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Old 06-04-2012, 10:26 AM
Peanuthead Peanuthead is offline
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Can you solve this puzzle?

2 + 2 = fish

3 + 3 = eight

7 + 7 = triangle

No other clues. It just says "only smart people understand this". Well, I'm a pretty smart guy but this one has me stumped.
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:32 AM
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Mirror one of each pair of numbers, then stick them together with a bit of overlap. The result is an image of the thing they're "equal" to. (The fish is actually a stylized fish symbol.)

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Old 06-04-2012, 10:34 AM
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Take the mirror image of the second number, place it to the left of the first number, and it will look like a fish, an eight, and a triangle respectively.

D'oh! Too slow

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Old 06-04-2012, 10:36 AM
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SPOILER:
Flip a two and superimpose it over the other 2. Flip a 3 and a 7 and match them up with their respective partners.
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:45 AM
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Hmmm. I can see the 8 and the triangle but that don't look like no fish to me. Thanks all!

Never mind. I see the fish now.

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Old 06-04-2012, 10:45 AM
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Is Inner the only guy here who knows how to type " [ spoiler ] "?

You're supposed to keep adding to the puzzle, e.g.

4 + 4 = Golden Gate Bridge
0 + 0 = infinity
13 + 13 = butterfly (sort of)
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:48 AM
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1 + 1 = 1
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:54 AM
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Hmmm. I can see the 8 and the triangle but that don't look like no fish to me. Thanks all!
If it makes you feel better, I'll admit in public that it took me about 45 minutes of intense thought to figure out the "Four is cosmic" campfire game.
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Old 06-04-2012, 10:57 AM
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€ + € = probably not supposed to say...
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Old 06-04-2012, 04:11 PM
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π + π = m
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Old 06-04-2012, 04:21 PM
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1 + 1 = 1
1+1 = M

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Old 06-12-2012, 10:24 PM
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I got all these almost immediately, which really surprised me. I usually don't do particularly well on such spatial reasoning puzzles.
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Old 06-13-2012, 01:15 PM
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€ + € = probably not supposed to say...
What? What's wrong with Pisces?
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Old 06-13-2012, 04:02 PM
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2 + 2 = fish

3 + 3 = eight

7 + 7 = triangle

No other clues. It just says "only smart people understand this". Well, I'm a pretty smart guy but this one has me stumped.
The only thing I can figure is this: If you mirror the letters and put them together, the threes look like an 8, the sevens form a triangle, and I guess the two's form a Jesus Fish?

Last edited by JohnT; 06-13-2012 at 04:03 PM. Reason: ETA: Whoo-hoo! I is smart!
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