{"id":880,"date":"2019-03-20T21:29:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T01:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880"},"modified":"2019-03-20T21:30:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T01:30:04","slug":"the-parked-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880","title":{"rendered":"The Parked Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cLooks pretty suspicious to me, Molly,\u201d growled Sam Diamond, peering\nout of the window at the parking lot below through two slats he held apart in\nthe blinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean, suspicious?\u201d asked Molly with a worried tone. She stood\nup to join Sam at the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t you see those cars over there in the shadow area of the street\nlight?\u201d said Sam, adjusting the pistol in the holster hanging inside his jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI see some black cars,\u201d said Molly, \u201cbut what\u2019s so suspicious about\nthem?\u201d Molly wasn\u2019t gifted with a &nbsp;great\ndeal of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe way they\u2019re parked, of course,\u201d snarled Sam, peering more closely\nwith his nose touching the window pane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just see nine black cars parked side by side in a zone with white\nstripe marks in the street for 14 cars,\u201d said Molly, \u201cand what\u2019s so suspicious\nabout that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo why are they all parked together with the other five spaces empty,\neh?\u201d said Sam, \u201cI tell you, Molly, something funny\u2019s going on.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam pulled out his gun and left the office to go investigate, and Molly\nsat down, blonde curls dangling over her bewildered face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Do you think Sam had any reason\nto be suspicious on seeing the arrangement of nine cars parked side by side in\na small parking zone intended for fourteen cars, considering the probability of\nsuch a configuration?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-880\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-880\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-880\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=880&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLooks pretty suspicious to me, Molly,\u201d growled Sam Diamond, peering out of the window at the parking lot below through two slats he held apart in the blinds. \u201cWhat do you mean, suspicious?\u201d asked Molly with a worried tone. 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