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Show (XOOOjOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO How It Started By Jean Newton I CKCKKK0000000 "AS SIMPLE AS COLUMBUS' EGG'" Here is a phrase, as old as the discovery dis-covery of America, and one which would probably never have come Into the language but for this epochal incident. in-cident. The expression had its inspiration in the court of the queen of Spain who had invited scientists and others to stand an egg on one of Its ends a balancing feat hitherto, presumably unaccomplished. None could do the trick till Columbus, Colum-bus, with an air of nonchalance tapped It on the table, held it for a moment and then gently released his hold, when it balanced itself neatly and completely. Ever since, any problem which is apparently puzzling but in reality simple has been referred to as being as simple as Columbus' egg. (O. 1931. Boll Svndlcate.) WNU Service. |