It’s been an interesting weekend, ending with me having laryngitis.
First of all, I didn’t get the book off on Thursday to my editor. The last read-through involved more revisions that I thought it would take, so Sunday night found me diligently working.
I took a break and changed into pj’s and set my alarm so that when I quit editing for the night I could go straight to bed.
Then I went around flipping off lights and found my friend’s cell phone in the living room. Rats. I knew he’d miss it and not know where it was. He didn’t answer his home phone, so I hopped in my car and took the phone to him…
If you’re ahead of me, you immediately realize I forgot to turn my alarm off before I left. And my cell phone was on silent. So I didn’t hear the alarm company call to check and see if it was a false alarm…
I did happen to glance at my phone and saw several messages, but I was driving so I waited until I got home…to find my alarm screaming, my cat scared to death and several texts asking me to call the security company. I stopped the alarm, called the company and got that lovely automated voice. That kept asking me to punch one for technical support, two for…
When I finally get a customer service rep, he wants to know the code to report a false alarm. WHAT CODE?? I couldn’t remember setting a code. So, he turned me over to…You guessed it–an automated operator who wanted me to press one for tech support…
I’m yelling at her (like it’d do any good) and punching numbers and finally get a real person. Just about the time the police arrive. The nice officer looked at me very suspiciously when I told him it was a false alarm, but I’m sure the pj’s that I’d never changed out of convinced him I wasn’t a thief. (trust me, no one would steal my pj’s).
And that’s why I have laryngitis today. But I did get the book off!
And now for last week’s Mystery Question.
- “No one was to blame for the accident, but it never would have happened if the other driver had been alert.”
- “My car was legally parked as it backed into the other vehicle.”
- “I got there first but I had to knock his car out of the way to get the parking space.”
- “I was on the way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way causing me to have an accident.”
And the answer is…#3. Congrats to Delores, Sally, Patty, Hillary, and Helen!
And now for this week’s Mystery Question. This week I’m going with responses people have given police when they’re pulled over. One is FALSE. Unfortunately, three of them were actually spoken to police officers…
- “Would you hold my beer while I look for my license?”
- “Can you come back in five minutes? I’m in the middle of a telephone conversation.”
- “There’s no way I was going 85. I had the cruise set at 80.”
- “Look, Officer, I’ve been wearing this girdle all day and I was trying to get home and get out of it.”
So, Mystery Sleuths, which is the false statement? Leave a comment to be entered in the $10 Amazon gift card drawing to be awarded next week.
[tweet_box design=”default” float=”none”]Did the driver really ask the cop to hold his beer? #Amazon-giftcard [/tweet_box] [tweet_box design=”default” float=”none”]Do people really give these answers to officers who pull them over? And they walk among us.[/tweet_box]
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I’m going with the interrupted phone call! The GALL of some people!
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Hi, Paula! I know people like that! Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, how I can relate to your exciting weekend So sorry. I’m so thankful those automated voices don’t have feelings to be hurt or I’d have one huge guilty conscience.
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Elaine, I really have to ask forgiveness every time I interact with Comcast, Siri…just have no patience at all with them! lol
The girdle story has to be the one!
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Hi Ellen, and thanks for stopping by my blog! And I like the girdle story, too!
I think it’s #2, the phone call. So sorry your weekend was so exciting. It sounds pretty funny, but I’m sure not to you (or your throat).
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Dee, it’s what I get for yelling at an automated person. lol. We’ll see who’s right next week!
#4 is the false one!
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Hi Ethel! So glad to ‘see’ you here. And we’ll see Tuesday about the right answer.
Simply laughing! That entire scene played through my mind like a movie. (Glad you finished the story.)
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So glad you enjoyed it, Johnnie. It didn’t go to waste. lol
Murphy’s law kind of a night, eh?
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Yes, Paula. Murphy’s law!
Wow, Pat, what a night you had! It’s almost as funny as what people apparently say to police officers. 🙂 Seriously, I’m glad you’re okay and congrats on getting the novel to your publisher! I’m going with #4 as the false one.
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Yes, Jerusha it was a funny night. My friend said no good deed goes unpunished. lol
And what a great scene that would make in a book someday! 😉 No embarrassment or craziness is wasted on a writer.
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Absolutely, Jerusha, absolutely. lol
These days most women don’t wear girdles but I can imagine my grandmother saying something like that. My guess is #4.
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Hi Pam. I certainly don’t wear a girdle anymore. lol. But I can imagine someone saying that if they did. lol
They are all bad! I would have to go with #2 though, the interrupted call.
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Hi Ellen. So glad you stopped by. They are all bad, aren’t they?
Wow!! That would only happen to a Suspense writer!! I’ll go with number 3!
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Hi Dana, yeah, like my friend said, no good deed goes unpunished. 🙂
lol, Patricia! I really enjoyed this story. I can so relate to the frustration over the automated voices, but I’m disappointed you didn’t include a picture of you in the pj’s! I’m going with #2 as false.
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Trust me, Robyn, you don’t want to see me in my pj’s. lol. Thanks for stopping by! We’ll see next week the correct answer.
Pat, I hope your voice returns soon! I’m guessing #2.
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Thanks, Caryl. You would think I’d learn not to yell at inanimate objects after yelling at Siri a month ago… 🙂
My vote is #2.
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We’ll see, Edward, we’ll see. And thanks for stopping by!
Is this a for real story Patricia? My goodness, it sounds like something that can go in a book…haha!
I’m going with #3 this week. Though I can see all of them being true, the other three just sound so ridiculous to NOT be true 🙂 I had to laugh the hardest at the girdle excuse!
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Trixi, I am afraid it is all too real. 🙂 And I’m glad you enjoyed the four statements!
Sadly, I can hear all these comments lol. I don’t know which one to pick. I’m going to go with #4. Sorry you had such an interesting weekend! But glad you got your book off. Here’s to a much better week!
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Thanks, Sally. It was quite an interesting weekend. I didn’t say in the post, but it started out with me attending a training for Advocates for Freedom. It’s an organization dedicated to stopping human trafficking.
We had a case of human trafficking here where we live! I’m sad to say I don’t know much about it. Can you share what you learned?
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Thanks, Sally. I’ll do a blog post next week on it.
Thanks!
I’m going with the Phone call interruption one
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You don’t know anyone who ever did that, do you Carole?? 😀
Patricia, I can’t believe that any of the comments are actual, much less all but one of them. And your escapade with the alarm company has got to make it into your next book–or could it pass as fiction?
Richard, so glad to ‘see’ you here! Yes, I agree it’s hard to believe any of the statements could be true. 🙂 And the alarm story may make into a book one day.
I am going with #2
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Hi Barabara, thanks for stopping by! We’ll see next week what the correct answer is. 🙂
3. “There’s no way I was going 85. I had the cruise set at 80.”
Number four seems too obvious, so I will go with three.
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Welcome to my blog, Sylvia! Be sure to come back tomorrow to find out if you’re right!