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(Mr. Limpett...chuckle. Don Knotts played a better DoD fish than Isreal played a LEO)

First, thanks Swordmaker for the explanations after this post (#1055).

Bagster, here is my concern. Q appears to be repeating things: “expand your thinking”; “who leaked (agency info) to WL?”. I ask why repeat it? Is it important or his Q asking for us to come to a different answer after expanding our thinking?

I treat this not as a puzzle or something to be solved. I see it as “messages from the front”, the theater of action, as it were. We have more than we know (another repetition).

I worry that, at times, the gathered skim over the foundational pieces of the drop so as to get to the puzzling parts (initials, numbers, kill-box meanings) and decipher them. All well and good but, might we be missing something by reverting to standard answers to the first part after being reminded to ^expand^ our thinking?

Now, get on with yo’ bad seff!

Is it important or his Q asking for us to come to a different answer after expanding our thinking?

I think that when Q repeats a question, he is doing that with the knowledge that we already know the answer and asking us to use that answer in a different and/or more "big picture" analysis (expand your thinking).

...might we be missing something by reverting to standard answers to the first part after being reminded to ^expand^ our thinking?

Yes, we very might be. That's why it's important to think of the "big picture" and to "connect the dots" every time you solve a riddle or answer a question. I try to do that. We can't get bogged down in the individual questions or riddles.

That's my theory anyway. A lot of times I just read along until something clicks then I spit it out, right or wrong. Together, puzzle solvers, questioners, and analysts will put this all together. We have a good crew for that. The anon nerds do as well, probably better, though I'm biased toward Freepers. :)

Don't forget to bring your brilliant mind to the new Q thread (linked above).

“Bagster, here is my concern. Q appears to be repeating things: “expand your thinking”; “who leaked (agency info) to WL?”. I ask why repeat it? Is it important or his Q asking for us to come to a different answer after expanding our thinking?”

I [texokie] had the same question about the repetition of that phrase, Cletus! Greeneyes brought this post to us upthread, which I copied into my Q file, but neglected to capture the thread and post number.

Posted by greeneyes:

One more to chew on a bit... This is not mine, I am compiling group think here... from a whole thread, the initial post and a couple comments, but these continual links and ties can start to get freaky.. I said it over and over... Q was working with double and triple meanings with hidden ones too in his posts.
EXPAND YOUR THINKING is a book written by David Hyerle, that explains how to build a MAP! NOTICE one of the maps is called THE BRIDGE!
Q was not just saying, “Expand Your Thinking” to encourage us to think outside the box, he was leading us to instructions on how to build the map! I think this is important, and needs attention!
http://www.eggplant.org/tf/research/journal_articles/pdf/developing-minds-hyerle.pdf
Key phrases. Coincidence? THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES
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I just noticed that this thread is closed. I will take the liberty of posting it to the next thread, because I think it might be important not to lose!

Hope this helps!