Side Pose !

sara · May 22nd, 2009, 10:32 am

A policeman was interviewing 3 candidates who were getting trained to
become detectives. To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows
the first candidate a picture for 5 seconds and then hides it.

"This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"

The first candidate 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 candidate and
asks him "This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?"

The second candidate smiles, flips his hair and says, "Ha! He'd be too easy
to catch because he only has one ear!"

The policeman angrily responds, "What's the matterwith 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 candidate
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 candidate looks at the picture intently for a moment and says, "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 this 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 acute observation? "

"That's easy," the candidates replied. "He can't wear regular glasses
because he only has one eye and one ear."