The veteran captain was testing three brothers who desperately wanted to become detectives, but the interview was going downhill fast.
To test their observational skills, the captain flashed a photo of a suspect for five seconds, hid it, and asked the first brother, “How would you recognize this man on the street?”
The first brother smirked. “Easy! He’s only got one eye!”
The captain sighed. “That’s because it’s a side-profile picture, you genius.”
He turned to the second brother and flashed the photo again. “How about you?”
The second brother grinned. “Ha! Piece of cake. He only has one ear!”
“It’s a SIDE PROFILE!” the captain roared, his blood pressure spiking. “Of course you only see one eye and one ear!”
Fuming, he threw the photo in front of the third brother. “Your turn. And you better think hard before giving me another idiotic answer.”
The third brother studied the photo intently, stroked his chin, and declared, “The suspect wears contact lenses.”
The captain was stunned. He actually didn’t know if that was true. “Wait here,” he muttered. He dashed to his office, looked up the suspect’s official file, and gasped. It was 100% correct.
Beaming with pride, the captain returned to the room. “Incredible! I misjudged you. It’s true, he wears contacts! Tell me, how did you make such a brilliant, advanced deduction?”
The third brother shrugged. “Simple. He can’t wear glasses because he’s only got one eye and one ear.”
