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This might just be a huge coincidence, but I thought it might be worth noting.
As we know, our favourite friendly neighbourhood mad weaponsmith, Cysero, writes in green. Bearing that in mind, I came across something quite interesting on my travels. Here's an extract from an article about Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the first director of what would become the Secret Intelligence Service:
In 1909, Major (later Colonel Sir) Vernon Kell became director of the newly-formed Secret Intelligence Bureau (SIB), created as a response to growing public opinion that all Germans living in England were spies. In 1911, the various security organizations were re-organized under the SIS, Kell's division becoming the Home Section, and Cumming's becoming the new Foreign Section, responsible for all operations outside Britain. Over the next few years he became known as 'C', after his habit of initialing papers he had read with a C written in green ink. This habit became a custom for later directors, although the C now stands for "Chief".
- Original source: Wikipedia
Speaking of "Quite Interesting", those of you living in Britain may know of a BBC panel game show that goes by the same name. (Or "QI" for short.) It was during an episode of QI (Series C, episode 10, to be precise) that I became aware of this fact, and then I got to thinking:
"Hang on a sec! Cysero also goes by "C" sometimes, and he also writes in green!"
So what do you guys think? Was it thanks to inspiration that we know Cysero as "C"? Or is the fact that they both sign with the initial "C" in green meerly a freakish coinkidink? (Although Cysero writes EVERYTHING in green, not just his initial sig.)
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