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Comments on Puzzle #31909: Why do cooks cut the eyes out of potatoes?
By Brian Bellis (mootpoint)

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  quality:   difficulty:   solvability: deep lookahead  

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#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Dec 25, 2018 [SPOILER]

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#2: annalivia (annalivia) on Dec 25, 2018 [SPOILER]
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#3: Jota (jota) on Dec 25, 2018
Funny!
#4: Brian Bellis (mootpoint) on Dec 25, 2018
Corn has ears. The sound of corn getting creamed must be horrendous.
#5: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Dec 25, 2018
Or imagine the sound of corn being ripped from the cob. Tragic.
#6: Velma Warren (Shiro) on Dec 25, 2018
Funny
#7: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 26, 2018
Found to be solvable with deep lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#8: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Dec 26, 2018 [HINT]
After line and color logic,

At least one pixel must be black in c11r1-2. No matter which you assume is black, both will end up black.

And then the bottom ...

I didn't find a deep lookahead solution. I'm pretty sure the only way to solve it is by assuming symmetry.

I spoke too soon. Here's some deep lookahead:

Assume the 2 in c8 is in r8-9.
> That makes the rest of rows8&9 white.
> Then there's nowhere to put the 3 in r10 that won't create a conflict in r11.
= So assumption is wrong and c8r8 must be white.

Assume the 2 in c9 is in r8-9.
> That makes the rest of rows8&9 white.
> Then there's nowhere to put the 3 in r10 that won't create a conflict in r11.
= So assumption is wrong and c9r8 must be white.

Assume the 2 in c10 is in r8-9.
> That makes the rest of rows8&9 white.
> Then there's nowhere to put the 3 in r10 that won't create a conflict in r11.
= So assumption is wrong and c10r8 must be white.

Assume the 2 in c14 is in r8-9.
> That makes the rest of rows8&9 white.
> Then there's nowhere to put the 3 in r10 that won't create a conflict in r11.
= So assumption is wrong and c14r8 must be white.

Assume the 2 in c13 is in r8-9.
> That makes the rest of rows8&9 white.
> Then there's nowhere to put the 3 in r10 that won't create a conflict in r11.
= So assumption is wrong and c13r8 must be white.

Assume the 2 in c12 is in r8-9.
> That makes the rest of rows8&9 white.
> Then there's nowhere to put the 3 in r10 that won't create a conflict in r11.
= So assumption is wrong and c12r8 must be white.

Then LL to finish
#9: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Dec 26, 2018 [SPOILER]
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#10: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Dec 27, 2018
When you throw a potato, how can you tell how fast it is going?
Use a spudometer.
#11: jewel crown (Jewel) on Dec 28, 2018
Excellent image!
#12: jewel crown (Jewel) on Dec 28, 2018
Excellent image!
#13: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Dec 30, 2018 [SPOILER]
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#14: Aurelian Ginkgo (AurelianGinkgo) on Dec 30, 2018
*applauds JoDeen*
#15: Carol Brand (KarylAnn) on Jan 2, 2019
Love it. Love all the punny comments too!
#16: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 6, 2019
Thanks, Brian, for the challenging puzzle and joke. And thanks to my funny friends with those clever comments. (✬‿✬)

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