Posted 9:07 PM

I am supposed to evaluate some teaching materials. Below is a passage which I found really ridiculous. If you know me well you would probably understand why. Now I shall deliver my elite typing skills.


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Here is a detective puzzle. Read it carefully and see if you can identify the criminal.

A man sat in a police station describing how he had been robbed the night before. The inspector sat listening carefully while a sergeant took notes.

"I was driving along a dark road last night," said the man, "when I felt that the tyres of my car were going flat. I stopped and got out to look and found my tyres were full of nails which had been on the road. Suddenly, for men jumped out and knocked me unconscious.

"When I came round, I found that all my money and goods had been stolen from the car. I walked along the road for about three kilometres and found a petrol station where a man was on duty. He had a telephone and he rang up a friend of his near by, asking him to bring four new tyres for my car. The friend arrived half an hour later, fitted the tyes to my car and I drove home."

"Tell me exactly what the petrol attendant said on the phone," ordered the Inspector.

"He just said, 'There's a car here with four flat tyres. It has been attacked by robbers. Bring some new tyres. will you?'"

"Is that all he said?"

"Yes. Those were his exact words."

"Right," said the Inspector. "I know exactly who can help us solve this mystery. Let's go and make an arrest, Sergeant."

Who was the Inspector going to arrest? Why?
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Stupid. COMMENT! (back to writing paper)

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