This blog post comes to you from the beautiful wooded hills near Nashville at Montgomery Bell State Park. As you read this I’ll be relaxing preparing for my keynote for the KenTen Writers Retreat.
And a little later I’ll do a workshop on brainstorming. If you’re a writer and are ever looking for a writers retreat that leaves you refreshed and renewed, the KenTen is for you! And you’ll come away with ways to make your writing better.
The church is one of the attractions at Montgomery Bell State Park. Now onto last weeks Mystery Question.
Last week’s post involves insurance claims and policies. Three of the following are true. I made up one. Guess which one. 🙂
- A jewelry store offered to refund their Christmas sales if the city got more than three inches of snow on Christmas day. Good thing because they got eight inches.
- After someone attempted to steal Liberace’s candelabra, he insured it for one million dollars.
- Speaking of celebrities, J. Lo insured her rear for $27 million dollars.
- A burglar who was trapped in his victim’s garage for a week after the garage opener malfunctioned. He sued the homeowners for mental anguish and collected a million dollars.
And the answer is #2. If Liberace ever insured his candelabra, I’m not aware of it. 🙂 I cannot believe #4. It happened in Australia, so maybe it’s different down there.
Now onto this week’s Mystery Question. It involves wacky 9-1-1 calls. Three of the calls actually happened. I made up the fourth one. Guess which one:
- “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” “Uhh, I uh, want to report Taco Bell is out of taco shells. Can you do something about it?”
- “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” ” I’d like to call and report a fire on the hillside just East of the city. 911: “Can you be more specific?” “Oh,no! It’s getting bigger! The whole top of the hill is on fire now! 911: “Stay calm sir, we’re sending somebody out.” “Doesn’t anybody else see this?! It’s lighting up the sky around it…it’s huge! Oh…oh, wait…911: “Sir?” “I am SO sorry…I’m not usually out this time of night, I just got off work late…that’s, that’s the sun…
- “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” “My kid is allergic to peanuts. I’m afraid he’s going to die.” 911: “Has he consumed peanuts?” “Uh, no. But he’s playing with those peanuts Amazon packs their boxes with.”
- “9-1-1. What is your emergency?” “My husband is up in a tree, and he won’t come down.” “911: Why is he in the tree?” “Hold on. Harold! why are you up in that tree.” 9-1-1 operator hears his answer…”It was that or kill you.”
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book in my library.
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Comments 38
I’m gonna say you made up #4…lol
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We’ll see, Sabrina. They’re all funny. 🙂
I think #1 🙂
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We’ll see Monique. Thanks for chiming in.
I know number one is true, as crazy as it is. I think you need to number two or number four and I’m going to go with number four. I wonder what happened to him once he climbed down from the tree.
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That’s a good question, Delores. We’ll see next week.:-)
Pat, you made up #4, but what a sensitive husband he must be, sacrificing his own safety to protect his wife 🙂
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Ya think, Tim? We’ll see and thanks for stopping by.
LOL! I’m going with #4 – but honestly, I hope it’s #2!
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I see a trend, Regina. Number 4 seems to be a popular answer. Thanks for stopping by.
#4
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Another one in the #4 column, Suzanne. We’ll see…Thanks for stopping by
Hard choice but I pick #2.
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Thanks, Jackie…we’ll see next week if you’re right. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by
I’m going with Number 4
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Adding another one to the #4 column, Carole. We’ll see…
I think it’s #1. Who would tie up an emergency phone line with trivia about taco shells?
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I agree, Suzanne, but you’d be surprised at what people will actually call into 911! Thanks for stopping by
I am going with #3.
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A first for #3, Gloria…we’ll see. Thanks for chiming in.
4
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Yes, I do see a trend forming for #4, Patricia. Thanks for dropping in and commenting.
I’m going with 4. I imagine that scenario has played out many times through history but not to the point of the other person being so unaware of the reason the person “in the tree” is there. I’m reminded of this saying: “A good run is better than a bad stand.” Walking away (or climbing a tree) to avoid saying or doing something stupid is often the best practice.
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I always love your reasoning, Edward. Thanks for dropping by.
I hope it’s number 2 because I laughed out loud at that one!
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Me, too, Priscilla! Thanks so much for stopping by.
#4
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Another #4. We’ll see, Shelia, we’ll see. Thanks for chiming in.
My guess is #4. (Funny stories!)
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Thanks Betty! And thanks for stopping by. I’ll add your answer to the #4 column.
Are you sure you’re not trying to make us laugh Patricia? Because each of these made laugh out loud, haha! So I can totally see #2 as being true. My sister-in-law works nights and has for years ( I don’t know how she does it), and she often doesn’t see the light of day and gets her days and nights mixed up. And I have also heard about crazy 9-1-1 calls similar to #1. So I’m eliminating those from my choices. I think I’m going with #3 because I think a parent would be smart enough to realize those packing peanuts wouldn’t affect their child. But crazier things have been believed by people…lol!
Hoping my logical way of eliminating guesses works this week. I’m happy to know I chose correctly last week 🙂
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Love your logic, Trixi! We’ll see next week how how it plays out. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by
#3. People are crazy!
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Amen, Joan! Thanks for stopping by.
I think # 4
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We’ll see, Joni! Thanks for stopping by.
#4
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Jeanna,
Another one in the #4 column! Thanks for stopping by!