Whats the hardest puzzle you have ever solved or attempted to solve?

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  • pattersonpaul
    Member
    • May 2019
    • 3

    #1

    Whats the hardest puzzle you have ever solved or attempted to solve?

    What puzzle is impossible for you?
  • Deanna48
    Member
    • Feb 2019
    • 142

    #2
    "Hindsight bias makes surprises vanish" - by Daniel Kahneman. It took me 3 hours to actually solve that one the first time! The next time I got it, though, I recognized it and took the record!

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    • badbob
      Member
      • Nov 2015
      • 11

      #3
      he who diggeth a pit shall fall therein

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      • oddcouple
        Member
        • Feb 2019
        • 197

        #4
        Ironically, I've spent the past 44 years as an accountant, yet I've never been able to get the hang of Sudoku. OTOH, my wife, who needs to count the spots on a domino to know the point count, excels at it.

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        • NotTooOld
          Member
          • Feb 2017
          • 3

          #5
          Know safety no injury.

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          • skeeter
            Member
            • Feb 2015
            • 35

            #6
            "Action cured fear inaction created terror." Some internal punctuation might have helped.

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            • rorym
              Member
              • Mar 2015
              • 1

              #7
              I agree with oddcouple, I can solve cryptograms, crosswords, acrostics, and logic puzzles but cannot get the hang of suduko. I'm a word person, not a number person.

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              • Descifrador
                Member
                • Dec 2017
                • 37

                #8
                I just solved a real killer:


                'Two-lane blacktop isn't a highway - it's an attitude.'- Unattributed.

                Most of you will probably have less difficulty with it, because you're probably familiar with the meaning of "blacktop".
                Last edited by Descifrador; 05-31-2019, 11:19 PM.

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                • Nautilus
                  Member
                  • Jun 2016
                  • 1

                  #9
                  There's one puzzle with the word "busyness," NOT "business." Drove me wild trying to find out what I was doing wrong.

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                  • LLapp
                    Premium Member
                    • Aug 2014
                    • 462

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Nautilus
                    There's one puzzle with the word "busyness," NOT "business." Drove me wild trying to find out what I was doing wrong.
                    Nautilus, I feel your pain and I also love that your struggle with that one-letter difference is a great example of the distinction between busyness and business. Very meta, as my son would say.

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