Puzzle Chat
The Puzzle Chat podcast is your all-access pass to the thrilling world of puzzles with Jeff and Denice for Puzzle Month (All of January) and beyond. From fun challenges to fascinating stories, we’ve got puzzles to play, puzzle hacks to learn, and plenty of Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month fun. Learn more about the puzzle culture! What is Puzzle Month? This special month was started as an extension of Puzzle Day, which is celebrated annually on January 29th. Both Puzzle Day and Puzzle Month were founded by Jodi Jill, a professional puzzle maker and lifelong puzzle enthusiast. Her love for puzzles inspired her to share the joy of puzzling with people around the world.
For over 30 years, Puzzle Day has been a day to honor puzzles of all kinds, and Puzzle Month takes it a step further - encouraging puzzle fans to enjoy puzzles for the entire month of January! Denice and Jeff want to share that love of puzzles with the world!
Puzzle Chat
Why Aliens Would Hate Jigsaw Puzzles: Describing What Puzzles Mean to Humans
What if we finally made contact? After the initial excitement, imagine trying to explain one of humanity's most beloved pastimes to our new extraterrestrial neighbors. That's right if we have the chance to share puzzles with little green men! This week on Puzzle Chat, we dare to ask the question: Why Aliens Would Hate Jigsaw Puzzles?
Join us as we embark on a hilarious thought experiment, exploring how beings from another world might perceive our puzzling passion. Would they be baffled by the seemingly random shapes? Confused by our obsession with fitting pieces together? Or perhaps utterly bored by the whole concept?
But this episode isn't just about alien perspectives. We'll also be tackling a question that's closer to home: How do you describe puzzles to others? Is it a simple matter of explaining the mechanics, or is there a deeper, more personal connection that's hard to put into words?
We'll delve into:
- The potential alien annoyance of puzzle-solving.
- The challenge of articulating the joy of puzzling.
- The surprising complexity hidden within a seemingly simple pastime and how it impacts us in our everyday lives.
Why listen? Because whether you're a casual puzzler or a die-hard enthusiast, this episode will make you think about your favorite hobby in a whole new light. We'll explore the very essence of what makes puzzles so captivating to us, and why that might be utterly lost on a being from another planet. Plus, you'll gain some fresh perspectives on how to explain your puzzling passion to the uninitiated!