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Show OPINION WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003 THE VOICE OF DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH DIXIE SUN -- 5 2eS puzzled! by Ben Walker, Dixie Sun They were They were the best of times. the worst of times. I found myself happier than ever, then suddenly more even and depressed frustrated. sure you already know what activity Im referring to, but I'll clarify. Jigsaw puzzles. Theyre so ... well ... puzI'm zling. was trying (in vain) to help e the piece together a other day in one of my favorite student apartments (Rebels Roost 4 there, you finally got your plug). I 500-piec- Puzzling can be a super fun activity that helps people work together like cogs in a machine, birds in formation, or if you11 pardon the pun pieces of a puzzle. can also drive you absoluteOur particular puza delightful picture of some Dalmatian puppies in a washtub. Quite precious. It ly mad. zle was Or so I thought. All those black and white pieces simply lay in front of my eyes until I thought I was going colorblind. did manage to piece a few of them together, but that was the extent of my success. I Plus, someone will always find it quite hilarious to hide a piece for days or longer. One puzzling team I know was recently foiled by hidden pieces. Later that week, they both fell out of their very own fridge. What is this world became so frustrated that had to take a little timeout. Man, those things are hard. Im always so sure of myself until two of my answers run and together contradict themselves. At that point, I know that one of them must be wrong. When the next issue of the Sun comes out, I find that they were both wrong. The more I type for this arti- the more I realize just how much I love frustration. Puzzles and crosswords have angered and relaxed me simultaneously more than once recently. Crosswords me of my remind particularly favorite frustrating board cle, Scrabble is a great word game for the average Joe and the newspaper editor alike. The frustration comes into play when either you have a Q with no U or when someone takes your triple word space just as you were about to place the word exegesis and collect your fifty point bonus for clearing your rack of letters. The game can turn ugly, though. Flipping the board (and all the letters which become projectiles) off the table is almost commonplace after an hour or two of Scrabbling. So everyone please look both ways when crossing the I I safety. WE WELCOME LETTERS Submit letters to the editor by Limit your submissions to 250 words. Include your address and telephone number. We will verify all letters. by Brock Bybee game: Scrabble. street, wear your seatbelt when in the car, and keep your cool while playing puzzle games. Its for your own coming to? I whipped out the latest issue of the Dixie Sun (as Im prone to do) and turned to the only thing that boggles my mind more than a jigsaw puzzle, I No, not Brocks comic. turned to the crossword. Unsigned letters will not be printed. We reserve the right to for edit submissions length, accuracy and Dixie Sun News Editor ... I went into a Burger So King the other day. I was standing in line to get my (health food) when all of a sudden, for no apparent reason, I started listening to the man in front of me. He ordered a Supersized Whopper Value Meal with extra cheese and a Giant Diet Coke. Is there anyone out there that this type of behavior strikes as a little odd? I mean, geez why don't you just go all out? It just seems a little bit ironic .... Does And another thing: anybody else besides me find it extremely odd (not to mention irritating) that the Boulevard, one of the busiest streets in St. George, has a speed limit of 30 miles an hour? Thirty miles an hour! It's like one of the focal points of the city, and sometimes you see people walking their dogs on the sidewalk, going faster than you are in your car. Ironic, isn't it? The other day I was walking down the street and saw a beer can. Except it wasn't the really cool beer that you can get drunk from. beer. non-alcohol- It was Whats the point of that? If you're going to drink something that looks, smells, and probably tastes like urine, why not reward yourself by drinking yourself into a stupor and passing out in a puddle of your own puke? I'm baffled. Maybe I'm missing out, but it just seems kind of ironic to me .... Oh yeah. I was in a restaurant, when I met a vegetarian. She was a little upset at my choice of cuisine (a steak) because it was inhumane and repulsive. So, she preceeded to let me know how she felt with her words. When she was done criticizing me, I thought to myself: If were not supposed to eat animals, why are they all made of meat? Confusing, yet Ironic. stopped for gas at a local gas station and was browsing around through the candy selection., when a phenomenon caught my attention. Fun size candy bars. I have no problem at all if a candy manufacturer wants to make something so tasty the size of a thumbnail, but dont call them Theyre really hblThh'1 Tthlnk that a1 REAL" I fun-siz- candy bar would be twice the size of Montana. That would be really fun. I just dont know why someone would confuse the two. fun-siz- e This one you can take Lets think very literally. about the word Irony for just a second now. Is it a little more than a coincidence that the word irony has nothing at all to do with ironing, curling irons, or branding irons of any kind? I think not. Has it occured to anybody else that when in a car, we drive in a parkway and park in a driveway? Thats some pretty deep stuff there. Also. And my final little quirk as to the way things are going on around here, is this: The other night at about 1:00 in the morning I went over to the basketball court at the dorms. I was shooting around by myself when I was approached by a campus security officer. He asked me how old I was. When I told him that Im 17, he told me to go home because I was Just breaking curfew. because I'm 17, I'm treated like I'm 10. I can go to class, live on my own, and act in every other respect like an adult, but to be outside past midnight?1! Mftfrtic-- ' Isn't it? |
