Or maybe they wanted to mess with the rumors community. Or maybe none of the above.
Maybe they did want to catch us by surprise, but what about the people getting the invites? I don't think giving them two days less to prepare for the event is exactly the best way to get them to attend the event. And getting coverage from the press is the entire purpose of having the event.
baseless rumors are awesome!
Ok first of all I don't think this is a "rumor" and it's not exactly "baseless" either.
First of all a rumor is defined as being "hearsay", meaning the origin of the information is unknown. Obviously this isn't hearsay, I've said that this is "my theory", not that "I heard it somewhere". It's not too different than people posting "mockups" of Apple products. As long as they say it's a mockup we know its just someone idea, if they don't say its a mockup and don't say where it came from then its a rumor.
Second, it's not baseless. It's based on the fact that Jobs was obviously sick in the last event and the fact that as far as I can find out, Apple always releases invites a week ahead of time. Is piecing the two a stretch? Sure is, but I'm not trying to push this as being fact as I cleary stated its a theory. Look it up in the dictionary if you don't know the meaning of that word either.
