'SCRAMBLE SQUARES. Perhaps the World's Most Challenging Puzzle.'
No kidding!!
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You start off with nine squares. The aim is to perfectly match the pictures on the square's edges, so that you form a large square. Sounds easy? After all, the front of the package says that it's 'FOR AGES 4 To 104'.
Yeah ... well ... I reckon I'll be 104 by the time I solve the blasted thing!!
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Looks good, except that the Hammerhead shark in the top left corner has a Great White's tail. On the right hand side, middle square, a Sand Tiger has a Great White's tail and a Great White has a Hammerhead's tail. The good news is, the Leopard sharks have all their correct appendages.
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Try # 1001, or so it seemed. Thought I had it this time. Then I noticed that the Hammerhead in the bottom right square, was sporting a Great White's tail. Little hard to see, because of the camera's flash, but trust me, it definitely has a mismatched tail.
Anybody got a four year old that's solved it ????
6 comments:
We used to get puzzles all the time. Till we had a cat that would steal pieces or chew up the edges. And then I don't have the patience for it. Good luck with your puzzle. How long have you been working on it?!
Kat - I worked on it for a couple of days, when I first bought it. Got disgusted and threw it in a drawer. Found it again yesterday and have been fiddling with it since. it only has 9 squares, you'd thinkit would be easy!!
So glad I don't have one... I would have probably chopped it up into a million bits by now!
Yea, you probably do need a four year old for that!
I left you an award at my abode, go grab it!
When you do solve it, please post a picture. And then we'll all know what a genius you are!
My parents had one similar to this a while ago, my wife managed to solve it about 30 seconds after seeing it.
completed boats:
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/4098/dsc00199tm4.jpg
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