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Sunday Burglary
A couple that owned a mansion came home from church to find that their safe had been robbed. They gathered all of their hired services for questioning. The cook was questioned first and she said that she was busy preparing the Sunday dinner.
Next was the butler but he said that he was setting the table for the Sunday dinner. Then they questioned the maid and her excuse was that she had been cleaning the dining room along with the butler. So they moved on and asked the groundskeeper and he stated that after finishing the pruning he went out to get the mail. The couple, stumped by the reasonable alibis soon found that they had the answer. Who was it?
Next was the butler but he said that he was setting the table for the Sunday dinner. Then they questioned the maid and her excuse was that she had been cleaning the dining room along with the butler. So they moved on and asked the groundskeeper and he stated that after finishing the pruning he went out to get the mail. The couple, stumped by the reasonable alibis soon found that they had the answer. Who was it?
Hint
The butler always does it.....but not in this case.Answer
The cook's alibi is reasonable because usually the Sunday dinner is eaten early and if you're a churchgoer then you should know that church lets out on Sunday about noon. The butler and maid are innocent because they mention working together in the same room yet they are questioned separately so they are truthful. If you know your stuff then you should know that the mail doesn't come on Sunday. The groundskeeper is guilty.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I think this is the best too!
Extremley good. Even I was stumped by this one. Keep up the good work.
Personally, I thought it was really really easy. I thought of the answer as soon as I finished reading it.
well, thats good mike but the difficulty doesnt matter, its the content
you know, i thought that it was the groundskeeper too, but i thought that he was already outside, so he couldn't go OUT to get the post.
Very enjoyable and entertaining, though not very challengimg.
It would be better if Sunday was implied rather than directly stated. Church is enough to tip of the answer without needing to say Sunday Dinner. Figured the answer as soon as I read it.
Very good!!!!
Good work, I had to read it carefully the second time. As for not mentioning "Sunday," we go to church on Wednesday evening also.
Good one!
i go to church reg. and i have a choice to go sat. or sunday... and the sunday mass usually gets out at about 10
Good riddle, but easy. There is one exactly like this on this site that I had already done and gotten right, but still entertaining!
I saw another one of these teasers so it was easy
compliments from thepenguin
tricky......
This one was obvious but there is one problem in the writing of this riddle. No where in the story does the butler mention the maid but in your clue you say that the maid and butler share the same story and therefore could not be guilty. Some people might think that since the maid mentions the butler and butler never mentions the maid then one of them is guilty depending on how someone reads it.
This was a great one! hey! bring it on! The next teaser that is.
I thought it was easy but cute
Good one! A very cute one to.
nice whoa
Cute- I enjoyed it !!!!
Nice and easy...
Nice and easy...
Any Harry Potter fan should have had an easy time with this one. "No post on Sunday!"
I'm a huge Harry Potter fan and i STILL didn't get the answer. Can't believe i missed that! Well, guess that means you did good!
Good trick in there!
yes i got it good teaser
I thought I had the right answer then I got tricked! Very good.
i heard a really similar riddle that went:
one sunday morning susan came home and her husband lay on the floor dead. she asked her brother who'd never approved of him if he did it but he said he was walking the dog. she asked the butler who had been ripped off by her husband countless times, and he said he was getting the mail. then, she asked the maid who'd been jealous that he'd picked susan over herself but she said she was baking a pie. susan immediatly knew who did it. who was it?
A:the butler, mail doesnt come on sundays.
one sunday morning susan came home and her husband lay on the floor dead. she asked her brother who'd never approved of him if he did it but he said he was walking the dog. she asked the butler who had been ripped off by her husband countless times, and he said he was getting the mail. then, she asked the maid who'd been jealous that he'd picked susan over herself but she said she was baking a pie. susan immediatly knew who did it. who was it?
A:the butler, mail doesnt come on sundays.
sorry about the long comment. Great riddle, i love that one its a classic.
um ...i thought it was the maid because the cook and butler claim to be getting ready for sunday dinner but the maid said she was cleaning the dining room with the butler.OHHHH wait now i get it!
Too easy, still entertaining.
Yeah! I knew it was the maid! Oh wait...
Unless he forgot to get the mail on Saturday....
The butler was setting the table.The maid said the butler was cleaning.What?
I thought it was the groundskeeper because he went out after the pruning. What was he pruning inside?
Yes, the maid is coming off as very suspicious. The butler was not cleaning the dining area, he was setting the table. You should probably try to fix their alibis.
OMG!!!! couple days ago, i was gonna get the ail and my mom told me that mail dont come on sundays. yet i still got it wrong. sux for me
I got it wrong!
*facepalm*
*facepalm*
"usually the Sunday dinner is eaten early"
Um, where? And even then, it usually wouldn't be that soon after *noon*.
"if you're a churchgoer then you should know that church lets out on Sunday about noon"
I don't like riddles that rely on information that plenty of people are not going to have.
Then again, this one's so obvious and common that I didn't even need to test those alibis anyway.
Um, where? And even then, it usually wouldn't be that soon after *noon*.
"if you're a churchgoer then you should know that church lets out on Sunday about noon"
I don't like riddles that rely on information that plenty of people are not going to have.
Then again, this one's so obvious and common that I didn't even need to test those alibis anyway.
But then it turned out that the groundskeeper actually said he had gone to get "the Mail". He always read "The Mail on Sunday", a popular British newspaper. The newsagent could confirm seeing him. The maid and butler were in cahoots, and had planned their stories, hoping to put the blame on the poor groundskeeper. The biggest clue is that the butler dunnit. The butler always dunnit.
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