XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles, alt.fan.holmes   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   The game is afoot.   
      
                 When SH said it, [the game] was the Perp?   
      
      
   WHY, then, today we often think of it as:   
      
               [The fun match has started] ?   
      
     [The Game] as   a board-game, a friendly match....   
                  (a competition, a fun activity)   
                                something  to be played?   
      
   Did the meaning of the [game] change?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)