Braingle: 'Outlaw Laundry' Brain Teaser

Outlaw Laundry

Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.

Puzzle ID:	#26575
Fun:	(2.47)
Difficulty:	(2.01)
Category:	Situation
Submitted By:	dolphingurl12

In 1935, a girl says her friend had her shirt laundered by famous outlaw, Al Capone. How is this possible?

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In 1935, Al Capone was in the Alcatraz prison.
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redraptor50 Oct 27, 2005	I liked this one, although no offense intended, but if the girl said she HAD the shirt washed by Capone, but then POSSIBLY washed by him, is this presumption that the shirt was actually washed by Capone himself? I may have read it wrong Anyway just a thought, keep them coming
shabz4lyf Oct 27, 2005	good!!!!!!!!!
dolphingurl12 Oct 27, 2005	She said she had the shirt washed by him. Which is possible. But she isn't going to brag to all her friends, "my shirt might have been washed my Capone." She's gonna say it WAS. I may not have interpreted what you were asking correctly, as I was confused.
GarnetLover Oct 28, 2005	i am guessing that you recently read the book Al Capone Does my Shirts, in which a similar incident happens?
realm2346 Oct 29, 2005	tThat's some interesting trivia....... A post-graduationhistory lesson. I liked it, but I didn't get it.
dolphingurl12 Oct 29, 2005	Yes, the book did inspire the teaser.
Trickster1992 Oct 31, 2005	It could just be because I just voted on 15 of them in a row, but this kind of sounds like a Trick teaser. Either way, good job!
meme2559 Nov 03, 2005	ok well guess I didn't understand the whole clue. Not good at trivia.
bookworm91 Nov 10, 2005	laundered could also have another meaning. like "laundering money". i thought al copone took her shirt and smuggled it out of the country. (why? i have no idea. ) o well, it was a good teaser.
FerretGirl Nov 14, 2005	How do you know about all this stuff?
boodler Nov 24, 2005	While reading, I thought of laundering in the money sense, then felt that by that time he must have been in gaol so felt that he'd been in the prison laundry
rkaaland Dec 11, 2005	Prison Laundry!! do you think they would do mine
juggler Jan 15, 2006	good one! I got it because I've read the book "Al Capone Does My Shirts" but it was still a good teaser!
Quickq Apr 12, 2006	Or she could have lied.
cyberstar5150 Mar 26, 2007	Nice tidbit of info there. Very nice!
Yazmeen Mar 25, 2010	I love your teaser! I also read "Al Capone Does My Shirts". There is a second book called "Al Capone Shines My Shoes". I am reading it right now.
MagicPurple Sep 09, 2011	I read Al Capone Does My Shirts. That's how I solved the riddle.
donaldtrumpet Dec 25, 2012	Yeah, kind of obvious if you know Al Capone does my shirts. But good teaser.