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sixstringjeo
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A woman is driving down the road and all of a sudden her tires pop. As soon as she comes to a stop a man in a mask appears out of the bushes and robs her. After all of this she walks down the road aways until she comes to a gas station. She tells the manager that her tires are flat and about the robbery and asks if he can help her. He tells her "No I don't do tires here, but my brother owns a shop down the road, I can call him." So after she gets her new tires on she calls the police tells them who to arrest. How did she know who the thief was?
This might be pretty easy for most of you. I heard this in the game MindTrap.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #1 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 5:06am » |
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The brother was still wearing his mask? 
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #2 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 8:50am » |
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this should be in the What happened section,
and:the brother knew what size tire to bring to the woman, because he saw the girls tires when he robbed her
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #3 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 10:29am » |
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However, the riddle does not state that the brother gives her the tires without asking her what her tire size is. This almost seems like an Icey riddle. 
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sixstringjeo
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #4 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 11:48am » |
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no. but tiber is on the right track
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #5 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 12:46pm » |
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He happened to not ask for payment when he saw her due to her being a pretty lady. It didn't seem correct in the lady's mind because tyres are pretty expensive (I know have first hand experience) and so she instantly knew who to call.I have a feeling though, that this is not the intended answer . 
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sixstringjeo
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #6 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 1:45pm » |
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No. all of her cash was stolen but she still has her plastic so she pays for the tires
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #7 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 4:33pm » |
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The robber had his mask on, but he forgets to cover up the large, red, distinct birthmark at his neck. The brother happens to have such a mark.
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sixstringjeo
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #8 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 6:09pm » |
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no, but good imagination
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #9 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 6:23pm » |
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she never said she needed new tires, she just said they were flat. if the gas station manager knew nothing, he would have offered to help her pump up her tires, not replace them
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #10 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 6:55pm » |
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your close. yes i know i wrote it kind of weird but by her telling him about the flat tires i meant to say the slashed/popped tires. so she does tell him they were sabatoged
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #11 on: Feb 5th, 2008, 10:19pm » |
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The manager picked up the phone and called his brother. The brother never asked where the car was. But he delivered the tire at the right place.
Or maybe the manager called his brother and told him where the car was. While the woman never said it.
Or maybe the woman recognized the manager as the man who raped her years ago.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #12 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 12:27am » |
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It all seems very suspicious that her tyres blew out and then suddenly a masked robber appears. Most people would be more concerned about the robbery than repairing the tyres, especially under the suspicious circumstances; the police would almost certainly investigate the scene for a deliberate act. The woman had already considered these ideas and when she met the brother the fact that the garage owner was black and the "brother" was caucasian, the different family names above each business, and a few carefully worded questions confirmed that they were not related, so the final piece of her jigsaw slotted into place. She rang the police and explained her deductions and added, "Oh and by the way, I beat the robber to death with a tyre iron and left his smashed body by the car."
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #13 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 10:13am » |
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Sir Col:
First of all, it is possible for the robber to have blown the tires with some sort of weapon before robbing the lady. Second, the lady never told the manager or his brother about the robbery.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #14 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 11:04am » |
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on Feb 6th, 2008, 10:13am, Ghost Sniper wrote:| First of all, it is possible for the robber to have blown the tires with some sort of weapon before robbing the lady. |
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Isn't that exactly what I said in my first sentence, albeit rhetorically? In case you missed the subtlety, I was writing with a blend of reflective prose from the woman's perspective and story telling narrative, culminating in parody.
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on Feb 4th, 2008, 10:23pm, sixstringjeo wrote:| She tells the manager that her tires are flat and about the robbery and asks if he can help her. |
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #15 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 12:16pm » |
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I'm going to try and make it easier and write the exact conversation that went on between the woman and the gas station manager. MindTrap didn't do this but i will for your benefit.
Woman: "Hi, some guy blew my tires out on my car a couple miles back and stole all of my cash. Is there any way I can get new tires here? I still have my credit cards."
Manager: "No, I don't do tires here but I can call my brother who is a mechanic. He will be able to get new tires on your car."
At this point the manager leaves to call his brother. That is all that is said. No more no less. Hope this helps.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #16 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 2:38pm » |
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The mechanic arrived with:
1. The right sized tire (as Tiber mentionned).
2. The right type (Snow, 4 seasons, etc)
3. Just the right number of tires to replace the blown out ones (they were not all blown out).
He also know where the car was since he brought them straight to it without directions.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #17 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 3:45pm » |
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The woman knew that it was her ex-husband from the moment her tires popped (it was a messy divorce). Having to go to a gas station didn't change the fact that she knew this, and, upon having her car fixed, she promptly reported her husband.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #18 on: Feb 6th, 2008, 6:32pm » |
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well i am going to call this one close enough. i guess i didn't read tiber's post until now. but yes, the tire size has something to do with it but no, it wasn't the mechanic. it was the gas station manager. he called his brother and told him the right size tires to bring without her telling him what size they were. so the manager was the guilty one.
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #19 on: Feb 7th, 2008, 12:57am » |
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on Feb 6th, 2008, 12:16pm, sixstringjeo wrote:| At this point the manager leaves to call his brother. That is all that is said. No more no less. Hope this helps. |
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would suggest that the woman didn't hear the conversation.
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sixstringjeo
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #20 on: Feb 7th, 2008, 12:34pm » |
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yeah. your right. idk. mindtrap is kind of confusing sometimes
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #21 on: Feb 7th, 2008, 5:51pm » |
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on Feb 6th, 2008, 12:27am, Sir Col wrote:| "Oh and by the way, I beat the robber to death with a tyre iron and left his smashed body by the car." |
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And this is still my favourite scenario..
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Re: Flat Tires
« Reply #22 on: Feb 9th, 2008, 1:10pm » |
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I read mindtrap for fun
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