★★☆MediumAgainst common sense

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The puzzle

A woman opened a letter telling her she had been accepted, and felt let down.

She wishes she had been rejected.

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Answer

She had already been accepted by her first choice.

This was the back-up she no longer needed, and turning it down means a deposit to forfeit and forms to fill in.

A rejection would have saved her the trouble.

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