Contradiction?

Question

I got this from an Encyclopedia Brown book a few years ago. A girl accused a boy of stealing some of her many teacups,and tells this accusation to Encyclopedia, the boy sits there with the teacup and plate. Encylopedia asks him about this, he merely laughs, grabs a napkin, daintily(please forgive my spelling), picks up the teacup by the handle and sips it, then proceeds to tell his story. That being he got the cups from a local Chinese resturaunt that closed down, and that he was friends with the owner so when the resturaunt closed down, he gained the cup. The girl wants to find the owner, but he has moved back to China, she then wants to give up, saying she paid 10 cents for it at a yard sale, but Encyclopedia says it will not be neccessary. The boy has outsmarted himself...Why?

Answer 1

cuz there are no handles on chinese tea cups. weerrrd.

Answer 2

Chinese teacups don't have handles. Since the teacup had a handle, it couldn't be Chinese.

Answer 3

Chinese tea cups have no handle! Well, the ones I've seen anyways....

Answer 4

No handles on Asian teacups.
I used to read those books all the time when I was a kid!
-Thank you for bringing back memories.:)

Answer 5

Asian teacups do not have handles. They look like small bowls.
Only European teacups and beakers have handles!

Easy 1

Answer 6

No handles

Answer 7

huh??????
use smailler words please..
is he using the teacup
yep thatz what it is
i'm so smart
am i right

Answer 8

yea what they ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ said lol