Damnity! Maybe if I'd talked a bit more about the park and how nice the weather was, they'd have forgotten all about the Sunday. I'm getting simple in my old age. ::shake wizened head:: Bikermouse, Likable? For my devious qualities? Maybe I should start to worry... but it is probably decades too late. ;^) Quixote, You are 100% correct. When fully and thoughtfully written out, all the colors would have been the best and brightest of "red" herrings. I would have added the fifth actor, too, in a classic logic puzzle, but it would still have smelled of herring. The core information was indeed the Sunday they shared in the park. I could suggest blaming Anton. He mentioned ice cream in another thread, and it is all I've been thinking about all night. However, my little foibles are mine alone, so it wouldn't be fair to transfer the blame. Wait! Life isn't fair!!! Hey, Anton! See what you made me do! ::chuckle maniacally:: Carolly