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From: Bruce Stephens <bruce@liverpool.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Magic Toyshop -- am I just a fool?
In-Reply-To: gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk's message of 14 Oct 1995 16:02:08 GMT
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>>>>> "Gareth" == Gareth Rees <gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk> writes:

> Magic Toyshop spoilers

Darin Johnson <djohnson@tartarus.ucsd.edu>
> wrote:
>> Actually I distinctly recall checking if the box was empty, and it
>> was.  Ie, "empty box".  However, apparently you need to "shake box"
>> and the glue magically appears.

> The intention is that the glue has been opened at some point in the
> past and is now stuck to the inside of the box.  Perhaps it was an
> unfair puzzle (Catharine shakes the box before handing it to you -
> this is meant to be a clue).

I thought the puzzle was fine.  It took me a while to get it, but the
clue is obvious (after the event!)
-- 
Bruce                   Institute of Advanced Scientific Computation
bruce@liverpool.ac.uk   University of Liverpool
http://supr.scm.liv.ac.uk/~bruce/

