Drunken Philosophies and Rantings

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Imagine your favorite puzzle that you used over and over again (if you have one), where eventually many of the pieces are lost along the way. Though you, the jigsaw enthusiast you collectively all must be for the sake of this imagination exercise, believes he or she may be able to recall what the picture once imaged, in time the figure is either lost altogether or misremembered and altered in the mind. So, let us now imagine that this is the time when you finally realize that the true picture of the puzzle (when it has been finally pieced together) and the image you hold so dearly in your mind are not the same. What do you do then? Does one simply begin afresh and try to find a new favorite puzzle? Does one adjust the image of their puzzle in their mind’s eye (holes and all), and then continue to play with their favorite toy in hopes of not losing another piece? Or does one simply give up puzzles altogether and neatly place the box back on the shelf, knowing that in doing so, guarantees no more missing potential crosspieces? If the latter is the case, and we are assuming that we are now all jigsaw enthusiasts, then how could we ever rest knowing that our favorite image is pocked and riddled with errors? How could one of us live our lives without the security held from constructing and deconstructing our favorite puzzle? Personally, I do not know why I am even asking these questions. I abhor puzzles. I’d much rather go for a game of Mouse-trap or Operation any day. Find me missing the breastbone or the funny bone in that game, you’ll find a very happy gamer. One who incidentally doesn’t have to hear the squealing whine of the patient when the metal apparatus breaks upon his skin…

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Blogger miss v wrote...

I'd "adjust the image of my puzzle in my mind’s eye (holes and all), and then continue to play with my favourite toy in hopes of not losing another piece."
Of course.

May 30, 2006 3:40 AM  
Blogger SuperInsignificantBoy wrote...

why "of course"

May 30, 2006 5:21 AM  
Blogger -goob- wrote...

I'd just throw the damn thing away and get a new puzzle.... the whole fun of jigsaw puzzles is putting them together, not the actual picture....you don't even really see the picture until you're done. If the image was that great, then I would get a normal print of it and put it on the wall. Or you could be one of those nerds who does puzzles on those special mats where after you're done the puzzle sticks to it and you can hang the puzzle on the wall.

May 30, 2006 7:30 AM  
Blogger miss v wrote...

Deleted your MySpace, SIB?

May 30, 2006 2:36 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous wrote...

I'd have to agree with goob - getting to the picture, and the changes along the way are what make puzzles so intriguing to jigsaw enthusiasts. plus, isn't that the whole point...that your mental image of the pieces begins to change as you create the whole?

ps - feel like i haven't talked to you in forever, stranger!

May 30, 2006 6:25 PM  
Blogger SuperInsignificantBoy wrote...

Like I said, I hate puzzles...

damn literalists

yes I did delete my account...
it was annoying...
there was really no point in it...

Kristy, four days is forever...

May 30, 2006 7:55 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous wrote...

has it only been 4 days? seems longer!

May 30, 2006 9:00 PM  
Blogger SuperInsignificantBoy wrote...

Well...
I have been known to have that affect on people sometimes...

May 30, 2006 11:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous wrote...

*grin*

May 30, 2006 11:13 PM  
Blogger miss v wrote...

True enough SIB; I only keep my MySpace so I can download music for free...

May 31, 2006 5:43 AM  

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