# Einstein's fish

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einsteins-fish/315976>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 7, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einsteins-fish/315976 "2005-08-07T09:27:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/einsteins-fish/315976/41 "2005-08-09T21:36:40Z")

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> [@Crab Rangoon](#):
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> I’m a little concerned because it took me all of 15-20 minutes.

It took me 21 minutes to solve. It could’ve taken longer; I tried to overthink what “on the left” (clue 4) meant. Did it mean “to the left” or “immediately next to, on the left side”? I decided to chance it ('cause I’m a risk-taker, don’t you know :)) and it turned out alright.

I used a typical logic-problem grid, with the details (green, house one, etc.) listed in alphabetical order according to type (color, house number…). I also drew five houses on a piece of paper and labelled them from left to right, one through five, to help me stay on track of the numbering system I implemented.

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