Date: 4/20/2006 9:14:01 PM
Author:moon river
The following ''brainteaser'' of sorts appeared in our local paper earlier this week. I''ve always prided myself in seeing ''beyond'' what''s in front of me so the fact that I''ve spent 3 days and only spotted 19 so far is really unsettling. Print this out and pass it around. I would love to see what others can find.
One clue I''ve noticed...the word can be in the middle of one word, or part of the ending of one and the begging of another. Good luck.
There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you find them? This is the 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 that 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, was so intrigued by it that she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, that 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 a scholar to see some of them at worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this papagraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new 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 Human 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 Timothey 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.
God Bless.
Surely, between all of us here on PS and those we show this to, we can find 30
Hang in there girl! I''m praying for you two and that his soon = your soon!
Date: 4/23/2006 9:48:41 AM
Author: fisherofmengirly
Hi again. Yeah, we never went back to that Bible books name thing. It was fun, but I was SO frustrated that every time I thought I finally found ''Amos,'' it wasn''t there! hee hee... oh well.
So guess what? Paul had asked me two weekends ago when he was at my house not to ask him anything about rings or anything for three weeks. Guess why? Because he''d finally saved up the money, and was planning on talking with Whiteflash on Monday to get things going, and then... Well, he probably posted this himself, but his car had issues, and he had to end up spending the night in a hotel, getting his car fixed the next day, and all that stuff. So, it took away from his funds, obviously. And, if that hadn''t happened, he thought he''d have it all set up and sent to him by this weekend, and he would have asked me. *This weekend.*
But since it did happen, and who knew that a spark plug could cost so much when it also burns out little wires around it?, well, because of that, he has to wait until he gets paid at the end of April, the 28th, actually. He''s going to plan on talking to WF tomorrow about sending a check, dated Friday, so that way by the time they get it and deposit it, the money will be there, so the ball can get rolling all the sooner.
I just about cried when I realized he really had all the money together and was about to make the purchase, until his car did that. And I''ve been so impatient, and he just wanted to surprise me by really doing it in April!
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