Puzzle Revisited

This blog is going to be pointless gloating / complaining.
Remember that cast iron puzzle that was giving me trouble?

Take that, puzzle. You've been solved.

Not by me. Oh hell no. I had to enlist help. My friend Marc figured it out in about 20 minutes just messing with it. It took me two days to figure out the ball could be pried apart.

It was a slow day at work, alright?

There was a snag, however. It took 20 minutes to solve, but it has yet to be put back together. Pushing it together isn't working. Smacking it against a countertop isn't working. Cursing at it or demanding it obey you isn't working. I'd like to add a philosophical and deep meaning behind it but this jerk-faced little puzzle thing is irritating me.

Enjoy my success and failure at the same time.