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takchess commented on the word three pipe problem
It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won’t speak to me for fifty minutes.
Sherlock Holmes
A three pipe problem is a mental tangle that requires about an hour of solitude to unravel
March 7, 2012
yarb commented on the word three pipe problem
...but only 50 minutes for Holmes.
March 8, 2012