It's a short story I read a long time ago, about two academics having an argument about whether logic means anything in reality. As a challenge, one guy presents the other with the remark "Nine miles is a long walk, especially in the rain" and asks him to reason from it to anything in reality. The other guy takes up the challenge and deduces that the remark is about a getaway after a robbery, and that his friend must have overheard it in the restaurant. At the end he calls the police and they nab the burglars.
Great story about the power of logic. Anyone know the title?
2006-08-12 15:38:24 · 2 answers · asked by Happy G 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
agh! i WISH i had an answer for you! it sounds great! it reminds me a bit of g.k. chesterton's father brown stories. please let me know, if you find out. (sorry for breaking the rules)
2006-08-12 23:26:27 · answer #1 · answered by altgrave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harry Kemelman's Nine Mile Walk, title of both the story and the collection that contains it. It seems likely that Father Brown was in the back of Kemelman's mind when he wrote it.
2006-08-14 14:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Creeksong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