Tuesday, February 26, 2008

A puzzle for you!

This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his John boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That’s a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new sales record. The local paper, the Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, “the books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight.” Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus, there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found.

Umm, I won't tell you how many I've found but I had to print it out and use a highlighter pen. Drove me crazy! Enjoy!

9 valued opinions!:

Katie said...
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Katie said...

Sharon: I found 26! I am stumped.
Katie - Joanies friend.

HisPrincess said...

Well you are way ahead of me! I only found 19!

Nice to meet you Katie. If you are half as nice as Joanie I'm sure I'll enjoy getting to know you!

Katie said...

I cheated a bit I guess. I had it on the computer as a Word document and used the Find button for letter combinations. Do you have the key to this?

HisPrincess said...

Clever! I never thought of being sneaky like that!

Jenny said...

That is so weird my daughter brought that home from church this last Sunday, we had such a good time of it.

Thank you for your comments on my blog about rain. I have another cyber friend from your area and they do the same things. We may head more that way if this summer is like last summer.

I plan on dropping in on your lovely sight again!

agrantham81 said...

Not sure how I ended up here now. Got distracted by the Puzzle. Found 28. Those last two are going to bug me. GRRR.

I've added you to my feeds though so some good has come out of it.

:-)

Katie said...

OK I have 27 now and am dying to know what the other ones are. What great way to keep your mind on the bible!

Katie said...

I don't want to brag but I found 29 and my 17 year old niece claims to have foudn all 30 in less than an hour. She clued me in on the last one, so puzzle solved!