interviewing three cadets who

were training to become detectives. To test

their skills in

recognizing a suspect, he shows the first cadet a picture

for 5 seconds

and then hides it.

"This is your suspect, how would you recognize

him?" The first cadet

answers, "That's easy, we'll catch him fast

because he only has one

eye!" The seargent 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 cadet and asks him, "This is your suspect,

how would you recognize him?"

The second cadet 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

cadet 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 cadet looks

at the picture intently for a moment and says, "The

suspect wears

contact lenses."

The seargent 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 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 cadet replied. "He

can't wear regular glasses

because he only has one eye and one

ear."