Can Criminals Get Dumber is this week’s Mystery Question. Every week I worry I won’t find any new dumb criminal stories, but I didn’t need to worry… but first this week’s photo.
Delores’s photo last week made me want to pull out some of the pictures I took last year since I didn’t get to take any this season because of the flu. Thank goodness I’m better! This is a tree I call Moses’s Burning Bush, and it was this beautiful again this year–I just didn’t have my camera the one time I passed it.
Now for last week’s Mystery Question–Wacky and Crazy Crimes. As usual three are true and I made one up. Can you guess which one?
- A thief stole two toes from an art exhibit featuring human anatomy. When asked why he did it, his reply was he just couldn’t help himself.
- Then there was the man who walked into a drugstore and stole $1500 worth of bubble gum by dumping the store’s supply of gum in a black garbage bag and then took the bag to a waiting cab. Not once, but twice.
- People on a mission to arrest cops on behalf of the self-proclaimed true leader of Canada ended up being arrested instead. It seems this self-proclaimed leader thought she could make “citizen’s arrests” on members of the police department for enforcing COVID-19 restrictions, like mask mandates and business closures.
- “You now have a VIP pass–that’s what correctional officers told the woman trying to break into a local jail to see her boyfriend. She was discovered tangled up in the wire she’d cut to get into the compound.
And the answer is #4. Congrats to all who guessed correctly! I still can’t believe a thief stole $1500 worth of bubble gum!
Now for this week’s Mystery Question–Wacky and Crazy Crimes. As usual three are true and I made one up. Can you guess which one?
- A woman reported her car and cell phone as stolen by a man answering the ad she’d placed on in the paper. The policeman taking the report called the phone and told the guy who answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.
- A pickpocketer learned his lesson real quick when he tried to steal from a bikini-clad woman. He chatted up the woman and her friends, trying to sell them a subscription to a magazine. When he left, he hid one of their phones in the magazine. The woman also happened to be an off-duty police officer realized what he’d done and chased him down.
- The teenage boy misdialed a drug customer’s number, but even after he realized he’d gotten the wrong number, he still offered to sell drugs to the person who answered. “Sure,” was the answer, and forty minutes later the “customer” who was a police officer, arrested him.
- While robbing a house this bright criminal parked his car in the driveway while he went inside to steal whatever he could find. The owner returned and found a strange car in her drive with a wallet in the seat and keys in the ignition. She took them and called police who nabbed the thief.
Okay Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in a November drawing for a $10 gift card!
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Thank you for the picture of GOD’S artwork. My answer is # 1
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It is God’s artwork. 🙂 And we’ll see next week if it’s #1.
I say #2, but I do like #4.
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I’m glad when it’s hard to decide, Mary. 🙂
I think you made up #2 but once again I shake my head at them all.
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Me, too, Delores. Me, too.
What an amazing tree!
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I love that Maple tree and look forward to seeing it each year, Sally Jo!
I think you made up #2. But they all sound too dumb to be true.
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That’s the truth, Linda! We’ll see.
This is difficult, but I’m going with number 2 because I can’t picture how the pickpocket could steal a phone when there are no pockets in bikinis.
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We’ll see, Vera. And I’m glad it was difficult!
Hey Pat, The tree is absolutely stunning!! Our Heavenly Father’s Handiwork!! I’m like Delores these are all unbelievable… and to think some crooks actually thought these would work. Whew! I’m thinking #1 because I wondered why the lady would leave or even lay her cell down in the car. She was selling it and we seem to always keep our cells in our palms while busy as she must have been in those few minutes. We’ll see.
Very happy you’re feeling better. The flu is bad and the recovery seems to take forever!
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Debra, that tree is on Linden out near the hospital. You’ll have to look for it next year. 🙂 We’ll see next week if it’s #2.
Gorgeous tree!
I’ll guess the bikini clad off duty police officer is made up.
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Thanks, Paula! It is gorgeous. And we’ll see next week if it’s #2.
Beautiful tree……I am going with#2.
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Hi Jackie! Number two is very popular…we’ll see.
Love the bright tree and the “burning bush,”Pat.
Going with #2
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Barbara, every time I see that tree in the fall I’m reminded of Moses’ burning bush! We’ll see next week if it’s #2.
What an amazing “burning bush”! It’s so comforting that God cares so much for us that He created such beauty for us, and we long to spend eternity with Him as that Scripture declares.
There should be a TV show competition for the dumbest criminals. It’d be a big hit. And, they’d compete because they’re so dumb! I’m vacillating between #3 & #4. #4 wins because I can see the teen in #3 not thinking out the consequences. #4 just seems unrealistic, even for a dumb criminal.
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Tim, as always I love your logic…we’ll see if it’s #4 next week. And I agree with how much God cares for us. I cannot understand how anyone can look at the world around us and not believe in God!
Love the picture. I need to send you a picture of our red maple tree. There’s an early learning center next door to us. The drive to where parents pick up their children late in the day borders our property. The tree is right on the property line. I was clearing brush along the bank yesterday afternoon and a lady stopped to tell me how much she enjoyed our tree. I think that was a first. Interestingly, we went to New England to see fall foliage. We got home and over the next two weeks watched our maple tree gradually turn from green to brilliant red, and then the leaves fell off. I like the Scripture verse with your picture.
I am returning to my ongoing selection of crime #2. How does one pick a pocket on a bikini? I never say a bikini with pockets. LOL! I think trying to swipe a phone from a group of women on the beach would be very tricky. If this is true, the guy should have gone elsewhere and stuck to picking pockets. Apparently he didn’t have the knack for swiping things in broad daylight.
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Edward, I always enjoy your answers. Like Tim, you put a lot of thought into them. Must be a guy thing…speaking of the lady telling you how much she enjoys your tree, I’ve done that before, and not just with trees, but flowers. I appreciate others’ hard work that I typically don’t apply to my own yard. 😉 Although I’m getting better.
What a beautiful photo of the tree! I think it is #4 . Have a great week.
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Thanks, Alicia! We’ll see if it’s #4 next week!
Love the tree! I am guessing #1.
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Thanks, Gloria! I love that tree, too and look forward to it every year! We’ll see next week if it’s #1.
3. Thanks for the chance. Love these situations.
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I’m so glad you’re enjoying the situations, Lynn. Next week will be a little different…hope you like them, too!
#4
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We’ll see, Shelia!
I’m going with #3.
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Hi Diana…we’ll see next week if it’s #3.
I’m going with #2 once again. I can see the other three happening. Even if the thief in #2 reached down on one of their towels to steal a phone, I don’t see it being hidden inside a magazine.
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Hi Gail. Love your logic…we’ll see next week. 🙂
#4 Blessings
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Thanks, Lucy! We’ll see next week if it’s #4…
They all sound made up…but… unfortunately, they’re not… I’ll guess #4
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I know, MS Barb. It’s amazing how many really dumb criminals are out there.
I’ll guess #3 this week.
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Hi Megan! We’ll see next week…
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We’ll see Tuesday, BN!