It is the solution, Susan. And, it’s a white box, yes….against a very light beige background—- apparently their attempt at camouflaging it. A few bows are also in front of it ( again, see my solution).
The short pink piece on the right side is the end of another bow. It is wide and curved to look “puffy”.
If you enlarge the gift box, the top of the lid is visible, albeit just barely.
Finally, I think many of these puzzles are almost too hard so if I can’t solve it in a reasonable amount of time, I call it “quits”. I suspect that some of them were originally presented as a full page.
I was playing Frisbee by Lake Monona with my girlfriend (now wife) and accidently threw her Frisbee into the lake. A guy was walking by with his black lab and I asked if his dog fetched Frisbees. The guy said yeah but he needs to see them thrown. I asked him to throw a rock towards the Frisbee and send his dog after it. It worked, the rock disappeared so the dog brought the next best thing he could see,
and probably not a bowling ball, though you might be able to get a mirrored one of those, if the rules allow it.
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But yeah, I know you can get mirrored contact lenses…
Dunno whether that includes lizard ones, but probably.
After all, they’re designed for things like Comic Cons, where people cosplay as aliens and dragons and such.
Other things to consider about them, though, include that contacts with mirroring darken your vision, like mirrored sunglasses, and slits for pupils limit your view.
The combination would probably be unsafe for driving and maybe even for not bumping into walls.
And since I’ve seen some at costume shops for ten bucks, I’d be cautious about wearing anything like those in my eyes.
I’m not sure how some of them get around the FDA. Our lenses pass stringent requirements including clinical trials. Our manufacturing facilities are regularly inspected. Everything is tested for biological contaminants and potential leaching of chemicals. I’m not sure how they get around that with costume lenses, but as Susan says, be careful what you put in your eye.
There are four major producers of contact lenses, I’d stay with those.
This photograph won a “Wired” magazine macro photography contest back in 2008.
Below is a description of it along with a comment from the photographer:
Left:Eye of a Tokay GeckoSubmitted by Alan M
Photographer’s comment:
“A close-up shot of a Tokay Gecko. Their eyes remind me of old-fashioned keyholes. Thanks for looking!”
These are the capitals I found listed in the order they appear (my first one may be a stretch, and wrong, but this is Pastis we’re talking about.
If you find one I missed please let me know.
Juneau, Alaska
Albany, New York
Jackson, Mississippi
Boise, Idaho
Pierre, South Dakota
Annapolis, Maryland
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Trenton, New Jersey
Madison, Wisconson
Lansing, Michigan
Boston, Massachusetts
Bismark, North Dakota
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
Raleigh, North Carolina
Hartford, Connecticut
Frankfort, Kentucky
Honolulu, Hawaii
Salem, Oregon
find the wrapped present
Here’s the answer:
i found it! i found it!!!
That’s what i saw. Im right for once! 🙂
Yup!
I see something different. Idon’t know howmuchit looks like a wrapped present.
I’ll look at it in the morning.
I see it. The only clue was the ribbon.
I found the bow tie!
Some of the hidden objects in these puzzles are ridiculously obscure, and some are equally obvious.
This one seems pretty obvious, though maybe not perfect….
I found only two bits of ribbon that are not part of a bow…
A short piece in pink partway down the right-hand side, and the one around a box, which Candi also found, and so did the rest of you, probably.
The problem I have with it is that the box lid is almost invisible on its top edge, and disappears on the left side of the bow.
Also, nit-picking a little… I don’t know whether being in a white box with a lid and a bow technically constitutes “wrapped”, but I suppose so.
Since it’s the only one, it must be the solution.
It is the solution, Susan. And, it’s a white box, yes….against a very light beige background—- apparently their attempt at camouflaging it. A few bows are also in front of it ( again, see my solution).
The short pink piece on the right side is the end of another bow. It is wide and curved to look “puffy”.
If you enlarge the gift box, the top of the lid is visible, albeit just barely.
Finally, I think many of these puzzles are almost too hard so if I can’t solve it in a reasonable amount of time, I call it “quits”. I suspect that some of them were originally presented as a full page.
Not sure why you’re telling me this… I did say it was obvious, and had to be the solution.
That doesn’t mean I have to like it!
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Of course I can see the bows in front of the box just fine. Hard to miss them.
What I can’t see is the left-hand side or corner of the box lid, ie anything to the left of the red bow, no matter how much I enlarge it.
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Pics are easy to enlarge on a tablet using two fingers… So it’s probably a matter of tablet resolution, not image size.
I see a faint white line, but it seems to be a continuation of one of the diagonal lines above it in the background, not the top of the lid.
Maybe at higher resolution you see a level line there. Or not.
It doesn’t matter how poorly it’s drawn though… I know it’s meant to be there.
And that it’s the only possible solution and obviously meant to be the one.
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As for perseverance…. I tend to solve puzzles, or keep trying to, when I really should quit, and I know it.
Not sure why…. I think I must have a misplaced or overactive puzzle gene.
Sometimes I solve puzzles that aren’t even there.
The official answer at the site agrees with StelBel.
Spotted that one rather quickly.
