When we find ourselves in a position where we have to take a test, life isn’t always going to be the easiest. Sometimes, a matter of passing or failing the test can’t even make a difference in our ability to stay where we are in life.
Perhaps that is why so many people find the following joke so funny. It involves three brothers who are not exactly the most intelligent individuals in the world. When they have to answer a simple question, they get it wrong until the third brother, who gets it right in the wrong way.
A policeman was testing three Dumb brothers who were training to become detectives.
To test their skills in recognizing a suspect, he shows the first guy a picture for 5 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 I showed is his side profile.”
Slightly flustered by this ridiculous response, he flashes the picture for 5 seconds at the second guy and asks him, “This is your suspect, how would you recognize him?”
The second guy 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 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, “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 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 guy replied.
“He can’t wear regular glasses because he only has one eye and one ear.”