> A policeman was interrogating 3 blondes who were training to become > detectives. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the > first blonde a picture for 5 seconds and then hides it. > > "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?" > > The first blonde answers, "That's easy, we'll catch him fast because he > only has one eye!" > > The policeman says, "Well...uh...that's because the picture shows his > profile." > > Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture > for 5 seconds at the second blonde and asks her, "This is your suspect, > how would you recognize him?" > > The second blonde giggles, flips her hair and says, "Ha! He'd be too > easy to catch because he only has one ear!" > > The policeman angrily responds, "What's the matter with you two? Of > course only one eye and one ear are SHOWING because it's a picture of > his profile!! Is that the best answer you can come up with?" > > Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third > blonde and in a very testy voice asks, "This is your suspect, how would > you recognize him?" He quickly adds, "Think hard before giving me a > stupid answer." > > The blonde looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, > "Hmmmm...the suspect wears contact lenses." > > The policeman is surprised and speechless because he really doesn't know > himself if the suspect wears contacts or not. "Well, that's an > interesting answer...wait here for a few minutes while I check his file > and I'll get back to you on that." He leaves the room and goes to his > office, checks the suspect's file in his computer, and comes back with a > beaming smile on his face. "Wow! I can't believe it...it's TRUE! The > suspect does in fact wear contact lenses. Good work! How were you able > to make such an astute observation?" > > "That's easy," the blonde replied. "He can't wear regular glasses > because he only has one eye and one ear." |