Topic: solve this puzzle 2: mysterious groceries
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Thu 07/10/08 12:08 AM
"A punk who was caught holding up a filling station yesterday has confessed to several unsolved crimes," Inspector Winters said to Dr. Haledjian. "He named Red Kirk as his partner in a supermarket holdup a few years back. This morning, I picked up a search warrant and visited Kirk's last known address, a boarding house on Waco. Kirk wasn't in but, his partner, Les Curran, a counterfeiter, showed up at noon. He denied knowing where Red Kirk was."

"This is the last day of the month. So Kirk, who by the way is a vegetarian, has only to keep out of sight and keep moving for 30 days. In another month, the statute of limitations on his supermarket job will expire. He'll be in the clear."

"The part that baffles me is the groceries I found on his bed." concluded the Inspector. "I can't figure them. There were 6 coffee beans, 8 boxes of cocoa, 10 tomatoes, 4 pieces of toast, 5 boxes of hominy, 21 tea bags, and 27 cubes of sugar!"

After a moments hesitation, Haledjian said, "Kirk plans to keep moving about the country next month to avoid capture. But you should have no trouble apprehending him. The next place to find him is-"

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Thu 07/10/08 12:10 AM
this is the hardest i could find,good luck!think

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Thu 07/10/08 12:14 AM
what

FireOfThePhoenix's photo
Thu 07/10/08 12:15 AM
Toast, NC :wink:

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Thu 07/10/08 12:16 AM

Toast, NC :wink:
theres more you need to figure out

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Thu 07/10/08 12:21 AM
Edited by Wolf19 on Thu 07/10/08 12:21 AM
anyone got the answer yet?what

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Thu 07/10/08 12:21 AM
Edited by kayliz88 on Thu 07/10/08 12:22 AM
I have no idea...

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Thu 07/10/08 12:23 AM
2 min. till i reveal the answer:banana:

FireOfThePhoenix's photo
Thu 07/10/08 12:23 AM
On the 4th of the month

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Thu 07/10/08 12:25 AM
ANS: Haledjian deduced that the foodstuffs were an itinerary in code for Kirk's roommate, Curran. The number of each article stands for the day of the month in which Kirk would be at a particular place:

Toast, NC; Hominy, OK; Coffee, GA; Cocoa, FL; Tomato, MS; Tea, SD; Sugar, ID.

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Thu 07/10/08 12:26 AM
But you asked what was the next place not places to find him, not everyplace after that or else I would have mentioned those flowerforyou

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Thu 07/10/08 12:28 AM
sorry,but i just copied it from the site

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Thu 07/10/08 12:32 AM

But you asked what was the next place not places to find him, not everyplace after that or else I would have mentioned those flowerforyou


You still get an 'A'! Good job, Watson!