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Women’s intuition
« on: Apr 1st, 2008, 9:55am » |
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Nicole and Dean are the married couple, living in their secluded house. For a reason unimportant for the riddle, before going to shop downtown, she forbids him to enter the living room. When she returns, she goes straight to the above room. All the furniture, which represents all of the objects there, was just like when she left. Also, there were no additional objects, but she knew that he visited the living room. How? Mind you, scent or smoke have no role in this riddle.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #1 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 10:44am » |
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Nicole had vacuumed the floor before she left and she could see Dean's footprints in the carpet.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #2 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 11:50am » |
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Good try, but I think it’s real hard to perceive footprints like that. And the way I worded the riddle, it excludes it as a plausible answer.
Regardless, perhaps there is a particular cleaning technique she used, and so your answer is valid for a similar riddle. Until then, no such luck. Later Azgard.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #3 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 11:55am » |
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Btw, nothing unusual happened, like Nicole hiding the camera or something.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #4 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 12:21pm » |
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Actually Icey, it's pretty easy to see footprints in freshly vacuumed carpet... 
But maybe she did like 007 and when she shut the door to the room she took a hair from her head, licked it, and placed it across the door and door jamb to be able to see if the door was opened.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #5 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 12:41pm » |
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[pedantic] Just FYI, it's "door jamb", like bomb or plumb (meaning vertical, not the fruit, obviously) [/pedantic]
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #6 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 12:53pm » |
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Nicole had left the lights on, and when she came back, the lights were off (or versa visa)
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #7 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 1:09pm » |
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on Apr 1st, 2008, 12:41pm, SMQ wrote:| Just FYI, it's "door jamb" |
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Thanks SMQ, I'm aware. Me once again not rereading what I type and missing a typo. 
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #8 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 3:18pm » |
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on Apr 1st, 2008, 12:21pm, ima1trkpny wrote:| Actually Icey, it's pretty easy to see footprints in freshly vacuumed carpet... |
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Not on my carpet, but I’ll take your word for it.
on Apr 1st, 2008, 12:21pm, ima1trkpny wrote:| But maybe she did like 007 and when she shut the door to the room she took a hair from her head, licked it, and placed it across the door and door jamb to be able to see if the door was opened. |
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This is a real good idea, but I sort of excluded hair too in the riddle.
on Apr 1st, 2008, 12:53pm, Azgard wrote:| Nicole had left the lights on, and when she came back, the lights were off (or versa visa) |
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Another good idea, but the room was exactly like when she left, to the detail, so no.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #9 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 5:36pm » |
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Ok... how 'bout she had cleaned everything (including the door knob) and so when she got back she noticed there were fingerprints on the handle?
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #10 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 5:48pm » |
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Try this on for size: she had laid something down on the floor outside the entrance to the living room and noticed that it had been disturbed.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #11 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 6:07pm » |
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Dean admitted to Nicole without being asked that he went to the living room.
The house has only one room, and since it's raining, but Dean is not wet, it's obvious that he's been into the house/room.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #12 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 6:37pm » |
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Their house is secluded, but is there anyone living with them?
Do they have pets?
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #13 on: Apr 1st, 2008, 6:43pm » |
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Maybe she just knows her husband well enough to know that if she told him not to do something, it guaranteed his doing it.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #14 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 2:24am » |
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Was there a TV in the living room? She entered the room, switched on the TV and found that the channel had been changed since she last switched it off.
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When she left the room, she had switched off the bulb. When she came back and touched the bulb, it was hot, thus revealing that someone had switched it on.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #15 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 3:48am » |
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Or the obvious.
Dean still was in the living room.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #16 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 4:01am » |
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Or
It was merely Nicole's intuition, as the title of the riddle says. 
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #17 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 5:16am » |
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on Apr 1st, 2008, 5:36pm, ima1trkpny wrote:| Ok... how 'bout she had cleaned everything (including the door knob) and so when she got back she noticed there were fingerprints on the handle? |
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No fingerprints either.
on Apr 1st, 2008, 5:48pm, Azgard wrote:| Try this on for size: she had laid something down on the floor outside the entrance to the living room and noticed that it had been disturbed. |
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This is a fine answer. I’m inclined to accept it as an alternative. 
on Apr 1st, 2008, 6:07pm, JiNbOtAk wrote:| Dean admitted to Nicole without being asked that he went to the living room. |
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Nope. She went straight to the living room.
on Apr 1st, 2008, 6:37pm, iono wrote:Their house is secluded, but is there anyone living with them?
Do they have pets? |
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No. It’s just the two of them.
on Apr 1st, 2008, 6:43pm, Azgard wrote:| Maybe she just knows her husband well enough to know that if she told him not to do something, it guaranteed his doing it. |
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Nope.
on Apr 2nd, 2008, 2:24am, gotit wrote:| Was there a TV in the living room? |
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No.
on Apr 2nd, 2008, 2:24am, gotit wrote:| When she left the room, she had switched off the bulb. When she came back and touched the bulb, it was hot, thus revealing that someone had switched it on. |
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It’s not the intended answer, but it sure isn’t bad.
on Apr 2nd, 2008, 3:48am, Grimbal wrote:Or the obvious.
Dean still was in the living room. |
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Another real good idea, but the way riddle is worded, it sort of excludes it, doesn’t it?
on Apr 2nd, 2008, 4:01am, gotit wrote:Or
It was merely Nicole's intuition, as the title of the riddle says. |
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Nah.
Well, the intended solution is still out there, even though you might be somewhat disappointed with it.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #18 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 5:23am » |
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When Nicole returned, Dean was not at home. And the only way of leaving the house was through the living room.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #19 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 5:29am » |
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Not bad, but she went straight to the living room.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #20 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 5:56am » |
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Some more thoughts.
May be one of the furnitures was warmer than the others, indicating that someone had sat on it.
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You said that the living room was exactly the same. But may be the living room led to some other room which had changed since Nicole last saw it.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #21 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 6:44am » |
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In town she was told the daylight saving time is over and the clocks needs to be adjusted back. Going back to the living room, she goes straight to the big clock in the living room to adjust it. But she sees it shows exactly the same time as it did one hour ago, when she left it. Someone has adjusted the clock.
Or she called her husband. He picked up the phone and she said: "I wanted to buy some ice cream, and wanted to ask you what flavor you want. But since obviously you went in the living room, I won't buy you any. You see, the phone is in the living room.
Or it is winter and the living room is the only heated room. Since Dean didn't have the bluish color of someone who is freezing to death, he must have entered the living room.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #22 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 7:42am » |
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As Nicole was nearing her home, she met her friend Angelina leaving it. When asked, Angelina said that she had just come to see her. But a woman's intuition did not allow Nicole to believe that. She went straight to the living room,where the phone was kept and checked the dialled numbers list. And Angelina's name was the first in it.
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #23 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 8:11am » |
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[coming back from break]
room temperature means two different thing for Dean and Nicole. Dean opened the window while in the living and closed it before he left, but room was still cold when Nicole went in
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Re: Women’s intuition
« Reply #24 on: Apr 2nd, 2008, 8:15am » |
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Or Nicole was a slack house keeper and there was a layer of dust on everything in the living room. So when Dean went in the room he couldn't help but leave traces.
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