Lateral Thinking - Ppt Download [thread 18932]

Hi Friends,
Let's exercise our brains a little today... I am posting a puzzle, and let's see who get's it right.
Acting on an anonymous phone call the police raid a house to arrest a suspected MURDERER. They don't know what he looks like, but they know his name is "John". Inside the room they find a carpenter, a lorry driver, a car mechanic and a fireman playing cards. Without even askins his name, police immediately arrested the fireman. How do they know they have got their man????
Answer would come from one of you.. i know.. (if no one get's it right.. i will post the answer tomorrow)..
Cheers
Himanshu

hey guys,
so many views but no one attempted to answer. Even if you get it wrong, you would atleast participate.. so give it a try and some day we could use this in training, u see thinking out of the box is what is required here.
Rgds
Himanshu

Fireman was wearing a chain with a cross. As we know that his name is john and he was also in his uniform. :) ...................
Ruchi

Hey,
The fireman had a tatto on his arm with his name on it OR
he was the only one wearing his uniform which had his full name as a tag on it.
Fun fun fun..cant wait to see the real answer
Richa

Hi
I think fireman should be at work :D. Why he was playing card there freely :D
Thought of participating.
Can't wait for answer.
Himanshu, can we have answer please?
Regards
Sujata

hi,
first, he may have tatoo
second he might have made murdered by way of accidents
can'nt control .................common tell the answer
rgrd,
yashswa

Simple,
The policeman entered in and shouted "John You are unders arrest????" And john put his cards down and was the most paniced person.
regards
Harsha

Prof. Laxman's answer looks most probable: The fireman is the only man in the room. The rest of the card players are women.

Dear Proff... you got it right...
The fireman was the only MAN in the room.
This puzzle is an excellent example of how our perceptions stops us from thinking a simple logic. We all operated with a perception that all of the people in the room are man (lorry driver .. can't a woman be a lorry driver, can't a woman be a carpentar and can't a woman be a car mechanic????).
Cheers Professor.. !!!
The right answer is The FireMAN was the only MAN in the room.
More puzzles to come today.
Regards,
Himanshu

Hi,
The fireman was in uniform and it had his nametag on it.
Elementary, my dear Watson!
regards
Ajay