I’m sorry that you feel any obligation at all to apologize for your entertaining puzzle, which was articulated as clearly as it needed to be.
What’s next, someone complaining that you didn’t exclude dotted lines?
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Another vote for Flow, that’s a fun game. Bet you got this one in about .5 seconds.
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I am the bus driver!
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“arc”
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Always going off on a tangent!
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Yeah, I just punched a couple holes and threaded some lines around the backside.
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That’s exactly what I thought too. And I am similarly struggling with the rule prohibiting through-box violations, which seems notable by its absence.
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Google ngrams tells me the phrase “curved line” has been in common use since before 1800.
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Same/very similar puzzle in a more relatable (and hence easier) form:
That said, I wouldn’t like to live in a world of such nightmare standards where the cooker can’t be plugged into a “fridge socket” 
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And a third vote for Flow!
One of the nice aspects is that you can just leave it at any moment and go back to it without restarting at all. Great for standing in lines, waiting on hold, etc.
Unfortunately, I finished the game. That does not happen often…it was challenging enough within the genre to keep my interest.
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I wouldn’t want to live in a world where the three major appliances in a kitchen had their electrical cords running across the floor to be tripped on instead of behind everything!
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Solution: fire your contractor for installing the dishwasher in a stupid location. Call an electrician to move the dishwasher socket closer to the opposite wall. Then rearrange your kitchen so that the fridge and stove are positioned near their respective outlets.
Maybe a natural-gas stove?
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The first intuitive solution I tried was the right one 
Dammit.
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They keep adding new puzzles. I have about 15 left in the latest new batch.
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Yeah, I felt like a bit of a child with a hammer and a bunch of smashed up boxes after I saw the proper solution.
Also why are people getting bent out of shape over lines not being straight? I thought it was odd that the rules were edited to include “lines don’t have to be straight”, I was like “I know mate, I’ve been in a queue before.”
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Doing the numbered pairs in order makes it an easier puzzle. If one and two are done correctly, there’s only one (topological) path left. At least starting with the top/bottom pair could cause some people to mess up the board and need to start over one or two times.
I thought renumber would improve the puzzle, but a quick read of the comments suggests otherwise.
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I thought the same, I connected them in order and it seemed to me completely straightforward. It would be more tricky if they used three different colors, or three different shapes, instead of numbers in that particular order. Anyway, I’m surprised by the general confusion in this comment section…
Mark, add an s after ‘rectangle’. There are two rectangles enclosing each number, and your solution doesn’t go outside of either one. Otherwise it’s not clear which rectangle you are referring to.
