Long lost link

July 17, 2007 11:39 PM

I'm looking for a puzzle that was linked to in one of the askme comments a little over 6 months ago...
posted by 517 to MetaFilter-Related at 11:39 PM (13 comments total)

It was a series of different shapes in different colors and the goal was to match three of them with a common attribute.
posted by 517 at 11:39 PM on July 17, 2007

Set? Please play it lots. It's wonderful. I'm ever so fast. ;)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 11:44 PM on July 17, 2007

That's it, thanks.
posted by 517 at 11:51 PM on July 17, 2007

(If you like that game, you might like Bongard Problems, which I was dying to post to fpp, but are a double)
posted by scodger at 12:16 AM on July 18, 2007

O, puzzle nerds, how I love thee.

If you didn't catch the earlier Einstein post, you might want to check that out, too. I play it every day since I discovered it here, and my husband thinks I'm utterly insane.

btw, working through the Bongard problems now, and I don't see what's going on with this one. It's the only one that's stumped me so far... hep?

ooops. Just got to #66. Heh.
posted by taz at 2:43 AM on July 18, 2007

#54: Somebody that's very savvy about timepieces could be described as being... ?

#66: You're not really stumped on #66, are you?
posted by Wolfdog at 3:25 AM on July 18, 2007

nope! ... I got #66 as soon as I posted that comment...

*goes back to look at #54*
posted by taz at 3:40 AM on July 18, 2007

Heh... Okay, got it. That had actually kind of occurred to me, but it seemed out of sync with the rest, which seem a lot simpler/basic somehow - without reference to a separate construct, I guess.
posted by taz at 3:48 AM on July 18, 2007

I'd say the diesel (yes, I know) & widdershins opposition is one of the most basic, baked-in features of our universe.
posted by Wolfdog at 4:14 AM on July 18, 2007

*kicks Wolfdog in his widdershins*
posted by taz at 4:29 AM on July 18, 2007

Yes, unwarranted wolfdog abuse is one of the other basic baked-in features of the universe.
posted by Wolfdog at 5:08 AM on July 18, 2007

Actually, she applied for and received a warrant. It's on file at the ministry; you can get a copy for two quid. And that's just one of the new features we're working on for mefi!
posted by cortex (staff) at 6:12 AM on July 18, 2007

*applies for decortication warrant*
posted by languagehat at 7:06 AM on July 18, 2007