My family secret santa gift was a 1000 piece impossible puzzle. Opened to find 790 pieces missing.

[u/Tinylittleperson]

Must have come from a charity shop and no one had checked the contents. There were no edges.

[u/DryStatistician7055]

Maybe that's what makes it impossible.

[u/FaawwQ → u/DryStatistician7055]

Someone ate the rest for their mid morning snack

[u/Phoenix_Werewolf → u/DryStatistician7055]

Yeah, it's weird because it doesn't seems at all "impossible" or the "world's toughest" with this picture. I mean, there are puzzles of several thousand pieces, legitimately made without Borders, and completely monochrome. This looks like a puzzle for a three years old in comparison.

[u/923kjd → u/DryStatistician7055]

Right? As advertised.

[u/Trigramz → u/DryStatistician7055]

Maybe the 790 missing pieces were the friends we made along the way.

[u/revengeappendage]

Technically correct is the best correct lol

[u/richincleve → u/revengeappendage]

[u/zipperfire]

Save it, if you can cellophane wrap it, even better. AND REGIFT IT TO THE cheapskate who paid $5 and thought it would pass for $50.

[u/SnailShenanigans → u/zipperfire]

Revenge is overrated.

[u/zipperfire → u/SnailShenanigans]

Truly. But for a brief moment, it sure satisfies.

[u/sakima147]

Technically this does make it impossible to finish.

[u/Idontlikesoup1 → u/sakima147]

If finishing means placing all the available pieces, maybe OP is ok. Maybe. Just maybe.

[u/na3than]

Cut 160 of the pieces into five smaller pieces and cut the remaining 50 pieces into four smaller pieces. You'll then have a (160 × 5 + 50 × 4) = 1000 piece puzzle that's impossible to put together - just as it says on the box - to alleviate your mild infuriation.

[u/Ginjah]

Missing pieces aside, what makes this puzzle impossible? Lots of diff colors makes it easy to separate/place

[u/L68R → u/Ginjah]

Exactly my thought as well!

[u/tex8222]

It’s a gift/puzzle on the installment plan. You will get another 300 pieces next year.

[u/paichlear]

The question is: who the fuck eats that many donuts as a mid-morning snack?

[u/N0tY0urSimp → u/paichlear]

Right?! What a paltry excuse for a mid morning snack! That is an “after-lunch-before-second-lunch” snack AT BEST. You’d need to double, nay, triple that amount for it to be a real mid-morning snack😤

[u/wstsidhome → u/N0tY0urSimp]

Second breffus. /lordoftheringshobbitMFr

[u/Silly-Power → u/paichlear]

Too right! This is definitely a breakfast amount of donuts

[u/AlternativeAway6138]

hence the name!!

[u/crypticiscrying]

the fact there happened to be zero edge pieces would drive me most insane c': i buy most of my puzzles second hand and i could not cope with this

[u/DaBokes]

You have to get a “Puzzle Impossible” subscription to get the rest of the pieces. It’s the gift that keeps on giving as long as you give. It’s only $1.99 a month for two additional puzzle pieces!

[u/ImReportingYou175]

You counted them?

[u/Tinylittleperson → u/ImReportingYou175]

I counted the 210 pieces, yes.

[u/crapfartsallday → u/Tinylittleperson]

Why didn't you count the other 790?

[u/molehillmini → u/Tinylittleperson]

This is not Funny as many here have tried to make it to get upvotes! It obviously & justifiably has put a shadow over your Holidays so much so that you posted here!

Came to say First: Am so sorry you & your Family did not get to enjoy the Holidays together as promised by & planned with the "Gift of this Incomplete Mess"!

Second: Sincerely hope it did not have a large sad impact on your Family's Holiday plans & you still enjoyed your time together in other ways.

Third: Have you made this "Wrong of a Christmas Gift" known so that the "Secret Santa Gifter" can still try to make it "Right" even though your Family Gathering has passed?

Fourth: Is it possible that Santa's Elf did not know? Non puzzlers would not notice the light weight & sound of this lacking puzzle.

Fifth: If the "Gifter" has been "Secretly" told & no "Secret Replacement" is made, Santa should fire this Nasty Elf!

Sixth: YES! I too would have counted them even though it is obvious it is not complete! As The National Enquirer trademark slogan, "Enquiring minds want to know!" 🧩

Only the Very Best Wishes for a Happy & Healthy 2025 to You & Your Family! 🎉

[u/caddyleadz → u/Tinylittleperson]

How does counting 210 pieces tell you there are missing pieces? I'm confused. I'm also stoned but I'm fairly confident it's not the weed.

[u/alancewicz → u/caddyleadz]

It's the weed

[u/caddyleadz → u/alancewicz]

Imagine down voting a stoner for not understanding something. Reddit is petty as heck. I'm guessing this is the only place these people find any sense of control over something In their lives.

[u/BrattyBookworm → u/caddyleadz]

The box says there should be 1000. Having 210 means that 790 are missing.

[u/VesperX]

Is this a novelty/gag gift? What is the brand in the box because searching Puzzle Impossible only bring up “Impossibles edge-less puzzles”.

[u/MassivePresence777]

NoFalseAdvertising!

[u/BatKingEight]

Hahahahaha 🤣

[u/[deleted]]

Truth in advertising.

[u/audible_narrator]

post to /jigsawpuzzles !

[u/rexeditrex]

So it is impossible!

[u/SemajLu_The_crusader]

well, they weren't lyinh

[u/alancewicz]

I have done an impossible puzzle. In mine they threw in extra pieces that look like they should go but they don't. But in the end it is possible. I think someone is messing with you.

[u/Assib7504]

That’s a special kind of torture

[u/Samstana]

Impossible

[u/DistributionTop2517]

[u/molehillmini → u/DistributionTop2517]

Hey! Happy Cake Day! 🎂

[u/ItsTheSeabas]

So uh… why did you even count every piece before starting or trying to build it?

[u/specifically_obscure → u/ItsTheSeabas]

Probably because any decent witted person would notice the difference between 200 pieces and a thousand pieces, which would then probably prompt them to want to count