Tim Worstall (again!) links to a couple of examples of Pollard-like behaviour, namely hiding messages in a seemingly normal text.

This has been done in the FCO too, of course. Telegrams have been sent with the first or last letter of each new line spelling out a cryptic message.

Plus there was one post which tried to send as many animal metaphors as possible in its telegrams, preferably in as unobtrusive a way as possible:

  • lion’s share
  • a difficulty not easy to bear
  • the problem has been dogging us …

It all passes the time as one pecks away at the dull official keyboard.

Examples please, FCO colleagues!