robot did a good summary on how ridiculous some of the "mysteries" were:

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/07/the_10_most_ridiculously...

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Re:R.I.P. Donald J. Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown Author, 1924-2012 by SilasX on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @02:20AM (#4259615)
Wow, number 9 pretty ridiculous. The perp used the Roman numeral IIII instead of IV, and that's what jewelers do, so it must be the jeweler (and this particular one)? And most expensive watches don't even follow that?

(On a side note, I have seen IIII in the 4-spot on clocks, but only in a few places in San Francisco.)

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Re:R.I.P. Donald J. Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown Author, 1924-2012 by chris_wot on Wednesday July 18, 2012 @01:59AM (#4259562)
A book for children, ridiculous? Never!
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