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I received edits for Obsession, and I’ll be busy for the next few weeks days. I have to figure out how to make Emma stronger without making her too strong. 🙂 And Sam not so bossy…
Now onto last week’s Mystery Questions. Three of these crimes are actually true and I made one up. Guess which is mine.
- A fourteen-year-old shot another kid in the leg after a fight in their apartment complex. The victim described the gun used in detail. Guess what the detectives found on Pinterest? Yep. The other kid posing with the gun.
- An ATM machine was robbed of $15,240. The next day, the thief deposited $15,240 into his personal account at the same bank…
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Two young men in a pickup truck on a back road stopped a courting Amish couple in a buggy and told the couple to give them all of their money. The two men were locals and should have known Amish generally don’t carry cash and this couple didn’t. They did have excellent memories and gave the police the truck license plate.
- Two 17-year-olds donned ski-masks and robbed a local bank at gunpoint. Unfortunately, they also wore their letterman jackets with their names on the back.
And the answer is #4. I don’t think anyone guessed that one. 🙂 I was surprised the kid had a Pinterest page. And I was surprised the man deposited the exact amount he’d stolen.
Now onto this week’s Mystery Question: Four scenarios, three are true. Which one did I make up?
- A man was behind on his pickup payments and was about to lose it, but he had insurance. He decided to leave it in a high crime area so it would be stolen. That way he could get the truck paid off and his credit wouldn’t be ruined. Unfortunately, no one took the bait, so he approached a man hanging around the seedy area and tried to get him to steal it. Unfortunately, the man he approached was an undercover cop.
- A man had his phone stolen. When he called his own phone number, the burglar answered the phone. He then told the burglar that he was willing to pay to get his phone back and the robber agreed. The burglar was very surprised when the man showed up with the police.
- A man called police to report someone was stealing weed from his backyard. Sure enough, the reporting person had massive cannabis plants 6 to 7 feet high and the officers found a man carrying one of the plants he’d chopped down. After the officers arrested the thief, they turned around and arrested the owner.
- Conversation between officers and a suspect: “We know it was you. We found your fingerprints on the shotgun.” Suspect: “Impossible. I was wearing gloves.
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Comments 44
They all sound real~
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Thanks, Valita! Glad I stumped you. lol Thanks for stopping by.
Number 1
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We’ll see, Linda! Thanks for dropping by.
I think you made up #2 this week but they’re all great. Wishing you smooth sailing w/ your edits.
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We’ll see, Delores…always good to ‘see’ you here!
Congratulations, Pat. You fooled us all last week!
This week I believe #1 is the made up tale, though they’re all reasonably true.
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Hehehe. We’ll see if it’s #1 next week, Tim. Glad to see you!
Definitely all sound true, but I’m going with #1 being false.
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I see a trend developing, Nicole. Thanks for stopping by!
They all sound true but I’ll go with #2. Have a blessed week.
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Hi Lucy! Thanks and I hope you have a blessed week, too.
they all sound believable! I’ll guess #3, b/c marijuana growing is (unfortunately) legal in my state… so I don’t think someone would be arrested for growing it for personal use
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Hi MS Barb. Now all four have been guessed. And that’s good! Thanks for dropping by.
They all sound plausible, but I’m going with #3, not sure why…
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Isn’t it terrible they are all plausible, Linda! Thanks for stopping by.
I must admit they all sound true – not going to choose this time 🙂
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Hi Betti! I’m glad you can’t decide. lol Thanks for leaving a comment.
I am guessing #2.
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Hi Gloria! I’ll put you in the #2 column. Glad to see you!
I’m usually wrong but I’ll guess #1
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We’ll see next week if you’re right this week. 😉 Thanks for commenting.
I choose 2. I keep looking for a pattern to your made-up crimes but haven’t found it. My guess is that you use just enough of a true account to throw us off and add a tweak of your own. Let’s see how it plays out this time.
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I have been known to do that, Edward…lol. But not this week. 🙂 Thanks for commenting!
Pat, it wouldn’t matter either way. A few times since you began this, I have tried to look these up on the internet, but it simply takes too long and it’s more fun to guess. 🙂
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Good, Edward! I try to word them in such a way that makes it hard to find them on the ‘net. 🙂
3
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We’ll see, Lisa. We’ll see. 😉 Thanks for commenting!
I think it’s #4
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Hi Alicia! Answers are all over the place. 🙂 Thanks for dropping by and commenting.
Crooks can be pretty dumb, They all sound real so I’m just going to guess #1
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Crooks can be pretty dumb, Phyllis. lol. I’m glad they all sound real. Good to see you here!
I’ll choose #2 this time but they all seem plausible.
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I’m glad they all sound plausible, Paula! Thanks for commenting!
Hope all goes well with the book edits. These get harder and funnier each time. I’m going to guess #1.
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We’ll see, Erika! I’m glad you’re enjoying them. It’s getting harder to make up one that rivals the true ones. lol
all sound beleivable but will chose #2 this time
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Hi Shelia! So good to see you here. And I’ll put you in the #2 column. Thanks for stopping by.
The one that caught my attention this week was #4. Because it’s shorter, is dialogue, and the only one of that style. So I’ll go with that one, though something tells me you wouldn’t write something totally different to the real ones, but then you might know that people would think that, so then trick us by doing the ‘obvious’… Hiding in plain sight, right? Oops, that accidentally rhymed…!
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Monique, I love your reasoning. 🙂 We’ll see next week if you’re right. Thanks for stopping by.
#4
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Hi Patricia. We’ll see next week if #3 is correct. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Okay, I’m going to go with the most ridiculous answer this week, because, why not? 🙂 How about answer #4 where the crook gives himself away, lol!
Good luck getting your characters to do what you want them to do Patricia! I wish you much success on shaping them up 🙂
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Thanks, Trixi! We’ll see Tuesday! Thanks for dropping by.