THE ANSWER:
A solitary cetacean is a “LONE WHALE,” which is an anagram of ”HALLOWEEN.”
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Good one. Must admit I didn’t get it, even after my coffee.
posted by KevinGA on 10-31-2008 at 9:35 am
The problem is, I don’t think the whale is alone. There are ripples from other whales breeching. Or I may just be bitter that I didn’t get it.
posted by Gary on 10-31-2008 at 11:18 am
Gary, I saw those too. My best guess was that there had been 3 whales, but now there was only 1– 31, today’s date. Stretching, I know.
posted by Eowyn on 10-31-2008 at 12:02 pm
it was just a fluke!
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 10-31-2008 at 9:33 pm