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Well, Hurricane Barry postponed my brainstorming trip this weekend. I was supposed to meet with four great authors, Pam Hillman, Janet Ferguson, and Stephenia McGee to work out the plot of my next book, but since where we were meeting was in the middle of nowhere and the possibility of being without power was not appealing, we decided to wait for better weather. Have you ever had the weather to upset your plans? Not fun.
This gives me another week to figure out my new characters. And do a better job of finding crazy crimes. I had no idea #3 had made national news. lol
Now onto last week’s Mystery Question. Four stories, three are true, one is false. Can you spot the false one?
- A burglar was caught after he broke into a house and became fascinated with the homeowner’s robotic vacuum cleaner that was cleaning the floors. The homeowners were alerted when he yelled at it, saying it had missed a spot.
- A man who was impersonating a police officer flashed his amber and blue lights, activated his siren and pulled over a car. Unfortunately for him, it was an off-duty policeman. He won’t be pulling over anyone else in the near future.
- Police are searching for the girl who licked a half-gallon of ice cream and then posted the video to Facebook. They’ve traced it to a store in Texas and say it’s only a matter of time before the teenager is arrested.
- A man, high on bath salts, broke into a home and…put up Christmas decorations. Once he finished, he turned on the TV and went to sleep, only to be awakened by the police.
And the answer is…#1. Maybe one day I’ll have a robotic vacuum cleaner to yell at. lol
Now onto this week’s Mystery Question. Three of the following crime stories are true. One is false. Which one did I make up?
- Thieves stole $98,000 worth of ramen noodles from a trailer park which brings a couple of questions to mind. Why was there $98,000 dollars worth of the noodles in a trailer park? And just plain, why?
- A man caught his cousin stealing a bottle of Lysol and some soap, but when he saw that he’d stolen his cheese grater, he called the cops.
- It was Black Friday and only one parking spot was available. Just before the driver who had arrived first pulled into the spot, a small BMW sportscar whipped into the space. Instead of exchanging angry words, the driver who had his spot stolen waited until the other driver went into the mall. Then he hooked a chain to the bumper of the BMW and attached it to a concrete piling. Unfortunately, video was grainy and could not identify him.
- While an elderly man waited patiently in line for a free cheese sample in a grocery store, another man swaggered up and snatched his sample. When he did it a second time at another kiosk, the elderly man had had enough. Instead of brushing it off, angry words were exchanged and soon fists were thrown and the cops were called.
Okay, Super Sleuths. Which story did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library.
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Comments 31
I think #2 is made up.
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Hi Monique! We’ll see next week if it’s #2. Thanks for commenting!
I think you made up number 1 because that’d be a WHOLE LOT of noodles to steal!
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We’ll see, Priscilla! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Congrats, they’re all sickeningly convincing, but I’ll go w/ #3 since “video couldl not identify him”.
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Hmmm, we’ll see, Delores. Thanks for dropping by!
I say #1 because of the huge amount of storage required for that much ramen.
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It would seem that way, Perianne…we’ll see next week. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
In this day and age I would believe all of them. The one that doesn’t make sense is # 4.
If they were sampling cheese, where did the fish come from?
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Fish, Janet? I looked back and couldn’t find a fish in the blog… 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting and we’ll see if it’s #4 next week!
Fish ?? Can you tell I’m still tired from a 1000 mile trip. I read it again and I can now see it read fists. My mistake.
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I’m going with #3 this for this set. I’ve got to admit though there are probably a lot of people who would consider chaining that BMW to the piling poetic justice.
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That’s why I liked it, Tim. lol. In my dreams…thanks for stopping by!
#1 sounds too crazy to be true! that would be a lot of noodles!
The one I pick is #3. No reason. They are all strange!
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I agree–they’re all strange, Paula! Thanks for dropping by!
I think that #1 is false.
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Number 1 is getting a lot of votes, Gloria. We’ll see next week. Thanks for stopping by!
I think #1.
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We’ll see, Joan, we’ll see. Thanks for dropping by.
#1 $98,000 is quite an exorbitant amount for noodles.
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We’ll see, Caryl, we’ll see. Thanks for stopping by.
Hey, Pat. Was that a parked trailer or a trailer park? I can see it happening if it was a parked trailer and the crooks had no idea what was in the trailer. But I can’t see it happening if the noodles were in a storage building and they had to load the noodles. That would take too long and be a high risk of getting caught. I think I’m going with #4 being made up. It could depend on how elderly the man was. Most men I consider to be elderly would keep their mouth shut around a swaggering younger man simply because of the potential of being accosted by the younger man. Some might consider me to be elderly since I’m in my 70s. I feel a good run is better than a bad stand.
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As always, I love your logic, Edward! We’ll see how that works for you next week! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
#2
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We’ll see, Lisa. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
I say #4
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Number 4 has quite a few votes, Patricia. We’ll see Tuesday if #4 is the correct answer. 🙂 Thanks for dropping by.
I think it is # 4 that is false. If the man was elderly would he have gotten into a fist fight?
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Hi Ella! I’m back where I have internet service, so I’m able to answer the comments! We’ll see next week if #4 is correct.