MISTER MYSTERY RESPONDS

The fact that Mrs. Samantha Gorgeous' London mansion would be the primary provider of patients for St. Vincent’s Hospital in the happy twenties has a logical explanation. On the Social Season, Mrs. Gorgeous used to organize high society balls. And although the assistants were warned that they should crouch down every sixteen minutes punctually, many forgot such a healthy advice. But “what was going on at Mrs. Gorgeous' mansion?” you're probably wondering. Quite simply: a marble statuette depicting the pathetic scene of a too short jockey trying unsuccessfully to climb onto a too tall horse, orbited the gigantic crystal chandelier in the middle of the ballroom. The orbit was elliptical and every sixteen minutes the statuette would fall to the level of the heads. Whether it was due to the jockey's frustration or to a more plausible circumstance (there was a large supply of Scotch whiskey in the cellar), the fact remains that the statuette had been orbiting the ballroom’s ...

Strange things are given strange names, what's so strange about it? My cousin is a strange guy and that’s why he is called Velvel, which means ‘little wolf’ in Yiddish. If my cousin were a cool guy, his name would be George, which means ‘george'. That’s the reason why when someone moves objects about, it is called ‘to relocate', while if objects move about on their own it’s called ‘poltergeist’. Do you understand? When you are seeing things that are happening under your very nose, this phenomenon is called ‘seeing things happening right under your nose'. On the other hand, if you see things that happen 500 miles away, then it’s called ‘clairvoyance’. One last example so you fully understand... The phenomenon of reading a book is called ‘reading a book’, but if what you read is the mind of another it’s called ‘telepathy’.