Toynbee idea

As long as I'm blogging about Enigma, I may as well add another. Have you heard about Toynbee tiles? They're laid in streets all over the world, and one of them once nearly killed me. I was crossing a busy street and there in the asphalt was the sign:

TOyNBEE IDEA
IN KUbricK's 2001
RESURRECT DEAD
ON PLANET JUPiTER.

Struck dumb for a moment as I unravelled the meme, a bus almost smashed me.

Anyway, if the story intrigues you, you can check out the article on Toynbee at Wikipedia, read some of his works at Project Gutenberg, or (extra credit) find page 22 of the Feb 4, 1958 issue of The Atlanta Constitution. For sharing the enigma, you can as usual get themed merch from CafePress.