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…as i am scrolling down it slowly becomes recognizable…
But not before my imagination went wild. 😀
Such single-minded devotion to the task at hand. Get it, boy!
I was playing Frisbee by Lake Monona with my girlfriend (now wife) and accidently threw her Frisbee into the lake. A guy was walking by with his black lab and I asked if his dog fetched Frisbees. The guy said yeah but he needs to see them thrown. I asked him to throw a rock towards the Frisbee and send his dog after it. It worked, the rock disappeared so the dog brought the next best thing he could see,
Carole Marine
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Me too!
I don’t care if it takes hours.
Maybe even days!
..
And to think, the most interesting “feature magazine” in the whole world was the Sunday magazine section of a Dayton Ohio newspaper.
Who woulda thunk?
It must be true, though… I read it right there in the newspaper.
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Nell Brinkley, though, was very famous.
She even did cartoons.
Her “Brinkley Girls” were like the 1920’s version of the previous generation’s Gibson Girls, and very popular in their time.
For some reason they never became as iconic or well known to future generations as did Gibson’s.
By 1936, they may have been going out of style a bit, cos while I may be wrong, I’d think the Dayton Journal wasn’t the high point of her career.
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Reptile eye, rotated. Most have pupils that narrow to vertical slits instead of dots.
Here’s a gecko:
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Did you know you can get them as a design on your bowling ball…
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And even on contact lenses to wear?
They advertise them for Halloween and for cosplay… But I’d think only people used to contacts could wear them.
Oooo…
I wonder of you could get them mirrored?!
The contacts?
Assuming you don’t mean a gecko…
and probably not a bowling ball, though you might be able to get a mirrored one of those, if the rules allow it.
….
But yeah, I know you can get mirrored contact lenses…
Dunno whether that includes lizard ones, but probably.
After all, they’re designed for things like Comic Cons, where people cosplay as aliens and dragons and such.
Other things to consider about them, though, include that contacts with mirroring darken your vision, like mirrored sunglasses, and slits for pupils limit your view.
The combination would probably be unsafe for driving and maybe even for not bumping into walls.
And since I’ve seen some at costume shops for ten bucks, I’d be cautious about wearing anything like those in my eyes.
Eyes are precious, and easily scratched or cut.
I’m not sure how some of them get around the FDA. Our lenses pass stringent requirements including clinical trials. Our manufacturing facilities are regularly inspected. Everything is tested for biological contaminants and potential leaching of chemicals. I’m not sure how they get around that with costume lenses, but as Susan says, be careful what you put in your eye.
There are four major producers of contact lenses, I’d stay with those.
I didn’t know you worked in that field.
I’ve wondered that too… I thought maybe since they’re not dispensed by a licensed provider, the FDA pays no attention…
But it doesn’t really make sense…
Costume stores can’t sell bogus “costume” medication or give fake flu shots, so I don’t know why the lenses would be overlooked.
Then again, how do some companies get to advertise bogus medications, especially weight loss and E.D. pills, and sell them by mail order?
I thought the FDA and the Postal service BOTH had laws against THAT…. But it continues.
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Um…. unfortunately, i don’t see any content in your comment.
It’s empty!
This photograph won a “Wired” magazine macro photography contest back in 2008.
Below is a description of it along with a comment from the photographer:
Left:Eye of a Tokay GeckoSubmitted by Alan M
Photographer’s comment:
“A close-up shot of a Tokay Gecko. Their eyes remind me of old-fashioned keyholes. Thanks for looking!”
Susan is right, it is rotated ( 90° right ).
Manfred Mann
…and Bruce Springsteen (who actually wrote and recorded it first)
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Springsteen is the best, of course!
I didn’t know it was a Springsteen song, but hearing them both, I agree with Dennis.
I wonder why it took Manfred Mann to make it a hit.
I prefer the Manfred Mann version (and I am a Springsteen fan)
Me too!
Gozer Oats!
Now with marshmallow bits!
What about some Catholic oats? Or some atheist oats.
I believe the last one is just known as “oats”.
The oat couple.
Hey puzzlers. you might like Pearls Before Swine today. Took a while but I found them all.
https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2023/05/07?ct=v&cti=1694422
Me too.
If you find one I missed please let me know.
Juneau, Alaska
Albany, New York
Jackson, Mississippi
Boise, Idaho
Pierre, South Dakota
Annapolis, Maryland
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Trenton, New Jersey
Madison, Wisconson
Lansing, Michigan
Boston, Massachusetts
Bismark, North Dakota
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Phoenix, Arizona
Raleigh, North Carolina
Hartford, Connecticut
Frankfort, Kentucky
Honolulu, Hawaii
Salem, Oregon
Pastafarian oats might be delicious… full of noodly goodness.
I don’t know whether you eat them with milk or with tomato sauce.
Roast Leg of Lamb
You can always sow your oats…☺️
you beat me to it! 🙂
Here in Germany we use potatoes for that.
Reminds me of Dusty in “The Elderberries” comic strip…
Passed by the Amish store in my adventure yesterday. Shoulda stopped for oats.