Date: 6 August 1980 1453-edt From: Bernard S. Greenberg Subject: Parsing cubes To: CUBE-LOVERS at MIT-MC I had been taking my cubes apart by hand, as described. I have found that they INDEED seem to suffer from it, at least the C. Hungaricus (see earlier letter, I have taken neither of the other species apart). They become disconnected and loose, and turn into a clattering collection of colligenous junk, to paraphrase the famous wizard. A fitting solution to answering visitors' queries about the inside of cubes lies in a retired cube (which broke due to impact with the floor, the central cross shattered) which lies in a little box in dissociated cubies for perusal of passers-by. This cube which served me well in life, now serves even in retirement, by saving me from having to take apart others.