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Escher
10-20-2006, 10:25 AM
But in case you haven't, here's a Friday brain teaser I found amusing:

This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!
Escher
10-20-2006, 10:26 AM
Answer (in white):

It is missing the letter E, the most common letter in the English language.
MikeC
10-20-2006, 10:44 AM
Ack, I got it! (Do I win a prize?????) ;)
dreamer
10-20-2006, 11:15 AM
OK, I'm embarassed to ask this, but how do I get your answer in white to be visible?!
erinl
10-20-2006, 11:26 AM
Highlight the white area.
dreamer
10-20-2006, 12:29 PM
Highlight the white area.
erinl,
thanks! (and I did get the puzzler!)
-dreamer
tamawrite
10-20-2006, 12:44 PM
Ack, I got it! (Do I win a prize?????) ;)

No. You get a "priz." :p
cherylopal
10-20-2006, 05:32 PM
I got it!! but I was more puzzled by the white thing! :rolleyes: :D
Gumbeaux
10-20-2006, 06:10 PM
No. You get a "priz." :p

Hilarious. :D
Aninha
10-20-2006, 08:24 PM
No. You get a "priz." :p

Very Funny!!
And I likes the puzzle a lot! (I was able to find the answer in white, but didn't actually figured out the puzzl...!)
Ana
honeygirl1971
10-21-2006, 03:48 AM
The French author Georges Perec wrote a whole book following the same principle...boggles the mind, doesn't it?
mbrogier
10-21-2006, 09:22 AM
I could not read Georges Perec's book. It would put me in atrial fibrulation for sure. Just reading that paragraph makes my chest feel weird.


E is my favorite vowel.
colleency
10-21-2006, 09:46 AM
I got it right away, but I wonder if I would have noticed had I not been looking for something unusual.
honeygirl1971
10-21-2006, 10:09 AM
I could not read Georges Perec's book. It would put me in atrial fibrulation for sure. Just reading that paragraph makes my chest feel weird.


Supposedly, he did not tell anyone what he had done when the book was first published. The critics did not notice but said "there was something odd about the book" that they could not quite explain! The books is called La disparition in case anyone is curious...