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Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.Mystery
A man owned a casino and invited some friends. It was a dark stormy night, and they all placed their money on the table right before the lights went out. When the lights came back on, the money was gone. The owner put a rooster in an old rusty tea kettle. He told everyone to get in line and touch the kettle after he turned the lights off, and the rooster will crow when the robber touched it. After everyone touched it, the rooster didn't crow, so the man told everyone to hold out their hands. After examining all the hands, he pointed out who the robber was. How did he know who stole the money?
Answer
Because the tea kettle was rusty, whoever touched it would have rust on their hands. The robber didn't touch the kettle, therefore he was the only one whose hands weren't rusty.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Pure genius!
This is all i have to say.
Good one.
I didn't even loook at the answer, yet I am sure I have it. So are they gonna beat this guy up now? I really enjoy the "what happens next" aspect of these riddles.
i love easy but fun teasers like this make more. I DEMAND MORE!!!!!!!!!!!
good 1, but reeeally EZ.
that was a good one
good one!
Fun - but better if the kettle was sooty rather than rusty
Why would a kettle be sooty? Rusty makes sence since kettles are generally involved w/ water and rust is a result of water. But I liked this very much even though I didn't get it right.
haha i got it. lol. ur so dumb
libra0890
libra0890
stating the obvious
cute
cute
No robber would fall for that. He'd know that the rooster wouldn't crow.
seen this one before!
Im so crazy!!! Im rating my own teaser!!!!!!
wonderful teaser
you kinda copied a well known teaser, 'the magic sticks'. {i'm not sure if this is the title}
How many times has this setup been used? i can remeber at least three stories I've read that have a "mystery" like this one. Who'd be stupid enought o think the rooster would actually crow anyway?
That was a fun one
would have never guessed that....
very very good like wow
i never would have got that one
I guess the robber would think it wouldn't crow, but decided not to take his chances, thinking, "how would they know if just don't touch it"
Hey, great mystery teaser ! One thing you could have improved upon though was the part where you stated "After everyone touched it..." when infact not everyone did. A better substitution for this would have been to say something like "After giving everyone time (or a chance) to touch it...".
ya this is a story based on a indian story
I got this one easy enough, but was well thought out & i enjoyed it
That must have been a really small rooster or a really big kettle!
Anyway, I thought this teaser was
GRRRRRRREAT!
Anyway, I thought this teaser was
GRRRRRRREAT!
1 word.... OKAY???
nice whoa!
very clever
The fact that it was stated that everyone touched the kettle confused me when I saw the answer.....but oh well! Great teaser!
Little iffy
Rooster? Kettle? huh?
STRANGE
there was a similiar story ina book i read except it was a dirty pig who was supposed to squel
Ah, the old Chinese rooster in the kettle trick. Clever...
I was thrown off because the riddle says everyone touched it, but I don't mind, that was fun
I can't wait to go to a casino that has no back up generator on a stormy night so I can see their rooster and rusty dishes!
Libra0890, you are so offensive. Why must you leave only negative comments?
great teaser!i thought the owner made sure everyone touched it?
One word :Smart
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