Really Really Dumb Criminals 10 ~ Mystery Question

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 53 Comments

I’m sorry, but there won’t be a Reader Friday blog this week. I’m at the MidSouth Christian Writers Conference this weekend and didn’t get a chance to read anything this week. See you Tuesday!

Really Really Dumb Criminals 10 is this week’s Mystery Question. Are there any Mystery Questions you would like to see me address? Although I don’t think I’ll ever run out of dumb crimes. 🙂

The photo is one I took back in November of 2023. Every time I look at this photo, I think of how much God loves us. If He gives us beauty like this here on earth, can you imagine what heaven will be like?

Now for last week’s Mystery Question, Really Really Dumb Criminals 9. As usual, four choices, three of which are true. I made up one–can you guess which one?
  1. A would-be robber of a sandwich shop entered the restaurant and went straight to the restroom. While in there, a worker passed by the door and heard him psyching himself up by rehearsing what he planned to say. “This is a stickup. Give me all your money.” Needless to say, she called the cops.
  2. At a Walmart, two women ran into the store, grabbed a handful of gift cards, and ran out. Imagine their surprise when they tried to use them. Evidently, they didn’t know the cards had to be activated.
  3. For some reason, a man thought it would be smart to climb into the ceiling in the restroom at a bowling alley and wait until it closed so he could rob it. Unfortunately, he couldn’t open the 1930’s safe, and because it was so heavy, he couldn’t take it out with him. Neither could he escape since all the doors were padlocked on the outside. The owner found him in the bar the next morning, passed out, and called police.
  4. Two women were stealing packages of lobster from the meat case and hiding them under a blanket in a baby seat. Not satisfied with that, they ventured into the dock area and nabbed a couple of boxes of lobsters there. Boxes marked for return because of food poisoning.

And the answer is…#1. Congrats to all who guessed correctly!

Now for this week’s Mystery Question, Really Really Dumb Criminals 10. As usual, four choices, three of which are true. I made up one–can you guess which one?
  1. Sometimes it doesn’t pay to try to get a discount. Especially when you have to give your ID, and you plan to use a stolen check for payment. That’s what a woman did and ended up in jail.
  2. If you decide to stiff your cabbie for half the fare, don’t disrespect him like one drunk did, and then tell him to “Toddle off.” Especially if he’s holding your phone for collateral.
  3. A thief quickly gathered jewelry, a laptop, a TV, and a camera. His problem? His getaway vehicle was a bicycle. Police arrived as he was still trying to figure out how to secure the stolen goods to the bike.
  4. When the owner of a car discovered a sleeping man wearing only a shirt in his car one morning, he called the police. The sleeping man told police that he’d done drugs and was pretty sure a leprechaun had opened the car door and let him in. Yeah, right…

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

Four dumb criminal stories. Three true, one made up. Can you guess which one is made up? Leave your answer in the comments on the blog, and I'll enter you in a March drawing for a book from my library. Share on X

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  8. Barbara Diggs

    Just finished listening. Oh yeah, definitely snappy and mega toe tapping. Oooh the reprise is on now. Continued toe tapping and head bopping. Got that blood flowing. 🙂

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  10. Tim Johnson

    Absolutely gorgeous photo, Pat!!! Can’t imagine how much more beauty God has in store for us, but there is the promise of that verse.

    Crazy criminals…
    #1. Can someone get dumber than this?
    #2. Stiff a cabbie; big mistake.
    #3. Duh, maybe think ahead a bit.
    #4. The leprechaun made me do it.
    Who says “toddle off”? I think you made #2 up.

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  14. Edward Arrington

    Wow! What a picture! I love that verse. Are you familiar with the Gaither song based on it? Here’s a link:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzKqfNDJpS8

    1. I must say that it seems the system worked just as it should in this case.
    2. It sounds like the drunk had been watching too many of those British shows where the snooty older ladies tell the children to “toddle off.”
    3. I can’t imagine using a bicycle as a getaway vehicle. If I stooped to crime, I would want something with a lot of horses under the hood.
    4. I don’t know if blaming it on a leprechaun is any better than “the devil made me do it.”

    I think 2 is made up. Somehow stiffing the cabbie for half the fare and giving him collateral don’t seem to go together.

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  24. Dottie

    Oh these are good Patricia, and funny, but I don’t have a clue! I’m going with #3 only because I don’t know how he even got out the door with all the goodies unless he had a buggy. And then he should have just kept on going! Hahaha.

    The Smokies got six inches of snow Tuesday, crazy weather we’re having here!

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      Patricia Bradley

      It is truly crazy weather, Dottie–it’s 80+ in Mississippi. But I’ll take warm over cold any day. lol Glad you found my dumb criminals funny! We’ll see next week if it’s #3…

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