In-laws
Four pairs of siblings were great friends right through school and eventually the eight (all mentioned below) paired off in man-woman partnerships and got married. They had no other siblings.
Alan has two brothers-in-law, Brian Long and Eleanor Short's husband. Fiona has no sisters-in-law. Mrs Tall's brother Colin states that his sister-in-law's sister's sister-in-law is Geraldine. Hannah's sister-in-law's brother's sister-in-law is married to David.
Name the four married couples (eg: you might have Alan and Eleanor Long, and so on).
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The Long And The Short And The Tall Of It
Thu Mar 10 13:37:58 GMT 2011 by Peter Smith
... is that we are only given three surnames, which makes it hard to give the full name of the fourth couple !
The Long And The Short And The Tall Of It
Thu Mar 10 18:42:52 GMT 2011 by Jim Randell
Have you considered the possibility that two of the married couples have the same surname?
The Long And The Short And The Tall Of It
Fri Mar 11 17:14:57 GMT 2011 by Ben
Alan and Eleanor Short
Brian and Geraldine Long
Colin and Fiona Tall
David and Hannah Tall
The Long And The Short And The Tall Of It
Fri Mar 11 22:05:56 GMT 2011 by jim
If Alan is married to Eleanor then the husband of Eleanor cannot be the brother-in-law of Alan.
The Long And The Short And The Tall Of It
Fri Mar 11 18:41:52 GMT 2011 by alex
http://bla.com
Alan and Eleanor Short
Brian and Geraldine Long
The Long And The Short And The Tall Of It
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