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Supposedly Einstein said 98% of the population couldn’t figure it out but it’s probably a myth – or if it’s true, I’m wondering if he meant without a pencil and paper. 

Poor G.  He’s hurting without Big Mochi around.  At least took his mind off missing her for a little while…

I got this brainteaser at work today.  It’s a famous on so I’m sure you can find the answer online, but it’s not that difficult if you have a pen and paper.  I’m posting it solely for the purpose of showing you what I married.  I will give you time to figure it out and post G’s elaborate thought-process tomorrow.  It just screams, “I’M AN ENGINEER!”

There are 5 houses in 5 different colors, each situated in a certain position (5 in a row).  In each house lives a person of a different nationality.  The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet.  Using the clues below, can you determine who owns the fish?

·   The Brit lives in a red house.

·   The Swede keeps dogs as pets.

·   The Dane drinks tea.

·   The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.

·   The green house owner drinks coffee.

·   The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.

·   The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.

·   The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.

·   The Norwegian lives in the first house.

·   The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.

·   The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill.

·   The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.

·   The German smokes Prince.

·   The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

·   The man who smokes Blend has a neighbor who drinks water.