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Are the doors they knock on facing the ones they don't? NO
Are they responding to a call? PLEASE DEFINE

Were any of the doors opened? YES

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Two men enter a block of flats, they knock on every second door, then they swear and knock on every second door again (the same doors both times - each door they knocked on, they knocked on twice). Then they get very annoyed! The men are working. All the doors lead to apartments/flats and are inside the apartment building/block of flats. The men are not looking for a particular apartment, but they expect someone to open a door. People do live behind the doors. The doors are standard size for people to walk through. The doors do not all face the same side of the building. Nobody is hiding from the men. The apartments are not more empty than usual. The doors the men knock on do not face the doors they do not knock on. At least one of the doors was opened.

Things which are irrelevant: Whether the men are wearing uniforms; whether the numbers of the doors are only even or only odd; whether the men are related to one another;

Is all this correct?

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Did the men knock on the same doors as one another? That is, if the doors are A, B, C, D, ..., X, Y, Z, then did one man knock on A, C, E...and the other also knock on A, C, E...such that B,D,F...did not get knocked on?
Did any doors go unknocked?
Did the doors of all of the flats which had people at home at the time open when the men knocked on that particular door?

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Did the men have any type of weapon on them?

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Two men enter a block of flats, they knock on every second door, then they swear and knock on every second door again (the same doors both times - each door they knocked on, they knocked on twice). Then they get very annoyed! The men are working. All the doors lead to apartments/flats and are inside the apartment building/block of flats. The men are not looking for a particular apartment, but they expect someone to open a door. People do live behind the doors. The doors are standard size for people to walk through. The doors do not all face the same side of the building. Nobody is hiding from the men. The apartments are not more empty than usual. The doors the men knock on do not face the doors they do not knock on. At least one of the doors was opened. Is all this correct? YES


Did the men knock on the same doors as one another? That is, if the doors are A, B, C, D, ..., X, Y, Z, then did one man knock on A, C, E...and the other also knock on A, C, E...such that B,D,F...did not get knocked on? NO
Did any doors go unknocked? YES
Did the doors of all of the flats which had people at home at the time open when the men knocked on that particular door? YES

Did the men have any type of weapon on them? NO

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Are there a finite number of doors?
Is it daytime?
Is their job (type of work) relevant?
Do they both have the same job?

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Originally posted by Alcra
Are there a finite number of doors?
Is it daytime?
Is their job (type of work) relevant?
Do they both have the same job?
Are there a finite number of doors? YES
Is it daytime? PROBABLY
Is their job (type of work) relevant? YES
Do they both have the same job? YES

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Is their job an inspector of some type?

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Is their job an inspector of some type? NO

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After knocking on each door, do they stand there for a while waiting for someone to answer?
Or do they go straight on to the next one without waiting for a reply?
Do they both knock at the same door together?
Do they have something to deliver?
Are they trying to contact someone in EACH apartment door they knock at?
Or are they looking for one specific person?

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Originally posted by PawnCurry
After knocking on each door, do they stand there for a while waiting for someone to answer?
Or do they go straight on to the next one without waiting for a reply?
Do they both knock at the same door together?
Do they have something to ...[text shortened]... door they knock at?
Or are they looking for one specific person?
After knocking on each door, do they stand there for a while waiting for someone to answer? YES
Or do they go straight on to the next one without waiting for a reply? NO
Do they both knock at the same door together? CLARIFY
Do they have something to deliver? YES
Are they trying to contact someone in EACH apartment door they knock at? YES
Or are they looking for one specific person? NO

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Originally posted by iamatiger
After knocking on each door, do they stand there for a while waiting for someone to answer? YES
Or do they go straight on to the next one without waiting for a reply? NO
Do they both knock at the same door together? CLARIFY
Do they have something to deliver? YES
Are they trying to contact someone in EACH apartment door they knock at? YES
Or are they looking for one specific person? NO
Did the people in the apartments ask for the thing these men are trying to deliver?
Are they trying to deliver a physical object to each appartment?

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Did the people in the apartments ask for the thing these men are trying to deliver?
CLARIFY

Are they trying to deliver a physical object to each appartment? NO

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Are they trying to get something from each apartment?
Are they trying to help the residents in some way?
Are the residents avoiding them?
When one of them knocks on a door, is the other one with him?
Is there an emergency?
Are they in a rush?

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Are they trying to get something from each apartment? CLARIFY
Are they trying to help the residents in some way? NO
Are the residents avoiding them? NO
When one of them knocks on a door, is the other one with him? YES
Is there an emergency? NO
Are they in a rush? NO (not particularly)