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Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
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.
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Therulerofthem   
Apr 21, 2005
| Pure genius!  |
Master_Yoda   
Apr 22, 2005
| This is all i have to say.  |
darthforman 
Apr 22, 2005
| Good one.
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dapperDave  
Apr 22, 2005
| 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. |
dragon3-16  
Apr 22, 2005
| i love easy but fun teasers like this make more. I DEMAND MORE!!!!!!!!!!! |
timilee   
Apr 24, 2005
| good 1, but reeeally EZ.
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brain_dead    
Apr 24, 2005
| that was a good one |
deadeye823  
Apr 30, 2005
| good one!  |
Beano
May 01, 2005
| Fun - but better if the kettle was sooty rather than rusty  |
kcelf27  
May 01, 2005
| 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. |
libra0890  
May 01, 2005
| haha i got it. lol. ur so dumb
libra0890 |
xsadclowneyezx   
May 06, 2005
| stating the obvious
cute |
Pheonix_down 
May 08, 2005
| No robber would fall for that. He'd know that the rooster wouldn't crow. |
alicewashere13 
May 12, 2005
| seen this one before! |
queen1-ash 
May 12, 2005
| Im so crazy!!! Im rating my own teaser!!!!!!  |
Javian  
May 21, 2005
| wonderful teaser  |
hpfan
May 25, 2005
| you kinda copied a well known teaser, 'the magic sticks'. {i'm not sure if this is the title} |
BirdmanBen
May 28, 2005
| 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? |
Cat4romMars  
Jun 06, 2005
| That was a fun one |
DennysGirl   
Jun 20, 2005
| would have never guessed that....  |
PCDguitar 
Jun 21, 2005
| very very good like wow |
babygrl329  
Jun 24, 2005
| i never would have got that one |
dolphingurl12   
Jun 25, 2005
| 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" |
mamimi  
Jun 26, 2005
| 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...".  |
sreejith
Jun 29, 2005
| ya this is a story based on a indian story |
okieman51 
Jun 30, 2005
| I got this one easy enough, but was well thought out & i enjoyed it  |
bhssoccer23   
Jul 11, 2005
| That must have been a really small rooster or a really big kettle!
Anyway, I thought this teaser was
GRRRRRRREAT! |
burfly01 
Jul 21, 2005
| 1 word.... OKAY???  |
toxic_happiness 
Jul 29, 2005
| nice whoa! |
lindsay_1992  
Sep 02, 2005
| very clever |
kayleeskitties   
Sep 05, 2005
| The fact that it was stated that everyone touched the kettle confused me when I saw the answer.....but oh well! Great teaser! |
FerretGirl  
Sep 11, 2005
| Little iffy |
chickybaby3 
Sep 20, 2005
| Rooster? Kettle? huh?  |
stephiesd  
Nov 06, 2005
| STRANGE |
BPKANERVA   
Dec 20, 2005
| there was a similiar story ina book i read except it was a dirty pig who was supposed to squel  |
OldChinaHand  
Feb 14, 2006
| Ah, the old Chinese rooster in the kettle trick. Clever... |
luckypuppy   
Aug 27, 2007
| I was thrown off because the riddle says everyone touched it, but I don't mind, that was fun  |
scallio   
Sep 05, 2007
| 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!
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duleo  
Feb 15, 2009
| Libra0890, you are so offensive. Why must you leave only negative comments?  |
Icewing   
Jun 27, 2010
| great teaser!i thought the owner made sure everyone touched it?  |
BookwormAnG 
Sep 03, 2011
| One word :Smart |
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