Monday mystery- 3-17-25- answer

[Ittermat]

Note from ittermat: Sorry about these not being done every monday.. sometimes im too busy! but hey! Gives you more time to answer!

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This weeks mystery!

Taken from  a website
   
The problem:

A Japanese ship was leaving the port and on its way to open sea. The captain went to go oil some parts of the ship and took his ring off so it wouldn’t get damaged. He left it on the table next to his bunk. When he returned, it was missing. He had suspected three crew members could be guilty and asked them what they had been doing for the ten minutes that he had been gone.

The cook said, “I was in the kitchen preparing tonight’s dinner.”
The engineer said, “I was working in the engine room making sure everything was running smoothly.”
The seaman said, “I was on the mast correcting the flag because someone had attached it upside down by mistake.”
The captain immediately knew who it was. How?

The Answer:
It was clearly the seaman. It was a Japanese ship and a Japanese flag is white with a single red dot in the middle. It can’t be hung upside down. 

       

~Onceuponaplatypus

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[OnceUponAPlatypus]

The fact they added the nationality of the ship immediatly jumped to me as an important detail, cuz they dont usually bother with those kind of details; 
and if the flag is japanese, then there would be no way to know if its upside down or not, so im thinking thats who the captain think is guilty.

[Ittermat]

The Answer:
It was clearly the seaman. It was a Japanese ship and a Japanese flag is white with a single red dot in the middle. It can’t be hung upside down.