attention, because they were not very bright. The police
chief was interrogating them to determine if they were smart
enough to become detectives. If not, they couldn't continue
with the training. Things had not gone well so far.
To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the
first detective a picture for five seconds and then hides
it.
"This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?" The
first guy 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
only shows his PROFILE." Slightly flustered by this
ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for five seconds
at the second guy and asks him, "This is your suspect, how
would you recognize him?"
The second guy laughs, rolls his eyes 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
show the picture to the third guy 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 guy 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 is an interesting answer... wait here a few
minutes while I check this file and I'll get back to you on
that." He leaves the room and goes into 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 contacts. Good Work! How were you able to make
such an astute observation?"
"That's easy," the guy replied. "He can't wear regular
glasses because he only has one eye and one ear."