[nukkad] [Fwd: Astute Deduction Sherlock]

["Nelson.M.Fernandes" <fernandn@geodc.patni.com>]

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After months of negotiation, a Jewish scholar from Odessa was granted
> >   permission to visit Moscow. He boarded the train and found an empty
> >   seat. At the next stop, a young man got on and sat next to him. The
> >   scholar looked at the young man and thought, "This fellow doesn't
> >   look like a peasant, and if he isn't a peasant he probably comes from
> >   this district.
> >
> >   If he comes from this district, he must be Jewish because this is,
> >   after  all, the Jewish district. On the other hand, if he is a Jew,
> >   where could he be going?    I 'm the only one in our district who has
> >   permission to travel to Moscow.
> >
> >   "Wait...just outside Moscow there is a little village called Samvet,
> >   and you don't need special permission to go there. But why would he
be
> >   going to Samvet? He's probably going to visit one the Jewish families
> >   there.
> >
> >   "But how many Jewish families are there in Samvet? Only two - the
> >   Bernsteins and the Steinbergs. The Bernsteins are a terrible family,
> >   so he must be visiting the Steinbergs. But, why is he going? The
> >   Steinbergs have only girls, so maybe he's their son-in-law. But if he
> >   is, then which daughter did he marry? Sarah married that nice lawyer
> >   from Budapest and Esther married a businessman from Zhadoir, so it
> >   must be Sarah's husband.
> >
> >   "Which means that his name is Alexander Cohen, if I'm not mistaken?
> >   But if he comes from Budapest, with all the anti-Semitism they have
> >   there, he must have changed his name. What's the Hungarian equivalent
> >   of Cohen?  Kovacs.
> >
> >   But if he changed his name, he must have some special status. What
> >   could it be? Ah! A doctorate from the university."
> >
> >   At this point, the scholar turned to the young man and said, "How do
> >   you do, Dr. Kovacs?"
> >
> >   "Very well, thank you, sir" answered the startled passenger. "But how
> >  did you know my name?"
> >
> >   "Oh," replied the scholar. "It was obvious".



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