Noted the other day when Minnow was puzzling. It's a good thing she can't read yet.
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What's wrong with this picture?
Category: basic concepts
Posted on: June 13, 2008 7:43 AM, by ScienceWoman
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That "octagon" was obviously designed by the same toy designer who did the six-legged stuffed "octopus" that we've seen at other ScienceBlogs.
Posted by: chezjake | June 13, 2008 8:04 AM
you should send it to the FAIL blog...
Posted by: hypoglycemiagirl | June 13, 2008 8:27 AM
Six-sided Octagon does tend to substantiate the dyslexia theory.
Posted by: B Capp | June 13, 2008 8:36 AM
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
(We had a puzzle almost exactly like it, except without the words, and with a pentagon instead of the star. It felt a little weird using words like "hexagon" with a child whose vocabulary consisted of "no" and "ball.")
Posted by: Kim | June 13, 2008 9:06 AM
For some reason, I find myself slightly disturbed by how quickly I spotted the mistake...
Posted by: Epicanis | June 13, 2008 11:58 AM
I just hope they didn't do it because they were afraid that "Hex" would imply the occult...
Posted by: Lab Lemming | June 13, 2008 5:48 PM
ditto hypoglycemiagirl, FAIL entry for sure
Posted by: DrugMonkey | June 13, 2008 8:42 PM
Clearly I am in the same class as the maker of this toy. I couldn't see what was wrong with it until I read the comments. Doh! (Well in my defense it is early on a Saturday morning....;-)
Posted by: Propter Doc | June 14, 2008 4:49 AM
Oh, my. Luckily, by the time she can read octagon, she will likely be moving on to more fun toys...or books. :)
Posted by: unbalanced reaction | June 14, 2008 10:13 PM
Geometry FAIL. Definitely belongs on failblog!
Posted by: themadlolscientist | June 15, 2008 12:34 PM
Instead of being glad the kid can't read, why not just get some paint or some tacky paper and a permanent marker and fix the error, then you don't have to worry about creating an associative connection between the shape and the wrong word?
Posted by: SophieHirschfeld | June 16, 2008 10:47 PM
Whoever made the toy must have failed geometry badly. :)
Posted by: IBY | June 17, 2008 1:09 AM