A priceless porcelain vase was shattered into a thousand pieces during a stormy night. The homeowner blamed the family cat, claiming it leaped onto the pedestal and knocked it over. The detective inspected the pedestal, noticed the heavy base of the vase was glued down to the wood with industrial epoxy, and arrested the homeowner for insurance fraud. Why?
A glued vase cannot be knocked over by a cat.
If the vase was firmly secured to the pedestal with industrial epoxy, a cat could not possibly knock it over. The homeowner must have smashed it themselves.
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