The Late Night Watchman

It is time once again for the new puzzler.

Here we go.

An off duty policeman is working as a night watchman in an office building.

He's doing his nightly rounds, and he comes to a closed door. Behind the door, he hears voices.

He hears people talking, and an argument seems to be taking place. Raised voices, and yelling. Then he hears one of them say, "No, Frank! No, don't do it. You'll regret it."

And then he hears what sounds like gun shots. Bang, bang, bang.

He burst through the door. What does he see? A dead man on the floor, and the proverbial smoking gun.

Now, in the room there are three living people. A minister, a doctor and a plumber.

He walks over to the minister and says, "You're under arrest. You have the right to remain silent."

How does he know that it was the minister that pulled the trigger?

Good luck.

Answer the Puzzler »

Remember last week's puzzler?

Try 90

Time for the puzzler.

Here it is. This one is short.

Years ago, my son was performing a common household task.

He asked me, "Is 50 enough?"

And I said, "No, I don't think so."

He said, "What about 125?"

And I said, "No, I don't think that's enough either. Try 90."

Now this is a common household task, which most of us, I would say, have engaged in many times.

And the question is, what was he doing?

What household task could he possibly have been doing for this little conversation to have taken place, and to be correct?