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Comments on Puzzle #17613: WCP #103 - Home Room
By David Bouldin (dbouldin)

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  version: 2    quality:   difficulty:   solvability: moderate lookahead?  

Puzzle Description:

Being the self-conscious middle-schooler that many of us were, I was much too shy to ask one of my best friends (a beautiful girl that I had had a crush on for a while) to be my girlfriend face to face... so, one night I call and ask her over the phone ...and SHE SAID YES!! The next morning I get to our home room class before her and am a little nervous about seeing her in person. Is this going to be awkward? What do I say? ...I'm sitting up on top of a desk talking to a buddy, when two arms wrap around my shoulders and gentle fingers cover my eyes. She leans into my ear and softly says with a smile "Guess who?"

#1: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Feb 21, 2012

Unpublished by dbouldin
#2: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Feb 21, 2012
Sorry everybody...looked up and it had changed since the last time I solved it. I blame my ipad. Will republish when it is fixed.
#3: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Feb 21, 2012
New version published by dbouldin.
#4: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Feb 21, 2012 [SPOILER]
WOW,what an image,cool story too David. I did the same thing when i was 12 yrs old,only i did it in person and the results were not so good. She let me down easy and said she liked me as a friend. I was crushed but it was better knowing than dreaming and wondering. Great puzzle David.:)
#5: Jota (jota) on Feb 21, 2012 [HINT]
Thanks David! Beautiful memory! No guessing of course. For me after LL, placing a dot on C16 R22 did it!
#6: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 21, 2012
Great picture!
#7: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Feb 21, 2012 [HINT] [SPOILER]
Aldege, I didn't say that all of my attempts were as succesful ;)

Jota, that's the same dot I used. I tried very hard to make this LLS, but I just couldn't justify any more changes to the image after all the compromises I made to get it this solvable.

Kristen, thanks. Can we consider this my self-portrait as well? ;)
#8: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Feb 21, 2012
luv it David..gave me goosebumps
#9: bugaboo (bugaboo) on Feb 21, 2012
after line logic i used edge logic on the 3 clue in r22 to get that same dot as mentioned above
great image and solve
no guessing (of course)
#10: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Feb 21, 2012
Sure, why not? :)
#11: Jota (jota) on Feb 21, 2012
No worries David, usually Gator get's to them on time.
#12: Kadou (Kadou) on Feb 22, 2012
Not difficult, but beautiful!
#13: Teresa K (fasstar) on Feb 23, 2012 [SPOILER]
The puzzle was great fun to solve, and the story makes it even better. What a handsome guy you were (still are?). What a sweet gesture on her part. Way to go!
#14: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Feb 23, 2012 [SPOILER]
Thanks all. I think I'll have to let her know about this puzzle. We still talk every so often.
#15: Tom O'Connell (sensei69) on Mar 4, 2012
David: loved the story... congrats
#16: Claudia (clau_bolson) on Mar 7, 2012
Wonderful puzzle, and such a nice story!
#17: BlackCat (BlackCat) on Dec 6, 2017
That is a really neat illustration of a lovely story.
#18: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Dec 5, 2018
Very well done image.
#19: derby (Derby) on Dec 2, 2019
Awesome puzzle. Excellent use of single pixel wide lines, but still solveable.
#20: David Bouldin (dbouldin) on Dec 4, 2019
thank you :)
#21: Vaggelis Kamaris (evag7651) on Apr 17, 2024
not so difficult. solved logically.

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