Ian McFluffigus
Member
We've all wanted to show off our abilities to solve the Rubik's cube in god-like speeds to our friends, (that's in fact why I got started in the first place. 
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And of course, your friends just don't think it's enough to maybe play around with the cube for a minute and hand it to us, they want to trick us.
Ooooooh.
Find the right combination of twists and turns that will make it impossible for us cubers to solve the thing. So, of course, they take (kidnap) our cubes from us and turn it for half-an-hour, thinking the longer they sit there and goof off with the cube, the longer it will take us to solve it. And then we hand the thing back to them in the solved position as fast as you always have and they say, "You saw me scramble it. You cheated. Now I have to do it again." And they huddle up against some wall and play around with it for twice as long. And sometimes, you're tempted to ask them, "When are you going to give back my freaking cube!?! AHHRGH!!!!"
And then we could hear any of the following.
1. I'm trying to make it so two of the same colors aren't touching.
2. I'm trying to make it so two of the same colors aren't on one side.
3. I'm too busy switching around your stickers for a cruel prank.
4. Quit looking at me scramble this you cheater!!! Now I have to start all over again.
5. I'm not really scrambling your cube, I'm trying to solve it like you do. (In your dreams.)
6. Several of your pieces popped out while I was scrambling it, so I just put them back in a random orientation. I hope it doesn't ruin you for life.
7. Why is the green side always opposite of the blue side?
8. Oh, here you go. [you get a solved cube back in your hand]
9. I was just wondering, were you raised by scientists who kidnapped you at birth?
10. Could you teach me? (That's why God invented the internet.)
11. [Absolute silence]
Feel free to add to the list, and keep counting off. If you're the next person to add, start going 12, 13, 14, 15... etc. Until we get to 101. If we get to 101, I have a special surprise for everybody who participated!
)And of course, your friends just don't think it's enough to maybe play around with the cube for a minute and hand it to us, they want to trick us.
Ooooooh.
Find the right combination of twists and turns that will make it impossible for us cubers to solve the thing. So, of course, they take (kidnap) our cubes from us and turn it for half-an-hour, thinking the longer they sit there and goof off with the cube, the longer it will take us to solve it. And then we hand the thing back to them in the solved position as fast as you always have and they say, "You saw me scramble it. You cheated. Now I have to do it again." And they huddle up against some wall and play around with it for twice as long. And sometimes, you're tempted to ask them, "When are you going to give back my freaking cube!?! AHHRGH!!!!"
And then we could hear any of the following.
1. I'm trying to make it so two of the same colors aren't touching.
2. I'm trying to make it so two of the same colors aren't on one side.
3. I'm too busy switching around your stickers for a cruel prank.
4. Quit looking at me scramble this you cheater!!! Now I have to start all over again.
5. I'm not really scrambling your cube, I'm trying to solve it like you do. (In your dreams.)
6. Several of your pieces popped out while I was scrambling it, so I just put them back in a random orientation. I hope it doesn't ruin you for life.
7. Why is the green side always opposite of the blue side?
8. Oh, here you go. [you get a solved cube back in your hand]
9. I was just wondering, were you raised by scientists who kidnapped you at birth?
10. Could you teach me? (That's why God invented the internet.)
11. [Absolute silence]
Feel free to add to the list, and keep counting off. If you're the next person to add, start going 12, 13, 14, 15... etc. Until we get to 101. If we get to 101, I have a special surprise for everybody who participated!
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