Puzzles

While having a conversation with a neighbour recently about having a day off work I was reminded of this puzzle. So you want a day off work??????? Let's see. UMMMM! Consider the facts:- There are 365 days this year available for work. There are 52 weeks per year. You only work a 5 day week so you have 2 days off per week that's 104 days leaving 261 days availale for work. You only work 8 hours a day so you spend 16 hours each day away from work . That amounts to 170 days, leaving only 91days available. You spend 30 minutes each day on tea/coffee breaks which counts for 23 days a year leaving only 68 days available. With 1 ...  Read the complete review

I am taking a break from the very serious business of writing reviews for a minute and am going to brighten my day with the knowledge that I am annoying the hell out of everyone who reads this and tries to figure it out. It is a kind of brainteaser, puzzle, riddle or whatever you want to call it. I was reminded of it earlier during a phone call from a friend. A few of you will have probably heard it before but for those of you that have not, here is the story... One night, three friends; Tom, Dick and Harry, decided to try out a new restaurant that was opening in the area. They rang up, booked a table and decided to pre order their ...  Read the complete review

The human body is quite amazing, capable of incredible feats, quite unbelievable achievements....probably the most awesome organ (unless you know otherwise)is the brain. It governs most actions unconsciously, on autopilot. I thought I'd give you a chance to prove how efficient your brain is, compared to other DooYooers. Want to take up the challenge? If so, here's a few teasers for you: 1) Going around in circles? A sphere has 3 A circle has 2 A point has none. What am I? 2) What is the next letter? and why? O T T F F S S E 3) I get thrown out most days, but am essential to those who throw me ...  Read the complete review

I love solving many kinds of puzzles.. Puzzles are really a great help for brain excercise and entertainment too..whether they are direct questions, crossawards, general knowledge puzzles , sudoku etc..all of them are very interesting to play and simultaneously they increases our day to day knowledge about many things, vocabulary and keep us update. They are available in many newspapers, magazines, internet sites and in many books of children around us.. If we go through any sort of puzzles regularly, they can benefit us anyday anytime like in many competitions, game shows like that of uk's who wants to be a millionaire, india's kaun banega ...  Read the complete review

Jigsaw puzzles used to be boring. The pictures were limited to little houses in the country, or seascapes, although over the years, what happened is that companies found that the idea of slotting little pieces of cardboard together with popular. What was not popular was the small range of pictures on the jigsaws, which was something that was easy to put right. I have been doing jigsaws for years, not as much as my mother in law or mother, though in order to capture the imagination of people like me that want something more of a challenge than a simple puzzle, the range that is available now is astounding. Let's take the basic jigsaw. The ...  Read the complete review