Detective Holmes was given a cold case file regarding a robbery at a secluded mansion. The original report stated the thief cut the telephone lines outside, broke a window, and stole silver candlesticks. Holmes read the report and immediately realized the original police department had botched the case. What modern impossibility or logical flaw existed in the report?
Cutting telephone lines does not stop modern wireless or cell-based security systems, or the mansion had no landlines.
In an era of mobile phones and wireless tech, cutting a physical telephone line is an obsolete movie trope that wouldn't disable a modern security setup.
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