First I thought that they might have walked on the wrong side of the road (based on various true stories of British spies caught out in Germany), but that doesn't work as both Germany and the US drive on the right.
However, what if..
Their customs forms required a numerical date of birth, eg 01/01/1910.
Both instinctively write in the European format - dd/mm/yyyy, forgetting that an American date reads mm/dd/yyyy.
So, why is only Hans arrested?
Fritz has the good fortune to be born on, say, the 5th of May, 1910. So, whichever format he writes in, he will always write 05/05/1910.
Hans is born on, say 20th of December (the month is immaterial, as long as he is born AFTER the 12th day in that month). He mistakingly writes 20/12/1910, instead of the American form 12/20/1910, betraying his non-American status.
(Of course, its equally possible that Fritz' surname is Smith, whilsts Hans' is Goebbels: this would also give him away).
Callyst
14 August 2009
i would have liked it better if the question included some information such as "2 german spies posing as tourists arrive in america on hans' birthday, December 20" or something to make it not so far fetched because nothing clearly states hans' birthday wasn't also the 5th of may.
x_kill_me_bby_x
18 August 2009
yea thats rite!!!
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Comments (6)
fritz is a double agent
no!
hans was the first to exclaim "hail hitler" lol
First I thought that they might have walked on the wrong side of the road (based on various true stories of British spies caught out in Germany), but that doesn't work as both Germany and the US drive on the right.
However, what if..
Their customs forms required a numerical date of birth, eg 01/01/1910.
Both instinctively write in the European format - dd/mm/yyyy, forgetting that an American date reads mm/dd/yyyy.
So, why is only Hans arrested?
Fritz has the good fortune to be born on, say, the 5th of May, 1910. So, whichever format he writes in, he will always write 05/05/1910.
Hans is born on, say 20th of December (the month is immaterial, as long as he is born AFTER the 12th day in that month). He mistakingly writes 20/12/1910, instead of the American form 12/20/1910, betraying his non-American status.
(Of course, its equally possible that Fritz' surname is Smith, whilsts Hans' is Goebbels: this would also give him away).
i would have liked it better if the question included some information such as "2 german spies posing as tourists arrive in america on hans' birthday, December 20" or something to make it not so far fetched because nothing clearly states hans' birthday wasn't also the 5th of may.
yea thats rite!!!
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