Puzzle Jokes

Most of the puzzle jokes on the web are similar to the one I posted before about some blonde or farmer putting a puzzle together in a long period of time when the box says for some young age.  When I first read that joke it was very cute and funny.  But it is the most common jigsaw puzzle joke out there.  So I thought I would search out a new one for you. 

Here is a cute one: (I'm blonde, so I can pick on them.)

A blonde calls her boyfriend and says "You've got to come over here and help me with this killer jigsaw puzzle! I don't know how to get it started!!" Her boyfriend asks "What's it supposed to be when it's done?" The blonde replies "According to the box, it's supposed to be a tiger."So her boyfriend comes over and the blonde shows him the puzzle spread all over the table. He examines the pieces for a moment and then looks at the box and says "First of all, I suggest you make a cup of strong coffee and then we'll put all these frosted flakes back in the box!"

source: http://www.jokebuddha.com/Jigsaw#ixzz21vwFXqB2


ENJOY!



P.S. Just doing an extended search of puzzles jokes and these two are the only ones I could find.  So if you have some or find new ones, please share!  I will keep looking though.

More "Other" Puzzles

I feel like I have a little bit of an OCD going on here that I'm insisting on getting these other puzzles done before LIFE.  But at least I am getting them done and getting them out of my house.  Nice thing is people are actually buying them at our rummage sale.  I'm not putting much on for prices: about $.50 for 500 pieces or less and $1.00 for 1000 or more.  Knowing that all the pieces are there I think those are phenominal prices considering you're paying around $10 for a basic 500 piece at Walmart. 

I refuse to buy brand new puzzles if I can avoid it.  When I go to thrift stores I always check the puzzles.  If the boxes are unopened I buy them regardless.  (Unless I really hate the picture, which is rare.)  If they are really cheap, I'm talking $.50 or less, then I might pick them up anyways on the chance that the pieces might not all be there.  That's why I have so many.

My husband likes to organize stuff. (He is a melancholy according to Florence Littauer.) So being that I am 6-months pregnant, I asked him to climb up into the closet to find the next lowest number puzzle I had and get it down for me.  While he did that, he sorted all the puzzles by piece-number size.  I almost wish he hadn't because he then told me that I had something like 20+ 500-piece puzzles.  WOW!  That's alot.  I know there are some 1,000-piece and one 5,000 piece as well.  So this project is going to take me awhile.

For now, here are some new puzzles that I've done recently:

500 Pieces 7-28-12

750 pieces 7-29-12  Mary Ann Falls, Nova Scotia

750 pieces 8-04-12 Carnival in Venice

1,000 pieces 08-08-12 La Muse

1,000 pieces 09-15-12 Countryside Pub

Gave UP on a Puzzle?

Yes!  I admit it!  I actually gave up on a measly 500 piece puzzle.  BUT with very good reason.  Most 500 pieces I can whip off in an evening.  However, when the quality of the puzzle is so awful the pieces don't stay together if you even breathe on it, there is no joy, no fun and no finished product.

The culprit? ......

This Encore!  brand is apparently by MEGABRANDS.  But their website does not show puzzles anymore.  The links are either broken or takes you to the MegaBloks website.  It was distributed by Greenbrier International Inc.  Seriously, I do NOT recommend trying to put these together.  God forbid you PAY for such an atrocity!

One of the places that I envision lots of puzzles being done is nursing homes.  I can't imagine the frustration of the potentially mentally problematic elderly trying to do these!  THAT annoys me the most for some reason.  Poor dears.

After attempting (and not finishing out of pure annoyance) the cute kitty one, I knew I had some more of this brand and simply put them out at the rummage sale.  I probably should just throw them in the garbage, BUT if someone were to put it together on a soft material like a puzzle roll-up mat, it MIGHT work.  I'm not promising anything.  The best part about it all is that I knocked these three out of the line-up!  YAY!


Okay!  Enough ranting.  I'm going to be working on a different brand tonight.  One that I am already familiar with and I know that it works fine.  I should have pictures of that soon.  On to bigger and better things!

Other Puzzles

Have been doing some other puzzles while "LIFE" is put away.  I'm mainly doing them quickly to make sure pieces are there, taping them up and selling at our rummage sale.  If the pieces aren't all there, we put them in the free box.  Here are a few we've done lately:

500 pieces

 1000 pieces

 500 pieces

 500 pieces

 500 pieces

500 pieces

 500 pieces

200 pieces

250 pieces

250 pieces

500 Pieces

250 Pieces

500 Pieces 7-27-12
The numbers are approximates since I don't remember exactly.  I know there is nothing remarkable here, but still a good way to keep track of what we have done.  As soon as these odd ones are done, I'm jumping back into LIFE.  I really can't wait. :)