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#1: Susan Spitz (punchy sue) on Jun 26, 2006

Great Picture! I'm impressed!

Very, very nice puzzle. I bet the 26 in the leftmost column was done deliberately to make the puzzle solve. It doesn't entirely make artistic sense, though it's not disturbing either, and I think the puzzle would go nowhere without it. These compromises between playability and appearance always interest me. This was a good one.

Yes, I spent THE most time playing around with that leftmost column. Without it there would be no good entry into the puzzle and people would have to do some guessing.

Fabulous puzzle!

I also think it was very clever to put the leftmost column on the right.

I wish I had a copy editor for everything I write.

A beautiful image, and a good challenge.

Oops, I didn't catch it either. My husband accuses me of being directionally challenged. Luckily one doesn't have to know left from right to be able to draw--just to be able to communicate. Then again, I knew exactly which column you were referring to.

Very nice picture!

Great pic :-)

Nice picture. Tough puzzle too, phew

I loved how challenging this one was.

If you hold your hands in front of you, palms down, thumb out, the hand that makes an "L" is on the left! I actually have to do this sometimes, at least mentally! I've never found a good, quick way to tell East from West though, and I am VERY directionally challenged.

Great puzzle. Not quite too big and just enough challenge to keep it interesting.

good tip arduinna. but in Denmark its højre(right) og venstre (left). I gues if you turn your hand a little it could make a V...

Yeah but turning either hand a little bit could make a "V".

Some of these things translate, some don't.

In German, if you are trying to decide if the moon is zunehmend (waxing) or abnehmend (waning) the rule used to be to visualize the script capital letters Z and A. The curved side of the letter is on the same side as the curved side of the moon. This doesn't translate to English at all. Partly because "waxing" and "waning" start with the same letter, partly because in modern english script a capital Z doesn't have a curved side, and partly because if you happen to be an Austrialian speaker of English, the rule is backwards anyway because it's assumes you are in the northern hemisphere.

On the other hand if you are trying to figure out the where ost (east) and west (west) are in Germany, then you face north and visualize the word "wo" ("where"). The "w" is "west" and "o" is "ost". This translates perfectly to english, where the "w" of "where" is on the west side, and the "e" is on the "east", but I've never heard it used in the US.

very interesting

TMI. LOL

Very very fun puzzle-i love this kind and a great result. Thanks!

WOW!

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One of my favorites. Read the comments and kept looking for the 26 on the left. So glad someone found it :)

This was amazing. I loved it. Excellent puzzle to look at and solve.

Yipes is right! However the outcome is a wonderful image and worth the effort.

Nice picture

This is one of the best puzzles on the site. Fantastic.

I am told the best way to learn your left from your right is to take a class in boxing.

Amazing image.

This is the perfect puzzle. It's B&W, not too huge, fun and challenging to solve without being frustrating, with a nice Aha experience, an image that is artistic and recognizable, and a clever title. The comments are fun too, but that was just a bonus. :-)

It feels so real like a photograph! Wonderful picture!

Incredible rendering! A tough solve, but I didn't care, because it was beautiful (and easy to spot what it was going to be) early on. I worked it generally top to bottom.

I want to do it again!

Absolutely beautiful! One of my favourites to solve.

Enjoyed it. Nice one!

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