Was Fred caught on tape saying something that led to his electoral defeat? If yes, would the sound of running water have masked it?
Did Fred do something illegal?
Something not illegal but generally regarded as ethically wrong?
Something neither illegal nor wrong, but embarrassing?
Damn, too late to edit – I would like to change “caught on tape” to “overheard or caught on tape” in my previous post.
Also, is the time period when this happens relevant?
Nope. 2017 if you care.
We got a few interesting answers here, but there is work left to solve it. Doable, though.
Would Fred have noticed anything unusual about the water in his bathroom had he used the bathroom?
Is the bathroom in question in his house?
Is it relevant that the water in his bathroom is coming from a different jurisdiction from where his bathroom is?
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Was Fred lying about where he lived?
So the bathroom in question is not in Fred’s house?
Is the bathroom in question in Fred’s office or office building?
Is it relevant where the water supplying the bathroom in question is coming from?
Did Fred get arrested?
Convicted?
YES
NO to both.
This one is not solved, but the information is, for the most part there. I will give one hint to move things along and to clarify for my own answers:
Fred has at least two houses. (this has made “house” very hard to determine my answer).
Was his actual residence not in the district that he wanted to run for office, and thus he didn’t meet the requirements to run?
So, he had gone to the bathroom in the house he was actually living, instead of the house he was supposed to be living?
Was there some sort of problem with the water that anyone who used the bathroom in the appropriate place have known about?
Did someone notice that zero water had been used in one of the houses?
Did amount of water usage prove that one of the houses was not being resided in?
Was residence defined legally by where one used the bathroom?
Had the water been shut off in one of the houses, proving that he took a shower elsewhere?
Oh, I think that Folly’s got it. Bound to be that.
Solved!
Frederick Ramirez water usage in the bathroom was about two flushes per month. This indicated that he did not really live or have permanent residence in the district he was running for. He had another house he really lived in and neighbors in his potential district literally never saw him at the house he claimed to live in.
Les paid $2000 at an auction for an item even though he knew most of what made it valuable was fake. What is it and why did he pay so much?
Was Les a counterfeiter?
Did he need to recover the item so he wouldn’t be found out?
Was it a painting?
A statue?
A vehicle?
An activity?