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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 01 January 2012 01:15:16PM 5 points [-]

Oh, and the painting I mentioned at the beginning? I actually didn't figure it out until she told me. I just about kicked myself when I realized I could have figured it out myself and pulled off a really cool Sherlock Summation if I hadn't asked first. C'est la vie.

Hindsight bias!

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