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Puzzle Fantastica 3
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Posted on: October 11, 2007 12:35 PM, by David Ng
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Spirograph! (Also known as my brother's toy that I got in the most trouble for stealing, repeatedly.)
Posted by: Laura | October 11, 2007 1:29 PM
Or maybe, a pathway of some subatomic particle. Some mathematical function?
When are the other clues coming up?
Posted by: jenjen | October 11, 2007 2:02 PM
Wouldn't there be more symmetry in a spirograph plot? I can't remember exactly, but if that's the case, then it might not be that option.
Posted by: Cam | October 11, 2007 2:35 PM
Epicycles?
Posted by: Matthew | October 11, 2007 2:48 PM
Ocean Waves
Posted by: Cameron | October 12, 2007 2:20 PM
Is it a baby ox?
It's a baby ox.
Right?
Posted by: Moe | October 12, 2007 5:04 PM
earth-centric map of our solar system... maybe.
Posted by: mark | October 14, 2007 11:04 AM
Path of a bee (or some insect) perhaps?
Posted by: Asmita | October 15, 2007 11:48 AM
or is this how a space shuttle plot looks like from outer space?
Posted by: Asmita | October 15, 2007 11:52 AM