Instructions for a puzzle ball purchased for 25 cents from a machine

[janradder]

PUZZLE BALL
Let's decompose & enjoy assembling.

HOW TO DECOMPOSE
Easy though it into the floor have fun.

HOW TO ASSEMBLE
2.
[there is no 1.]
Hold A1 hand.
Put A2 and A3 on both side of A1.

2.
[again]
Slide B1 and B2 on both side of A2 & A3.

3.
Slide C1 for the side of B1 though the side of B2.



The instructions come accompanied with illustrations in which each part looks exactly like the other.
And none of the parts are actually labeled so there is no way to know the difference between A1, B1, or C1.
Sound like fun?  Good!
Now let's decompose!

Comments

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

Scarily enough, based on the instructions here, I'm pretty sure I know exactly what sort of puzzle ball it is, and if I had the pieces in hand I could put it together.

[janradder.livejournal.com]

That is rather frightening. Are you by any chance decomposing?

[brithistorian.livejournal.com]

No, not decomposing. I was just foolish enough to get a couple of those balls from a machine for D. when he was younger - he became obsessed with them and would completely melt down then they "decomposed." ;-)

[sarahgoss.livejournal.com]

Hee!!

[dryadjuna.livejournal.com]

A puzzle, indeed.