A brain teaser

[NotanOriginalName]

One snowy night, Sherlock Holmes was in his house sitting by a fire. All of a sudden a snowball came crashing through his window, breaking it. Holmes got up and looked out the window just in time to see three neighborhood kids who were brothers run around a corner. Their names were John Crimson, Mark Crimson and Paul Crimson. The next day Holmes got a note on his door that read “? Crimson. He broke your window.” Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?

[michel123456]

(...)Which of the three Crimson brothers should Sherlock Holmes question about the incident?

 

 

 

Mark

 

[Phi for All]

“(Question Mark) Crimson. He broke your window.”

[Appolinaria]

 

 

 

Mark, most likely.

 

 

 

 

 

"'Regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity,' the study said..... The researchers found that for every 10 percent increase in a name's popularity, there was a 4 percent decrease in the number of juvenile delinquents of the same name."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.washingto...ality/?page=all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.ssa.gov/o...es/century.html

 

[imatfaal]

So Appolinaria - what does that mean for someone whose name doesn't make the list? Doomed to a life of crime?

 

 

And wow - just noticed the serious lack of imagination in men's names - well over 10pct of the total in the top four names; at leas the women's were a little more spread out.

[michel123456]

So Appolinaria - what does that mean for someone whose name doesn't make the list? Doomed to a life of crime?

 

 

And wow - just noticed the serious lack of imagination in men's names - well over 10pct of the total in the top four names; at leas the women's were a little more spread out.

 

Is it imagination, or grandfather's name (or grandmother's, some close relative's name anyway)?