Re: [Palindrome] Postcard mailed to me

[Carol A Meyers <carol MIT EDU>]

Good try!

I thought I would also add that the card feels very obviously homemade, so 
it doesn't seem like 'holbein' would be working its way on coincidentally.


Carol

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Sofiya Vasina wrote:

> I just tried calling the same number in Washington, DC (area code 202), and
> got someone's voicemail.  Nothing special there.
>
> Sofiya
>
> On 1/12/06, Carol A Meyers <carol mit edu> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > That's some great detective work.  I have one other thing to add: I peeled
> > off the stamp, because it suddenly occurred to me there might be writing
> > underneath.
> >
> > Indeed, there is.  It says,
> >
> > "STAMP
> >   HERE
> >
> > HOLBEIN"  (minus the quotes)
> >
> > Um... holbein has seven letters, and it translates to 465-2346.  So I
> > called it
> > (with 617 area code) and it gives a fast busy for a while and then
> > silence, but
> > it does not hang up.  Anyone else want to fool around with this?