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The Con-Artists' Stupid Mistake
Two con-artists had just broken into FBI classified computers. Their plan was to sell the information to the highest bidder. As they were escaping the FBI building, a little kid saw them as he was playing basketball. The kid was hungry and, because of the black outfits, he thought the two men were people from the circus giving out candy. The kid screamed,"GIVE ME CANDY... NOOOOWW." May I mention this is one very spoiled kid. The con-artists stopped in their tracks. They said to the little kid, "Don't tell anybody about what you've seen, we are just going to stay in these bushes over here until morning, okay." They then added, "If anybody asks just say nothing." The boy agreed and went in the house, while the con-artists laughed over their success. Before morning came, the con-artists were behind bars. The little boy kept his promise, yet nobody else saw them. How were they captured?
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Think about the quotes, see how you can change the wording to make the little boy not lie.Answer
The con-artists said, "If anybody asks say nothing." The dad of the little boy did ask, but when the little boy asked, "Are you Anybody?", the dad said, "No, I'm your father." Then the boy told him.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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this is cute, but i have another good explanation. it said if anyone asks, and so he could just go up to dad and tell him without dad asking.... right?
I was thinking of a video camera, but I guess that would be considered as somebody seeing them.
*whistle*
thats a good one. I like your answer too Julia
yea i was thinkin the same as julia
I thought someone asked him what he was doing and he replied "Nothing". That made everyone suspicous the little brat was up to something and they checked and found the crooks.
If you have kids, you'll undertsand. If they say "Nothing" you know he's doing something he shouldn't be.
If you have kids, you'll undertsand. If they say "Nothing" you know he's doing something he shouldn't be.
Feb 03, 2003
mine is even simpler. Nobody asked anything. The boy just went and told his folks that those nasty guys in the bushes wouldn't give him any candy. So he kept his promise to not BLAB IF anyone asked.
If the kid agreed to the statement, "Don't tell anybody about what you've seen..." then telling his father would be breaking his promise, wouldn't it?
Well, he really didn't see anything. So by telling his dad that the mean men wouldnt give him candy, he was saying what happened, not what he saw.
I totally agree with Julia.............
I agree with Julia and doggyxp.
did any of you see? It says that tell no one what you saw... ALSO if anyone asks say nothing... what i would think is he would say something like can we go to the circus, and the parents would know something was up. Im right arent I?
did any of you see? It says that tell no one what you saw... ALSO if anyone asks say nothing... what i would think is he would say something like can we go to the circus, and the parents would know something was up. Im right arent I?
another name-realted teaser.....way to think out of the box julia & doggy!!!
the teaser says "if anybody asks say nothing" it doesn't say what they have to ask about - if some kid only ever answered "nothing" to all your questions, wouldn't you be suspicious too?
Easiest answer of all. The kid said nothing to anyone, he wrote it down.
That was smart.... but there were other answers. Still, good teasers
"Don't tell anybody what you've seen". The crooks tell him this after they tell him that they're going to hide in the bush. So if the kid tells his dad, or whoever, that there are crooks that are going to hide in the bush, then he didn't break his promise because he didn't SEE them doing this....right?
personally i think your thinking waaayy too deep into this... i thought it was a great teaser!
I thought the boy knew sign language and told his father in sign language.
ha ha! Fun!
Haha, "Hey son, have you seen two con artists hiding in the bushes?"
^haha^ HUH?? i dont get it. someone please message me.
Yes...no offence but this type of teaser is boring
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