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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Visit Vic Fleming, See a Partridge!

We may have mentioned before that one of (Z)'s areas of interest is notable graves, and that he is something close to a walking encyclopedia of notable interments in the Los Angeles area. Very possibly the most famous of all cemeteries in the area is Hollywood Forever, which is... quite a scene. We might also have mentioned this particular cemetery before, but it's got some very notable graves, including Judy Garland and her The Wizard of Oz director Victor Fleming (well, one of the FIVE directors of that picture, and yes, he was known to friends as "Vic").

The cemetery has some notable musicians, including Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Dick Dale (and a miniature model of his "boss" guitar) and one of the Ramones (plus a cenotaph for one of the others). It has Mickey Rooney, Rudolph Valentino, Paul Sorvino, Tyrone Power (Sr. and Jr.), Mel Blanc, Estelle Getty and, if you like your deceased to be a little more seedy, Bugsy Siegel. And, it has... partridges (and peacocks). They are ostensibly supposed to be a calming influence, and apparently they do the job. Their enclosure is on the side of the cemetery opposite where they screen movies late at night (Really!). Anyhow, that's what this headline is all about.

For last week's headline theme, we gave the clue that "the 50 readers who appear on next week's list will definitely be able to say they came, they saw, they conquered." On Saturday, we added, "If you are still working on the headline theme, we will suggest you pay very close attention to the fact that it is in both Mathematics AND History, category-wise." And here is the solution, courtesy of reader R.P.E.H. in London, England, United Kingdom:

This week it's Roman numerals: Every headline has a "word" made up solely from letters that represent Roman numbers.

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The second one reminds me of a joke: I've forgotten how to write 51, 6 and 500 in Roman numerals and so I'm livid.

The first hint was a reference to the line attributed to Julius Caesar: "Veni, vidi, vici." The second hint, well, it should now be clear why it's both history AND mathematics. And from the headline for this item, "Vic" is also made up of all Roman numerals. That we re-used "did" in two different headlines was a mistake. Oops.

Here are the first 51 readers to get it right:

T.K. in Half Moon Bay, St. Kitts
E.M. in Jersey City, NJ
M.H. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
C.B. in Lakeville, MN
P.R. in Havertown, PA
A.C. in Kingston MA
N.H. in London, England, UK
L.H. in Manchester, England, UK
K.M. in Ypsilanti, MI
M.Z. in Sharon, MA
Z.K. in Albany, NY
G.S. in Basingstoke, England, UK
N.C. in Columbus, MS
R.P.E.H. in London
M.W. in Altea, Spain
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
P.H. in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
P.A. in Redwood City, CA
N.K. in Cleveland Heights, OH
A.E. in Cleveland, OH
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
J.G. in Dallas, PA
A.S. in Langhorne, PA
C.R. in Cromwell, CT

T.T. in Conway, AR
D.H. in Leeds, England, UK
H.B. in Toronto, ON, Canada
E.W. in Skaneateles, NY
S.G. in Durham, NC
S.W. in Winter Garden, FL
C.J. in Chicago, IL
W.S. in Greenville, NC
M.S. in Canton, NY
T.P. in Kings Park, NY
M.W. in Newington, CT
M.B. in Albany, NY
G.K. in Blue Island, IL
M.B. in Menlo Park, CA
D.S. in Layton, UT
M.K. in Maplewood, NJ
B.N. in San Rafael, CA
M.S. in Highland Park, IL
A.S. in Huddersfield, England, UK
M.J. in Oakdale, MN
K.H. in Albuquerque, NM
K.G.W. in Lafayette, IN
D.B. in Farmville, VA
G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
D.L. in Springfield, IL

The 50th correct response was received at 10:29 a.m. PT on Friday. It took a little longer than usual; we assume that is because most readers of this site are woke pinko commie antifa socialists like Zohran Mamdani, who prefer to use Arabic numerals.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the category Holidays. For a hint, we'll say that it should be relatively obvious WHICH holiday we might have in mind this week.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line December 19 Headlines. (Z)

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