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alien2
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Tom and Jerry are business partners, working in a multinational corporation. Tom is unscrupulously ambitious, as profit is the most important thing in his life. He kills Jerry so that he gets promoted and gets his office. The murder occurs at 10 pm on a day off in Jerry’s house. Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective, tomorrow visits the corporation with a policeman. After talking to the manager in privacy, the detective sees Tom. He says to him that Jerry was shot yesterday and that he died instantly. Tom starts to cry, pretending that he’s sad, saying he didn’t know that. He then asks him where he was at the time of the shooting. Tom replies that he was sleeping in his bed. Columbo then says to the policeman to handcuff Tom and read him his rights. Why?
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Re: Profit
« Reply #1 on: Oct 4th, 2011, 5:34am » |
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Maybe Tom was sleeping the whole day through?
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Re: Profit
« Reply #2 on: Oct 4th, 2011, 5:43am » |
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| hidden: | | Jerry's house is also Tom's house. Jerry was shot in his bedroom, which is also Tom's bedroom (they were partners not just in business but in life). If Tom had been in bed, he would already be aware of Jerry's death, and his surprise would be an act. He must be lying. |
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Re: Profit
« Reply #3 on: Oct 4th, 2011, 10:48am » |
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Columbo never mentioned the time of the murder.
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Re: Profit
« Reply #4 on: Oct 4th, 2011, 11:01am » |
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on Oct 4th, 2011, 5:34am, Grimbal wrote:| Maybe Tom was sleeping the whole day through? |
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on Oct 4th, 2011, 5:43am, playful wrote:| hidden: | | Jerry's house is also Tom's house. Jerry was shot in his bedroom, which is also Tom's bedroom (they were partners not just in business but in life). If Tom had been in bed, he would already be aware of Jerry's death, and his surprise would be an act. He must be lying. |
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Focus on what was said in the riddle. There are no omitted details.
on Oct 4th, 2011, 10:48am, pex wrote:| Columbo never mentioned the time of the murder. |
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You win. 
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Re: Profit
« Reply #5 on: Oct 4th, 2011, 12:53pm » |
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Quote:| There are no omitted details. |
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Thanks, I'll bear that in mind for the next one.
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Re: Profit
« Reply #6 on: Oct 4th, 2011, 1:50pm » |
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Nice one, alien2. 
I bet that's a stock-in-trade trick question with homicide detectives.
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