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Shower Mistery
Situation
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.Situation
A woman entered the local police station in hysterics. She proceeded to tell the policeman how that very morning, she'd been attacked.
"It was horrible. I'd just gotten out of the shower when I was attacked from behind. I freaked out but caught a glimpse of the man's face in the mirror. It was my ex-partner; I know it. Please arrest him, he's dangerous."
With that, the policeman replied, "Lady, you better get out of here before I throw you in jail for false accusations."
How did he know she was lying?
"It was horrible. I'd just gotten out of the shower when I was attacked from behind. I freaked out but caught a glimpse of the man's face in the mirror. It was my ex-partner; I know it. Please arrest him, he's dangerous."
With that, the policeman replied, "Lady, you better get out of here before I throw you in jail for false accusations."
How did he know she was lying?
Answer
She'd just gotten out of the shower so her mirror would have been all misted up. Therefore she could not have seen anything in the mirror.Hide Answer Show Answer
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