If you've been following the news, you're aware that former FBI Director James Comey posted a picture that showed seashells spelling out "86 47." The White House, as it is wont to do, promptly got in a kerfuffle. After all, the argument went, "86" means to get rid of, and so this was, in their view, a call to assassinate the 47th president.
Leaving aside using questionable logic and overexcited hyperbole—not that this White House is wont to do that—I suggest a much simpler explanation.
Comey and "47" are both of an age to have seen the classic TV comedy Get Smart. (Not to mention the later movie.) I suggest Comey was merely drawing attention to the similarities between Maxwell Smart, aka Agent 86, and "47."
Smart was a bumbling government official who constantly made mistakes, never adequately thought anything through, and depended on others' intervention to keep disaster from developing. He always sounded anxious, with his high-pitched, tense voice, while uttering utter nonsense.
"47," by comparison…
Ah. Well.
So that's my suggested explanation. And I do consider it plausible.
Completely plausible. Wouldja believe it? Completely.
Ah, wouldja believe mostly?