This is Alpha, the first-born, when he was 2YO.
This is Beta, the second-born, when he was about 2YO.
This is Gamma, the third-born, when he was about 18MO.
‘Tis a Puzzlement
May
2
2011
Garage sale season has started. My wife found a 3-D puzzle of the Millennium Falcon at a decent price.
The kids were excited, and we thought this would be a nice project.
Then we opened the box.
There were 857 pieces.
And they all looked the same.
The completed ship is a couple of feet in circumference, but 90% of it is just gray spaceshippey-looking stuff. There is very little context to be able to group pieces. And being 3-D, it doesn’t have edge pieces to start with.
Here is a representation of any family’s conversation as they put together this puzzle:
Person A: I found a gray piece with some tubes!
Person B: I found a gray piece with some tubes!
Person C: Hey, I found a gray piece with some wires!
Persons A and B: Oooh! Set that one aside.
It may take us a few weeks to finish this one.
Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known
Matthew 10:26
This little article thingy was written by Some Guy sometime around 6:38 am and has been carefully placed in the Mishaps category.
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:40 pm
Ugh. Good luck with that. Good thing for me there’s playoff hockey on right now. That occupies my free time.
May 2nd, 2011 at 12:51 pm
Playoff hockey? WOOOOOOOO Steve Yzerman’s team is beating the Capitals! STEVE YZERMAN RULES.
And now, back to your regularly-scheduled comments.
May 2nd, 2011 at 9:46 pm
Burrill, shouldn’t it be the CAPITALS? The way you spell it, it’s Capital and lowercases.
May 2nd, 2011 at 10:38 pm
I hate puzzles.
When I worked at a toy store, we used to have to put together those 3-D ones as displays. We had to glue each piece together so the kids wouldn’t just come knock them down.
We did a 3′ tall Big Ben.
May 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am
Well…since I’m not too fond of the Caps, I’d rather call them the capitals.
Also, somebody once suggested that the minor league team associated with the Capitals should be called the County Seats.
May 3rd, 2011 at 2:20 pm
Capital and the Lower Cases sounds like the name of a really lame 1950’s Pop band. ;-)
May 3rd, 2011 at 11:50 pm
I might like to hear them. If you find an album of theirs, I’ll dig out the old record player…