A Puzzlement. When you run a vast entertainment conglomerate, you can’t waste precious time on newspaper puzzles that take hours to complete. Such was the issue faced by Lang Jeffries, Jr., Board Chairman of Langfilms, Inc. “I love Sudoku,” admitted Lang. “But I can’t waste hours solving puzzles when I have a vast entertainment conglomerate to run.” So Lang did what any board chairman of a vast entertainment conglomerate would do: he hired a mathematical and linguistic über-genius to create a brand new puzzle that would fit his busy lifestyle.
Enter Ed-oku. So the über-genius went to work. After thousands of hours of laborious research, mathematical and linguistic über-genius Ed Engman created a new spin on the Sudoku puzzle. By eliminating eight of the nine 9 X 9 cell squares, and then placing subtle hints in the remaining cells, a Sudoku puzzle that used to take an hour to complete now takes about ten minutes. Lang was so taken with the new puzzle, he christened it “Ed-oku” in honor of the inventor. “I’m flattered, said über-genius Engman.
Instructions: Like Sudoku, the object is to fill the empty cells with numbers, one through nine, and each number can only be used once. With subtle hints (usually three of four numbers, depending on the complexity of the puzzle), the user tries to determine how to fill in the other squares. According to Lang, “It only took minutes to learn”.
The Next Rubik’s Cube. Like its ancestor, Sudoku, Ed-oku is poised to be the next big thing. Puzzle experts say it has the potential of becoming the next Rubik’s cube. Regardless of the runaway success of the puzzle, inventor Engman remains modest. “I’m just like any other über-genius,” says Ed, modestly.
2 comments:
Bonjour Lange,
We're back from Paris where we discovered that Lange Jr. is second only to Jerry Lewis as a beloved and well-respected artiste. In fact, we found "Rue du Lange", right off the Champs Elysees - only minutes from our hotel! Here the elite gather at outdoor tables on sidewalk Brasseries and discuss the great works of the film masters: "The Seventh Seal", "The Nutty Professor" and "The Lemon Grove Kids Visit Monet at Giverny". (The atomic situp finds Monet with a beret over his face and, well, he leaves an "impressionist" on Fatso's backside. Mon Dieu!).
Back home, we are thrilled to see Ed-Oku. C'est magnifique! Perhaps, le genious Ed could turn his high level powers of intellect to building a secure gate to hold son chien a la maison. One puppy who is not dumb as mud, oui? Un ami de gendarme, non?
La femme du the,
LCD
Lady C,
Our chien has been behaving lately, but still we have to build un porte secure.
Sounds like the Gulley clan had a magnifique time in the City of Lights; we expect to see Shutterfly and Blog entries to share your experience!
Has Ed-oku caught on on the continent yet? C'est une jeu formidable!
Glad to have you back in the states!
Lang Jr.
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