Hello you!

I trust you are having a splendid time, no matter what! I am having fun with this word (and words in general) I thought to share with you, specifically the word “conundrum”…

Being a good literary student, doubled by a mystic who understand the practicality of being grounded, I went to an online dictionary to make sure that my understanding of ”conundrum” had some level of reality… This is what I read:

conundrum Show Spelled Pronunciation[kuh-nuhn-druhm] Pronunciation Key -

–noun 1. a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words, as “What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.” 
2. anything that puzzles. 
——————————————————————————–[Origin: 1590–1600; pseudo-L word of obscure orig.]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.0.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

At that point, I was rather amused by this riddle, and especially by the way it was presented: “What is black and white and read all over? A newspaper.”  The word “read” is dubious: is it a misspell, where the true spelling would have been “red” to align with the black and white? or is it a play on words between “red” and “read”, since, after all, even though a newspaper is “red” of the sensational blood that is being poured regularly through out its articles, it is meant as “reading” material?

The more I reflect on it, the less I know… As much as I hear the pro of the red versus the read, I also hear the con and the drum! Ah, ah, ah!  On this one, please I will let you decide how to walk to the beat of your own conundrum …

Yet, it makes you wonder… When you stop wanting to be right, the others may just have a point, don’t they? Their perspective might just be as valid as yours! A conundrum, I tell you!

LOVE
maha