This post almost didn’t get written on time. Monday morning I woke up with my room reeling. Or maybe it was me reeling. No matter, I could not walk without holding on to something, and even then I felt as though I was going to fall. A bad case of Vertigo is TERRIBLE!
I still had a hundred pages to edit before sending the manuscript in. But with prayers and medicine, I held on long enough to finish and send the story off to my editor. I’ve never had so much trouble getting a story finished.
Right now my head is on semi straight. 🙂 and this is an exciting week for me–Justice Delivered releases Friday!
Now on to last week’s Mystery Questions. Three of the following scenarios are true. I made one of them up. Can you guess which one?
- A man suffered a fatal heart attack after getting his head stuck beneath an electric footrest at the movies while retrieving his cellphone from the floor.
- A 71-year-old woman smoking outside a hospital died from third-degree burns after her oxygen ventilator ignited, setting fire to the plastic upholstery of her wheelchair.
- A 50-year-old man was hospitalized Saturday after taking home a projectile he found in a field outside his village, and pounding it with a hammer, causing an explosion
- A woman was arrested when a motorist dialed 9-1-1 after seeing her knitting as she drove. When the officer pulled her over, she couldn’t understand the big fuss. “I do it all the time,” she told him, “and I’ve never had an accident.”
I had no idea you could get your head caught in a footrest! But I digress. And the answer is…#4. I’m sure someone out there has tried, but I’m not aware of it. And now on to this week’s Mystery Question.
- A man spied an injured bear–but instead of calling the authorities to help the bear, he opted to get a selfie with the distressed animal. You guessed it, the bear wasn’t injured, only having a bad hair day and pinned the man to the ground.
- A man spent his last moments helping a friend weld an exhaust pipe onto a classic sedan. He arrived at the friend’s garage shed with a homemade welding kit: a bottle, in which he had mixed acetylene and oxygen. When he attached a torch head and lit it, the fire crept back into the bottle and the explosion destroyed the friend’s car, shed but not the friend–he had skedaddled when he saw what was in the bottle.
- A man was so proud of his new false teeth he bet they were so good, he could bite a rope with them and hold on long enough to be hoisted from flat on the ground to a standing position. A pulley and rope were found, bets were made. He almost made it until the pulley broke and crashed down on his head.
- Young men are notorious for believing they can’t die, even when they do handstands on the railing of a ferry called the Booze Cruise. Told once to ‘stand down’, as soon as the crew was preoccupied with other matters, the young man hopped back up on the rail with his acrobatics. When he attempted a vertical pushup, his arms faltered and he fell into the water. Unfortunately, he never learned to swim.
Okay, Mystery Sleuths, which story did I make up? Leave your comments and I’ll enter you in this month’s drawing for an autographed copy of Justice Delivered. (Print copy for US addresses only)
And the winner of the March drawing is Regina Merrick!
[tweet_box design=”default” float=”none”]People do dumb things. Can you tell which ones are true and which one I made up? There’s maybe a #bookgiveaway in it for you.[/tweet_box]
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Comments 53
I’m between 1&4. I’ll pick 1 .
Congratulations on your release! I can’t wait to read it!!
Author
Thank you, Jessica! And Justice Delivered actually released today! I thought all along it was Friday. NETMA – nobody ever tells me anything! 😉
I’m going with #4, I think!!
Author
Hi Monique! We’ll see. Thanks for stopping by.
#2
Author
Thanks for commenting Victoria. We’ll see next week if it’s #2…
#1 Sorry about the vertigo. Congratulations on the new book!
Author
Thanks, Christine! I am super excited about Justice Delivered! If an author can have a favorite, I think this would be mine…
I’m really sorry you experienced the vertigo but thrilled you got your book in and congrats on the new release Friday. I think it is number one this week but they are all pretty dorky. Thanks.
Author
Thanks, Delores, and thanks for the prayers! Getting that first Natchez book in was hard! And guess what??? Justice Delivered got delivered early! It released today!
I’m going with #2. Congratulations on finishing another book, I can’t wait to read it! 🙂
Author
Thanks Rosalyn. It was hard! We’ll see next week if it’s #2.
