Dumb Dumb and Dumber — Mystery Question

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Dumb Dumb and Dumber is this week’s Mystery Question. I know I say this every week, but I really didn’t know people could be this stupid. But first the photo and Scripture.

I pulled into Lowes one day last week and looked to the west and saw the sun breaking through the clouds. Like always, I whipped out my phone and snapped this picture. And the next day, this Psalm was in my daily reading. Perfect fit!

Now for last week’s Mystery Question–Dumbest Criminals Yet. These are true stories…except for one that I made up. Can you guess which one?
  1. After a wild thirty-five-mile chase, Police finally pulled over the driver of an Audi A-7 after he had been weaving all over the road. When asked for his driver’s license, he whipped out a fake Leggoland license he’d received as a kid. The cops weren’t buying it or the stash of marijuana in the backseat.
  2. The burglar must’ve thought he was Elvis when he broke into a home and used the owner’s iPad to video himself singing “Loving You”. Not satisfied with that, he uploaded it to his Facebook page. What he didn’t seem to realize was the iPad stored everything in the cloud, including his video. It didn’t take police long to use facial recognition and get the burglar’s name and address.
  3.  I’ve heard criminals always return to the scene of their crime, but this bank robber didn’t even wait two days before trying to rob the same bank he’d robbed the day before. Except this time, he hung around a little too long and the police nabbed him inside the bank.
  4. While attempting to break into and rob his own mother’s home during broad daylight, James Blankenship got spooked and went to hide in the crawl space. When apprehended by police, Blankenship was extremely stunned because he didn’t think it was possible to be arrested for burglary during the day. That’s right, this guy thought he couldn’t be arrested for burglary because it wasn’t nighttime.

And the answer is…#2. Congrats to all who guessed correctly.

Now for this week’s Mystery Question–Dumb Dumb and Dumber. These are true stories…except for one that I made up. Can you guess which one?
  1. A burglar decided to rob the safe in a sporting goods store. On the safe door he found a note reading: “Please don’t use dynamite. The safe is not locked. Just turn the knob.” He did so. Instantly a heavy sandbag fell on him, light flooded the entire premises, alarms clanged, and police arrive before he could get out of the store.
  2. A Florida man is accused of stealing an alligator from a mini-golf business, beating and stomping it, and attempting to throw it onto the roof of a liquor store. When the police asked why he responded that he was teaching it a lesson.
  3. Florida state troopers pulled over a car speeding 25 miles over the limit. While the trooper wrote out the ticket, a K-9 dog alerted to drugs and the trooper looked in the back seat. Lo and behold, he saw a bag labeled “Bag Full of Drugs.”
  4. Two police officers were driving to a report of gunfire. The officers said a man stepped in front of their car, then walked to the passenger side and pointed a gun at the officers. Until he realized he was trying to hijack a police cruiser.

So, Mystery Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in an August drawing for a book from my library!

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  2. Barbara Diggs

    Oh my word! 🙂 I about spewed the coffee on #1. Then just as I recovered, up came #2, #3 and I finally decided on #4, because a police car, really??? What clued me in to pick this one is hijacking a car on the passenger side…really a dumb idea. Anyway, these were fun, but I do have to stop sipping coffee when I read them!

    Thanks for the wonderful Scriptures and photos. I always look forward to them.

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  3. Tim Johnson

    Your photo shows we can find God’s created beauty everywhere. And as the Psalm says, we praise Him for it.

    It’s really hard to believe any of these tales could be true. Number 4 really had me shaking my head. Talk about dumb. However, #1 seemed like it could have come out of a Roadrunner cartoon, and that’s the one I think you made up.

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  8. L. Murphy

    Oh, my! Criminals really aren’t the brightest crayons in the box, are they? These scenarios are unbelievable! I’m going to choose #1 this week. Thanks for the morning chuckle!

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  9. Gail Hollingsworth

    #3? Do state troopers have K9 dogs with them? That was new to me…and bag full of drugs? Crazy!!
    I first thought #4 but considered it could have been an unmarked police car.

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  10. Vera Day

    Wonderful verse! I think you made up number 1 because I’m pretty sure booby traps are illegal, so the store wouldn’t do that for fear of getting sued. Haha, it’d make a great scene in a story , though!

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  11. Edward Arrington

    I love the picture and Scripture verse. A couple at our church have a prayer meeting at their home on Friday evenings. On my drive home from their house the past two Friday evenings, I have seen some similar gorgeous clouds in the west with the sun casting brilliant light from behind and around them. Your picture reminds me of those. But as often happens, I cannot find a location to stop where I can get a clear shot of the beautiful sight. The only stopping places are at the foot of hills where I can’t see the full effect.

    I am guessing #1 is made up. I don’t know if booby traps that don’t involve explosives are illegal but even a sandbag can do a lot of harm. If I owned the store, I would not want to risk injury to myself or one of my employees. I’m still trying to figure out the alligator at the mini-golf business. It must have been a fake for anyone to be dumb enough to beat and stomp on it, and then try to throw it on a rooftop. And that would make the person doubly dumb to think he could teach a fake alligator anything.

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      Patricia Bradley

      As always, Edward, I love your logic! We’ll see next week if it’s #1. And I know what you mean about getting the opportunity to snap a photo. Yesterday morning I crossed over a viaduct and looked to the east. There was a beautiful photo op with the sun breaking through the clouds. Of course, I was running late or I would have gone back to where I could get a good photo. 🙂

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  17. Diane Nickerson

    Wow!! These are ALL so over the top. LOL I’m going to go with #4 this time, though. Unless it was an unmarked car, police cruisers are pretty distinctive.

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