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Can you guess the . . .crowd?
serious crayons:
I've lost track of where we are in the game.
Was the correct answer to Sonja's crowd challenge in there somewhere?
Are we guessing Lee's crowd around Venus de Milo?
Sason:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 21, 2020, 09:09:59 am ---I've lost track of where we are in the game.
Was the correct answer to Sonja's crowd challenge in there somewhere?
Are we guessing Lee's crowd around Venus de Milo?
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Yes, the correct answer to my challenge was the crowd outside the bank in Stockholm where a robber took bankstaff as hostages for several days in 1973. When they were released they expressed loyalty to the robber and coined the name Stockholm syndrome for that condition.
serious crayons:
Thanks, Sonja! I always like hearing the source of phrases like that.
--- Quote from: Sason on June 21, 2020, 05:25:44 pm ---Yes, the correct answer to my challenge was the crowd outside the bank in Stockholm where a robber took bankstaff as hostages for several days in 1973. When they were released they expressed loyalty to the robber and coined the name Stockholm syndrome for that condition.
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serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on June 17, 2020, 11:10:41 am ---But these are not the kind of crowds I'm nostalgic for. I'm thinking more along the lines of this, when people gathered in droves to look at an armless woman:
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Is it a tour group at the Louvre?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on June 21, 2020, 06:04:35 pm ---Is it a tour group at the Louvre?
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Perhaps Lee might say it's a particular moment at the Louvre, but I'm getting antsy for the next challenge. When Lee returns, if we haven't yet solved her mystery, we'll go back to that.
But in the meantime, what terrifying historic event are these folks witnessing?
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