Hope you’re feeling better! I’m thinking…#2 for this week.
Author
Number 2 is proving to be popular, Susan. And I am feeling better! Going to the grocery since the deadline has kept me inside for a week now. My cupboards are bare.
Hope your vertigo is soon GONE. Congrats on your new book; can’t wait to read it! I’ll go with #2
Author
Jackie, it is gone!! Still residual effects of the Antivert, though, but that should go away soon. And another one for #2.
#3
Author
Lisa, you’re the first to guess #3. 🙂 We’ll see next week.
I will pick # 3. Sorry about your vertigo, hope you get over it soon. And good job on working on thru.
Author
Thanks, Dee. Actually, I had no choice! My book was due and I didn’t want to miss my deadline. 🙂 And we’ll see if #3 is untrue next week.
I am choosing #1 for the simple reason that I have always heard an injured animal is more dangerous than a healthy animal. If this one is true, that dude apparently missed out on some early childhood training.
Author
I agree, Edward! Thanks for dropping by and commenting!
Yay!! Thank you!! I’m picking #1 – Don’t mess with a bear having a bad hair day! LOL! I started Justice Betrayed 2 days ago and I’m 3/4 done! Can’t put it down!
Author
We’ll see, Regina! And thanks for stopping by to comment.
We look forward to these every week! We spoke to a Glacier Nat’l Park ranger and he said the scariest thing he ever saw was a man carrying his 2 year old over to put it on top of the little bear so he could get a picture. So I know that one could be real.
Author
Thank you, Sandra! And people are just plain crazy! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Praying your vertigo goes quickly! Happy Release Week!
Praying your vertigo goes quickly! Happy Release Week! I’m guessing #1 is false.
It’s much better, Caryl. Thanks for the prayers!!
I believe #3 is made up
Author
Hi Tim…looks like #3 is gaining momentum… Thanks for stopping by.
#3 is made up.
Author
Hi Tracy. Another one for #3. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
Congrats on another fabulous release! I do find them all a bit difficult to believe ….lol. I will choose #3 as it seem s the least likely to be true.
Author
Thanks, Betti! All of them do seem a bit much. lol Thanks for dropping by.
Congrats on the new release! I’m looking forward to reading it!
I’m gonna go with #4!
Author
Thanks Caitlyn! And we’ll see about #4 next week. 😉
Going with # 3
Author
Hi Joni! We’ll see next week if it’s #3…it’s really popular.
I am going with #4. Hope you are completely back to normal soon. Congrats on the release (loved it) and the new one.
I’ll go with #3 – it’s just always so scary that the other three are true!
Author
Hmmm. You’re right, Colleen. It is scary that the other three are true! Thanks for stopping by.
#1–b/c an injured animal is dangerous, and, if the bear pinned him, how did he get free?
Author
Not sure he did get free, MS Barb. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and we’ll get the correct answer Tuesday!
I think it’s #3.
Author
Another one for #3, Martha. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
I’m not even going to take a guess, there are so many crazy people out there. I’m reading Justice Delivered now. I hope you are feeling better. I have vertigo at times and it’s never pleasant. God bless.
Author
Hi Donna! I’m so glad you’re reading Justice Delivered! I hope you enjoy it. And yes, there are a lot of crazies out there. lol
#2
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We’ll see, Lucy. We’ll see. Thanks for stopping by.
I’m going with #1. If he was taking a selfie, I’m guessing he must have been alone. So after he took the selfie, the bear pinned him, then let him go to tell his story? Or perhaps the bear had him for lunch, but left the man’s phone with the picture of the two of them together! LOL
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I love it Jeanna! If it’s true, it could be very near what happened. lol
I should have stuck with #4 for my answer last week…rats! 🙂 This week I’m going with #3 as I would think the force of being pulled up would pop his teeth out. I know this could be faulty reasoning too, lol! They all sound crazy to me.
Sorry about your vertigo, Patricia! I’ve had friends deal with it on a regular basis and it can debilitate a person. Congrats on the new release!
Author
I thought of that last week, Trixi. 😉 And I hope I this doesn’t become a regular thing. Thanks for stopping by.