Hello everyone! I’m baaaaccck…sort of. Before you ask, no the book isn’t finished, but my editor gave me a reprieve and an extension! One day I’ll do a blog post on what you do when your story won’t talk to you. 🙂
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year and you’ve thawed out from last week’s Polar Vortex! This time last week it was in the 20s here in North Mississippi. Today it’s 70 degrees! Thank goodness.
Now on to this week’s Mystery Question. For 15 tense minutes, a shop owner stared down a half-dozen wannabe armed robbers in the middle of the afternoon. He told them it was a bad time since he didn’t have any money and to come back later. Three of the following are true, one answer I made up. Which one did I make up?
- They left and actually came back at 5:30.
- When he told the police, they didn’t believe him, so he had a few of his friends ready with baseball bats and guns and he and his friends captured the would-be robbers when they returned.
- He told them it was still too early and to come back in an hour when he would be closed.
- The cops didn’t believe the robbers would come back, and the plainclothes detectives they sent weren’t exactly prepared.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which answer did I make up? Leave a comment with your answer and be entered in a drawing for Justice Betrayed!
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Comments 42
#2. A little too dangerous, but could be true.
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HI Christine! We’ll see if #2 is true next week. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I think #2 is made up
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Hi Victoria! So you think I made up #2? We’ll see next week.
Welcome back! I’m glad your editor gave you an extension ☺. I’m going to say #2 was made up.
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Thank you, Jessica! I’m glad, too! And I see a trend here…
#3
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Hi Linda! We’ll see next week if it’s#3. Thanks for stopping by.
Glad you got a reprieve! I’m picturing in jailbird clothes being unhandcuffed. LOL. I was so thrilled to have our temp here in Canada up from -22 to +12 yesterday that I spent the ENTIRE day outside with grandchildren. Ah, it’s amazing how warm 50F feels after being so cold! 🙂
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Absolutely Sandra! I am not a fan of cold weather. Well, not so much the cold as the wind. Fifty feels pretty good now, but 70 feels better! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Glad to see you could come up for a bit of air…and that you got a reprieve! I am going to guess #2 (it seems to be the trending answer, at any rate!). That what he did worked at all is amazing!!
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Thanks, Diane. I’m glad to be coming up for air. And we’ll see if Trending Two is correct next week. 🙂
I’ll go w/ #2. I can see the others being true but think the baseball bats is a little much. LOVE these and am glad you’re back for all the right reasons.
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Glad to be back, Delores! And we’ll see about the baseball bats…
I’m going to say #2 as well.
Have a blessed week!
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Thank you Maureen! We’ll see if it’s #2 next week!
I’m going to say #2. And welcome back!
#4
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Hi Joan! It’s good to see a different answer!
Welcome back! I choose #3 because it sounds too crazy to be true!
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Thanks, Shelia! And we’ll see about #3 next week!
Welcome back! I’ll pick #4.
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Thanks, Paula! We’ll see next week.
I choose #2 for this one. Regardless of which one is correct, the shop owner was obviously dealing with a group of losers.
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Absolutely, Edward! thanks for stopping by.
Welcome back; missed you! I’ll say #2.
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Glad to be back, Jackie! Still working on the book but feeling much better about it! Thanks for stopping by and we’ll see about #2 next week!
#1
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Hey, MS Barb! Glad to see you. And we’ll see if it’s #1 next week.
I think it’s #3
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Hi Mary! And we’ll see next week if it’s #3!
Good to see you back. I am going to say #3.
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Hi Gloria! Glad to be back! Still working on the book, but not pressured. 🙂
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Hi Gloria! Glad to be back! Still working on the book, but not pressured. 🙂
Glad you are back. #3
Thanks, Lucy! So glad to be back. May be #3…or not. Check back next week!
Welcome back, Pat! I’m guessing #4 is made up.
Thanks, Caryl! We’ll see next week if it’s #4.
Welcome back! I’m going with #3.
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Thanks, Jeanna!
#3
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Hi Patricia! We’ll see next week. 🙂