30 Books
Try your hand at this fun little puzzle. Have Fun!
(I will post the answer at some point.)
There are 30 books of the Bible in this paragraph. Can you
find them? This is a 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, 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 friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned
it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job
of solving this puzzle so involving, 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 the worst. Research has shown that something in
our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing
the books in this paragraph. 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 Humana 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 Timothy 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.
posted by Crystal @ 10:30 AM
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I needed this tonight! :-) I got 18 on the first reading, 4 on the second reading, 5 on the third reading, and 0 of the fourth reading. Then I had to get out my Bible and start digging. I found two more. If I don't find the 30th one there will definately be "great lamentations!"
Hmm... took me about 2-3 hours.. the majority of which I was playing dominoes at the same time ;)
Somebody local..
Interesting combination of activities. Somebody local...that certainly doesn't narrow it down too much does it?
Well, it proves it's not me! LOL Okay, I'm getting silly. I need to go to bed!
No, I don't think it really does, too so sad.. Now, I could give some really good hints, but that would give it away. How about saying that I tend to do a lot of different things--including sing. :)
Most of the people I know do lots of different things. Male or female would really help me out you know. Ethan is the first one that comes to mind but I am definetly not a 100% settled on that. Dominoes isn't something I have heard of him doing for long periods of time so I am still wondering.
Wlel, I did froget aobut sniyag wtehehr I was mlae or fmeale; Let's just say 'male'. And, that I should've seen you last night... If you hadn't been sick. :)
P.S. I've got one of these Johari windows now too... :) http://kevan.org/johari?name=Et+-+E.B.N.
Hey I am pretty good! I was right on my first guess of your identity! Glad to know you classify yourself as male...rather reassuring I must say. LOL
Ok So I went and did your Johari window and the results were interesting. If I read it right I picked exactly the same words that you did when you picked your original ones. First time that has happened.
Hmm.. wow! Wasn't quite expecting that :) Thanks.. I think. :)
I wasn't expecting that either...a little scary!
Alright...I feel much better now that you have fixed things!
I've done this before...and it took me a long time. I think I found 27 or 28, but not 30!
I'm having a hard time believing there ARE 30!
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