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I guess spies are more fun :D This is the first time I'm hearing about this and it does seem fun to speculate, so I'll try to pitch in :D Even though the init

by geoah 5y ago

I guess spies are more fun :D This is the first time I'm hearing about this and it does seem fun to speculate, so I'll try to pitch in :D Even though the initialisms might be just that, it's one of those things people do when they are just letting their mind wonder and just doodle or note down what they are thinking. but that wouldn't be consistent with striking through one of the sentences and starting it from scratch. that looks too premeditated, they would have just blanked the last 2 letters where they made a mistake and continue, and maybe not even that. -- the fact that this person removed the whole sentence and started again seems too specific to me. But I'm 100% with you on the relationship aspect, these three people (JE, Alf, Dead man) would make sense, and a kid would probably mean bad things about them if it came out I guess.

graderjs 5y ago
The way I thought about the strikeout was he's not starting from scratch (as the 4 lines are a sensible progression of thought), but while he's doing it, writing down the letters, he's running ahead in his mind to the next thought. So he thought the lines, but his fingers missed copying down the second line, and ran ahead to the third, and when he realized he struck it out. And copied down the second line which was supposed to be there. Alternately as he's writing it down, through the act of putting it into an ordered form he realizes the thought needs additional qualification to reflect his idea, so strikes it and inserts the second line. I get where you're coming from with the deliberateness, maybe like a todo list of set of instructions. But I just think this matches with the relationship part, and his sort of organized, but reaction/emotional personality. Why would a spy/operator write a secret code in some book of poetry, then chuck it in a car? Seems more like an act of passion. :p :) xx

by geoah 5y ago

graderjs 5y ago

The way I thought about the strikeout was he's not starting from scratch (as the 4 lines are a sensible progression of thought), but while he's doing it, writing down the letters, he's running ahead in his mind to the next thought. So he thought the lines, but his fingers missed copying down the second line, and ran ahead to the third, and when he realized he struck it out. And copied down the second line which was supposed to be there. Alternately as he's writing it down, through the act of putting it into an ordered form he realizes the thought needs additional qualification to reflect his idea, so strikes it and inserts the second line. I get where you're coming from with the deliberateness, maybe like a todo list of set of instructions. But I just think this matches with the relationship part, and his sort of organized, but reaction/emotional personality. Why would a spy/operator write a secret code in some book of poetry, then chuck it in a car? Seems more like an act of passion. :p :) xx