Answer: Four Holes
Let’s begin with an ordinary intact shirt.
A conventional T-shirt has four major openings:
The Neck Opening
The Left Sleeve Opening
The Right Sleeve Opening
The Bottom Opening
So, if someone asks how many holes a normal shirt has, four is the obvious answer.
This is probably why these puzzles fool people.
The brain recognizes the object immediately.
It sees “shirt” and retrieves a familiar mental model.
That mental shortcut works perfectly well in everyday life.
But puzzles are designed to punish shortcuts.
Once the shirt is
