I am and saw it right away. "Eagle eyes" aren't something I claim to have but, per my .sig, I pay attention to things, which made me notice the ivy instantly. Since TPH is "not Jeopardy material" per his rank, he also doesn't notice things. But, TPH, don't think we are some kind of freaks or idiotest is trying to pull a fast one when our (and, frankly, most people's) brains work differently than yours.opusthepenguin wrote:Are you doing all this on your phone?TenPoundHammer wrote:Oh, THAT ivy. Excuse me for not having the super duper eagle eyes you apparently need to see this crap.
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No, I was looking at it on the laptopopusthepenguin wrote:Are you doing all this on your phone?TenPoundHammer wrote:Oh, THAT ivy. Excuse me for not having the super duper eagle eyes you apparently need to see this crap.
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Huh. How wide is your screen approximately? What percentage of that width was taken up by the picture? On my screen, if you can barely make out the ivy, there's no way you're able to read these tiny letters.TenPoundHammer wrote:No, I was looking at it on the laptopopusthepenguin wrote:Are you doing all this on your phone?TenPoundHammer wrote:Oh, THAT ivy. Excuse me for not having the super duper eagle eyes you apparently need to see this crap.
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My original post of the pic took up about 75% the width of a 13 inch monitor. Long and short of it is that I just didn't notice the ivy because I'm ridiculously unobservant.opusthepenguin wrote:Huh. How wide is your screen approximately? What percentage of that width was taken up by the picture? On my screen, if you can barely make out the ivy, there's no way you're able to read these tiny letters.TenPoundHammer wrote:No, I was looking at it on the laptopopusthepenguin wrote:Are you doing all this on your phone?TenPoundHammer wrote:Oh, THAT ivy. Excuse me for not having the super duper eagle eyes you apparently need to see this crap.
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Not to take sides on the larger issue at hand, but I would very much hesitate to say that being an intellectually curious person and being good at noticing physical details are in any way the same thing.dhkendall wrote:"Eagle eyes" aren't something I claim to have but, per my .sig, I pay attention to things, which made me notice the ivy instantly.
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Apologies but apparently I haven't read my .sig in a while (due to computer problems, that post, and all others of the past two months were made on my phone which doesn't show .sigs), I thought it had something about paying attention tot he world around you in it as well. Mea culpa.flutist319 wrote:Not to take sides on the larger issue at hand, but I would very much hesitate to say that being an intellectually curious person and being good at noticing physical details are in any way the same thing.dhkendall wrote:"Eagle eyes" aren't something I claim to have but, per my .sig, I pay attention to things, which made me notice the ivy instantly.
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I have to wonder if I have some sort of processing error. Like, I was expecting the ivy to look different somehow, so that thing all the way to the right didn't register as "ivy" to my eyes.
It's the same thing I have when I'm looking for something that I've lost in the house. I tear the house apart. I look right at it a billion times. I check the exact spot where I know I saw it last. I still don't find it. Because my mind is telling me that what I'm looking for is blue and round, when it's actually red and square.
(Of course, I still don't find it even after I do remember that it's red and square, but that's another issue entirely...)
It's the same thing I have when I'm looking for something that I've lost in the house. I tear the house apart. I look right at it a billion times. I check the exact spot where I know I saw it last. I still don't find it. Because my mind is telling me that what I'm looking for is blue and round, when it's actually red and square.
(Of course, I still don't find it even after I do remember that it's red and square, but that's another issue entirely...)
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But one thing I can say for certain is that it is ALWAYS in the very last place you look.TenPoundHammer wrote:It's the same thing I have when I'm looking for something that I've lost in the house. I tear the house apart. I look right at it a billion times. I check the exact spot where I know I saw it last. I still don't find it. Because my mind is telling me that what I'm looking for is blue and round, when it's actually red and square.
(Of course, I still don't find it even after I do remember that it's red and square, but that's another issue entirely...)
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I once drove two hours to see if I'd left my glasses in a restaurant. When we got home I found them in five seconds.TenPoundHammer wrote:I have to wonder if I have some sort of processing error. Like, I was expecting the ivy to look different somehow, so that thing all the way to the right didn't register as "ivy" to my eyes.
It's the same thing I have when I'm looking for something that I've lost in the house. I tear the house apart. I look right at it a billion times. I check the exact spot where I know I saw it last. I still don't find it. Because my mind is telling me that what I'm looking for is blue and round, when it's actually red and square.
(Of course, I still don't find it even after I do remember that it's red and square, but that's another issue entirely...)
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Or in the only place I don't look.bpmod wrote:But one thing I can say for certain is that it is ALWAYS in the very last place you look.TenPoundHammer wrote:It's the same thing I have when I'm looking for something that I've lost in the house. I tear the house apart. I look right at it a billion times. I check the exact spot where I know I saw it last. I still don't find it. Because my mind is telling me that what I'm looking for is blue and round, when it's actually red and square.
(Of course, I still don't find it even after I do remember that it's red and square, but that's another issue entirely...)
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I really don't notice physical details around me very much; I'm just not a visual person. I see them and can recognize them, obviously, but I don't keep the picture in my head. For example, I couldn't tell you the eye color of people I've known for years - but I'd notice if it were different. I'm good at this type of puzzle, though. When I'm looking for something, I pick out the details.flutist319 wrote:Not to take sides on the larger issue at hand, but I would very much hesitate to say that being an intellectually curious person and being good at noticing physical details are in any way the same thing.dhkendall wrote:"Eagle eyes" aren't something I claim to have but, per my .sig, I pay attention to things, which made me notice the ivy instantly.
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If you find it in the second- or third-from-last place you look, then there's a real problem.bpmod wrote:But one thing I can say for certain is that it is ALWAYS in the very last place you look.
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These are from Feb. 2nd. Puzzle #1:
The correct answer in green:
Why it's the right answer:
Puzzle #2:
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Why it's the right answer:
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The letter P spells porpoise, puppy and purple.
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The letters in HEART can be read in a different order to spell EARTH...Earth, Wind & Fire.
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*sound of TPH's head exploding*
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MarkBarrett wrote:These are from Feb. 2nd. Puzzle #1:Spoiler
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Added bonus, there's a porpoise, a puppy and purple in the image as well. I spent more time going, "Why is there a dog in the aquarium?..." than trying to decode the words
...which obviously makes sense when you read the question.
...which obviously makes sense when you read the question.
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I'm guessing he had no problem with the second question.jeff6286 wrote:*sound of TPH's head exploding*
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MarkBarrett wrote:Puzzle #2:Spoiler
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Funny thing is, the second I saw it, I went looking for 'earth', found it immediately, then had to a second look at the image because I was thinking, "hmm, I wonder what the all the shapes are for". I'm not sure if that's good or bad.
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Notwithstanding his later statement that he got both, I thought it would be the first that he'd have the least problems with, Wheel of Fortune whiz that he is.MinnesotaMyron wrote:I'm guessing he had no problem with the second question.jeff6286 wrote:*sound of TPH's head exploding*
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Clearly the wordplay ones are where I do better. The visual and logical ones are what kill me.
In the first one, the letter P was clearly visible in the SEA PLANET sign. Had it been one of those cases where "none of the words on the screen has a P in them, but some obscure background graphic happens to make a P shape", then I don't think I'd have gotten it.
In the first one, the letter P was clearly visible in the SEA PLANET sign. Had it been one of those cases where "none of the words on the screen has a P in them, but some obscure background graphic happens to make a P shape", then I don't think I'd have gotten it.