# Botticelli - July 2022 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 5, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465 "2022-07-05T17:40:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/261 "2022-08-02T18:20:13Z")
Spy novels sounds good. It’ s not George Smiley… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/262 "2022-08-03T14:25:02Z")
Four and a half hours… ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/263 "2022-08-03T15:29:41Z")
A hint: > [@SCAdian](#): > > 1. Was a contemporary character when I first appeared … but I was reminiscing about things I did when I was younger. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/264 "2022-08-03T16:52:41Z")
Damn. Still stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/265 "2022-08-03T17:24:39Z")
Nothin’ yet. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/266 "2022-08-03T18:13:30Z")
Not Travis McGee, not Billy Pilgrim, not John Yossarian… ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/267 "2022-08-03T18:24:34Z")
Are you Little Big Man, AKA Jack Crabb? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/268 "2022-08-03T18:35:23Z")
Are you Leamas from _The Spy Who Came In From The Cold_? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/269 "2022-08-03T20:20:52Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > Are you Little Big Man, AKA Jack Crabb? Yes! I am supercentenarian, former gunslinger and former Army scout Jack Crabb, known to the Cheyenne as **L** ittle Big Man. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/270 "2022-08-03T21:23:30Z")
Good question, SCA! Nicely guessed, DLR! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/271 "2022-08-03T21:28:56Z")
Dammit! Should have gotten that - well done, **DLR**. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/272 "2022-08-03T21:53:30Z")
It was the hint that did it. New thread will be up later. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/273 "2022-08-04T00:16:19Z")
> [@De\_La\_Rue](#): > > It was the hint that did it. I suspected as much. 😃 I struggled with the question of whether or not to do that. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Good question, SCA! Thanks. I’ve been planning it for almost a year. ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465/274 "2022-08-04T03:40:54Z")
New thread is [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-august-2022/969071). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-july-2022/967465.md?page=13)