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Shilly Mystery
Inspector Will attended the call from Mr. Andrews, and entered the closed display room of the magnificent Andrews' house. With a quick sweep of his eyes, Inspector Will noted that the room was round (no corners), to the left there was a waiter, next to him a little beverage table with 5 glasses filled with chopped ice and some bottles, to the center there was a little table with a small open chest (obviously something was missing), to the right there was Mrs. Rovinsky in front of a Renoir, then there was Mr. Romano in front of a Picasso, and then Mr. Lafi, in front of a Rembrandt. Beside Mr. Lafi was Mr. Andrews. No more furniture nor appliances than those were in the room. Mr. Andrews explained:
-Inspector Will, I invited my guests to show them my treasures. First, I showed them the beautiful collection of diamonds that were in the chest and are now missing. And then each one of us went to admire my paintings.
-My guests are standing right where they were at the time I discovered the disappearance.
-As you can see, we all have our backs to the diamonds' table to see the pictures. And everyone was admiring the works so attentively, that no one paid attention to the others. Then I turned back and the diamonds were gone.
Inspector Will asked about the attendant.
-I called him for some refreshment. He was serving the glasses, we all heard him chopping the ice.
-I personally searched him. He doesn't have the diamonds.
-I cannot search my guests. Nobody has left the room. And there's no place to hide the stones!
Inspector Will calmed down the poor Mr. Andrews and then solved the crime easily, because the diamonds were in plain view.
Where were they, and who was the thief?
-Inspector Will, I invited my guests to show them my treasures. First, I showed them the beautiful collection of diamonds that were in the chest and are now missing. And then each one of us went to admire my paintings.
-My guests are standing right where they were at the time I discovered the disappearance.
-As you can see, we all have our backs to the diamonds' table to see the pictures. And everyone was admiring the works so attentively, that no one paid attention to the others. Then I turned back and the diamonds were gone.
Inspector Will asked about the attendant.
-I called him for some refreshment. He was serving the glasses, we all heard him chopping the ice.
-I personally searched him. He doesn't have the diamonds.
-I cannot search my guests. Nobody has left the room. And there's no place to hide the stones!
Inspector Will calmed down the poor Mr. Andrews and then solved the crime easily, because the diamonds were in plain view.
Where were they, and who was the thief?
Hint
How many people asked for beverages?Answer
The diamonds were in one of the glasses. There were 4 people: 3 guests and Mr. Andrews, so there is no reason to have 5 glasses of chopped ice. Looking at them, Inspector Will found the diamonds, which looked like ice, and knew that the attendant planned to take them home.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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good one!
Wouldn't it be nice to have that kind of "Ice" in your drink?
Fun teaser!
Fun teaser!
I am glad you are back Wily Willy. btw I like this kind of teasers
Thanks!
As you may guess, this is also my favorite kind of teaser!
Too much work, traveling and a marriage took me out several months, but I'm back .
As you may guess, this is also my favorite kind of teaser!
Too much work, traveling and a marriage took me out several months, but I'm back .
I hope youve got more of these on the way good stuff
Great teaser! I enjoy these mystery-type ones... very tidy!
I like these kind but this was a little obvious. You need distractors, I knew it had somethig to do with the ice from the begining.
the hint was kind of weird - mr andrews asked for the drinks, not the attendant...
i thought it was mr andrews, 'coz he was the only one who could have arranged for there to be ice there to start with (so that he would have somewhere to hide the diamonds) anyone else would just have struck it lucky to find that ice was there
i thought it was mr andrews, 'coz he was the only one who could have arranged for there to be ice there to start with (so that he would have somewhere to hide the diamonds) anyone else would just have struck it lucky to find that ice was there
Good teaser. I got it (once I read the hint...hee hee hee)...
I'm the tenth commenter! So I saw it's awesome!
Nice descriptions!! loved it, got it!
I thought that the ice had something to do with it.
Great teaser by the way. keep them coming
Great teaser by the way. keep them coming
Very easy, so therefore, I liked it! I like it when I can answer them correctly...Anyways, it was a very good teaser; very well written. Keep 'em comeing!
Easy peezy lemon squeezy! Not in a bad way though. Great work
Got it! This is fun!
GOOD JOB!! KEEP THEM COMING!! I love the MYSTERY ONES!! GREAT TESER!!!!
I actually meant GREAT TEASER!!! LOL!! NEAT JOB!
Simple but creative. Good job.
SourDough gives this 3 thumbs up because this one was too easy!
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Extra good!
I got that one almost instantly after finishing it, but it was invigorating all the same. Thank you! That was fun!
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