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alien2
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A cat person
« on: Mar 20th, 2017, 11:07am » |
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A detective enters a building he never ventured before. He stops for a moment at the door of a 1st flat. He sees its scratched doormat. He knows immediately that a cat lives in this particular flat. But how?!
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dudiobugtron
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #1 on: Mar 21st, 2017, 10:25am » |
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Perhaps he also saw the cat door.
Otherwise, perhaps he also saw the cat. 
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #2 on: Mar 21st, 2017, 11:18am » |
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It is true that this riddle has one omitted part. However, both of your guesses are not it.
Forget about the cat, as mobsters would say.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #3 on: Mar 23rd, 2017, 5:14pm » |
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He sees the number on the door. He already knew the owners had a cat, since he had researched them before coming to see them in person.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #4 on: Mar 24th, 2017, 5:33am » |
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Time is of importance here, but consider only current time, that is to say, a few seconds the detective stood at the door.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #5 on: Mar 29th, 2017, 5:44am » |
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Look at the door, alien. I mean man. I reckon humans are not the only chauvinists out there.
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dudiobugtron
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #6 on: Mar 29th, 2017, 12:35pm » |
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The door is see-through.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #7 on: Mar 30th, 2017, 2:50am » |
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No, dudiobugtron. 'Tis not.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #8 on: Mar 30th, 2017, 12:02pm » |
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Well then perhaps the doorway is see through, because the door is open.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #9 on: Mar 30th, 2017, 1:22pm » |
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The riddle is shallow. 'A cat' happens to be a tenant who lives there. So one thing has nothing to do with the other. Oh well.
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #10 on: Mar 30th, 2017, 1:36pm » |
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So you're saying A. Cat is written on the nameplate on the door?
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Re: A cat person
« Reply #11 on: Mar 31st, 2017, 1:20am » |
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Not necessarily. He's a bloke (a cat). So his name might as well be Johnny Appleseed. If I had said a bird rather than a cat then he'd be a she. I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat.
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