Man spends 7 years doing jigsaw puzzle only to find a single piece is missing
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It had cluttered up Jack Harris's dining table for almost eight years.
Nevertheless, the 86-year-old was determined to finish his five-foot long, 5,000-piece jigsaw.
And when he thought the painstaking process was complete, he stood back to admire his work - only to find a dog may have eaten the final piece.
Mr Harris has searched his home in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, for the missing piece but his family fears one of their two dogs has swallowed it.
They have even asked the puzzle's manufacturer if they could provide a spare - but Mr Harris has taken so long to complete the jigsaw that Falcon Games has stopped making it.
His daughter-in-law Eve Harris, who gave him the jigsaw as a Christmas present in 2002, said she thought it would be a challenge for the retired businessman.
Mr Harris, whose wife Doris died in 2004, is given a new jigsaw every year, and usually finishes them by spring.
But this puzzle was to prove different.
He said he started the jigsaw - which shows the 19th century oil painting The Return Of The Prodigal Son, by James Tissot - as usual. But eight years later he was still struggling to finish it.
Mrs Harris said: 'We got him this one as a bit of a joke really, because he always boasted he could get them done so quickly, he's a bit of a whiz with them.
'It was marvellous to see it finally completed. But when we saw there was a piece missing from the middle, we just couldn't believe it.
'He was just so disappointed when he found one bit was missing. It's sad really because now it will never be completed.'
If Mrs Harris's dogs are not to blame, the family think the piece may have been thrown away by accident.
Mr Harris said: 'I always said I could get the puzzles done by the end of March so I could get out into the garden, but this one took a bit longer.'[/release]
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You have got to be fucking kidding me. That's just bullshit.
That's a pretty awesome jigsaw puzzle, must've been nerve wracking trying to put it together.
Make your own piece
I'm sure there's one on eBay or something, just buy another one and get the piece.
Amazing determination right there; but that's gotta suck, realizing the last piece is missing... or the dog ate it.
Now to spend another 7 years finding it
Post 7
I'd rage my ass off if that was me
[QUOTE=usaokay;21998472]Buy another jigsaw puzzle.[/QUOTE]
and spend 7 years finding that one piece? :geno:
[QUOTE=M_u_d;21998416]I'm sure there's one on eBay or something, just buy another one and get the piece.[/QUOTE]
Even if he somehow managed to get another one, could you even begin to imagine how long he'd have to look for that one little piece?
Aww man, that gotta suck
Oh god, that's terrible.
In my opinion a massive 5,000 piece puzzle with a piece missing, is more valuable then a 5,000 without one missing. It shows that even a perfectly planned out and prepared for thing, (Jigsaw puzzle) something can always go wrong. Maybe I'm over-thinking it, but this could be interpreted as a really deep idea. :v:
I bet if the puzzle's maker found out about this they'd send him a replacement piece.
*rage quit*
[QUOTE=IceCKryss;21998511]I bet if the puzzle's maker found out about this they'd send him a replacement piece.[/QUOTE]
read op
After realizing a piece was missing
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[QUOTE=IceCKryss;21998511]I bet if the puzzle's maker found out about this they'd send him a replacement piece.[/QUOTE]
They have even asked the puzzle's manufacturer if they could provide a spare - but Mr Harris has taken so long to complete the jigsaw that Falcon Games has stopped making it.
:(
That sucks so bad.
[QUOTE=IceCKryss;21998511]I bet if the puzzle's maker found out about this they'd send him a replacement piece.[/QUOTE]
Have you even read the news article?
It says that the manufacture is UNABLE to provide a replacement piece, because it took the man too long to finish it, which they stopped printing the puzzle by the time it was finished.
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ninja'd
I was just about to mention that episode of The Simpsons.
that dog is fucked if it turns out he ate the piece
The missing piece represents his wife, who had been given a new puzzle each year, and since she died, the final piece had been gone too.
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he looks like such a nice old man :frown:
Well that is depressing
just make a piece, that missing piece is plain solid color
[QUOTE=EFG;21999010]just make a piece, that missing piece is plain solid color[/QUOTE]
That wouldn't be "authentic"
[QUOTE=B1N4RY!;21999396]That wouldn't be "authenticate"[/QUOTE]
authentic*
authenticate is a verb
[QUOTE=PrismatexV8;21999415]authentic*
authenticate is a verb[/QUOTE]
Yeah sorry, I blame autocorrect for that.
goddammit. That would be the most frustrating thing in the world ever.
You should NEVER use autocorrect. Learn from mistakes, try and trial. Not from some stupid program that's bound to be wrong eventually.
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