External opinions sought for extremely trivial argument

[ContessaIsOnADietDammit]

...before it leads to any more marital disharmony

The DC have a toy. It is one of those number rearranging thingies, where the aim is to get the numbers back in the correct order. None of us can remember the original arrangement of said numbers.

There is a household dispute DH is wrong over which configuration is correct. Please see images.

Your opinions please!

No images

I can't see any images either. Nor do I have any idea of what sort of toy you mean - can you do a link to the toy?

Also, obvs, LTB.

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89....?

MN isn't letting me upload any images! This is terrible timing

Have you just joined, Contessa? That could be why you can’t upload images.

Attempt 1

Nope, I've been here forever! Well since 2011 anyway...

Nope, I've been here forever! Well since 2011 anyway...

Nope, I've been here forever! Well since 2011 anyway...

Success, albeit delayed! Will try the next one.

I’m great at these puzzles and the ones I’ve done have the space at the bottom right hand corner.

Yes, agree with Francis

I think the gap is usually after the 9, isn't it?

Attempt 2

Ah, FFS. Well at least you've got one of them the other image shows the space after the 8, in the bottom right-hand corner.

Which is right, and why?

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8

It showed up just to spite me, clearly!!

123
456
78

I would say picture 2 is correct

Picture two.
Those things always have the gap in the bottom right!

Are there any explanations as to why one is correct and not the other? We each have our own justifications for our preferred arrangement. For the first one, the space is to accomodate zero. For the second one, the space is partly to accomodate the invisible number 9 and partly because it feels wrong to leave a gap before the 1.

It feels wrong to leave a gap before 1 because it is.
I used to get those in my Christmas stocking every year (or so it seems.
They always had a little rubber ring in the space where the 9 would be when they were opened.

Seems like a consensus opinion then. I'm so pleased

I've done a search (they're called sliding puzzles, I think) and it seems that the space is usually in the bottom right corner.

Google has spoken.