To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first Singh a picture
for 5 seconds and then hides it. "This is your suspect, how would you recognize
him?" The first Singh 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 I showed is his side profile."
Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds
at the second Singh and asks him, "This is your suspect, how would you recognize
him?"
The second Singh smiles 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 side profile! Is that the best answer you can come up
with?"
Extremely frustrated at this point, he shows the picture to the third Singh
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
Singh looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The suspect
wears contact lenses." The policeman is surprised and speechless because
he reallydoesn'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 Singh replied. "He can't wear regular glasses
because he only has one eye and one ear."
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