Revenge Can Be Sweet — Mystery Question

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Revenge Can Be Sweet; Ecc 3:11Revenge Can Be Sweet is this week’s Mystery Question. I happened on one of these quite by accident and thought what a great post it would make if I could find two more and then make one up…

But first the photo and Scripture verse. There was a super moon this past week, but this isn’t it. I meant to get a photo of it, but there were too many trees blocking my view. By the time I got a clear view, it wasn’t huge, so…I used the photo I took last fall. But the photos on TV of the Buck Moon (Which is what this month’s moon is called) made me think of Ecclesiastes 3:11, which was our verse for the MidSouth Christian Writers Conference  last year

And now for last week’s Mystery Question–Courtroom Stories. These are true stories that happened in courtrooms…except for one that I made up. Can you guess which one?
  1. Lawyer: I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture. Defendant: That’s me. Lawyer: Were you present when that picture was taken?
  2. Lawyer: “This myasthenia gravis…does it affect your memory at all?“ Witness: “Yes.” Lawyer: “And in what ways does it affect your memory?“ Witness: “I forget.” Lawyer: “You forget. Can you give us an example of something you’ve forgotten?“
  3. Lawyer : “Isn’t it true that you’ve been married twice?” Witness: “Yes, sir.” Lawyer: “And the first marriage ended in death, correct?” Client: “Yes, sir.” Lawyer: “And whose death ended it?” Client: “Judge, can I get a new lawyer?”
  4. Lawyer: “What happened then?“ Witness: “He told me, he says, ‘I have to kill you because you can identify me.’” Lawyer: “And did he kill you?“ Witness: “No, he did not.”

And the answer is…#3. Congrats to those who guessed correctly!

And now for this week’s Mystery Question–Revenge Can Be Sweet. I got the idea for this from Elaine Viets in a blog post about her first book, Backstab. These are true stories…except for one that I made up. Can you guess which one?
  1. There was a terrible snowstorm in St. Louis and a wife cleared out a parking space for her husband. Only to have a yuppie neighbor pull into it when she finished and refuse to move her car. The wife wanted the yuppie arrested for stealing, but the officer told her there was no law protecting her spot…and there was also no law that said she couldn’t water her lawn in February. If the neighbor’s car happened to be in the way…it took the yuppie two hours to chip off all the ice.
  2. The upstairs neighbor made a ton of noise every night starting around 9 pm. She moved furniture, argued with her husband at top volume, slammed doors, etc until way past midnight. So the mom had her daughter practice her tuba under the loud neighbor’s bedroom before school in the morning.
  3. The tenants in the downstairs apartment only ran their fan in the afternoon when they were home. The upstairs neighbor complained that the fan in the apartment below her made so much noise 24/7 that she couldn’t hear her TV. She stomped back and forth across her unit when the tenants were home, making their life miserable. When they moved out, they left the fan blowing full speed, locked the door, and dropped the key into the mail to the landlord who lived five states over.
  4. Every fall the neighbors raked their leaves in a pile for the city to come by and vacuum up. Every fall one of the neighbors who didn’t rake their leaves repeatedly drove through the piled-up leaves, scattering them everywhere. One neighbor got tired of it and placed a huge bag of pig manure in the middle and piled leaves on top of it. The neighbor never scattered the leaves again.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up in Revenge Can Be Sweet? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a July drawing for a book from my library.
Revenge Can Be Sweet is this week's Mystery Question. As usual, 3 stories are true, and one is made up. Can you guess which one? Leave your answers in the comments and I'll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library! Share on X

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  1. Paula Shreckhise

    I think you made up #4.
    I can just see #1. I used to live in STL. My friend who still lives there posted a picture of his neighbor “claiming “ his parking spot with orange cones. The plow just moved them! You can’t claim spots on a public street. Just your own driveway.
    And I’ve had issues with loud neighbors. The guy below our apartment was deaf and turned his TV up way too loud. But he sat clear across the room!

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  2. Priscilla Bettis

    Beautiful moon from last fall and beautiful verse. Number 1 made me laugh the most, but I pick number 2 because surely a mom wouldn’t enlist her daughter in a revenge scheme.

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  3. Barbara Diggs

    Oh my! We’ve got some revengeful people here. I did get a hearty chuckle out of the woman watering her lawn in February.

    Eww, a pile of pig manure! Yep revenge! Going with #4, but it was a hard decision. They all fit the bill!

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  4. Andrea

    I’m going with #4. I can see it happen but it would stink up the neighborhood. Why would I do that to myself? They were all pretty good! My favorite was the key one! Pretty good thinking! Maybe that’s the made up one? Lol.

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  5. Beverly Duell-Moore

    Boy, one of my picks last week was number 3! So, I guess I was partial right. That made it two weeks in a row!
    This weeks all made me laugh because I could picture them all. I’d guess number one this week.

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  6. L. Murphy

    Wonderful photo and verse!
    These were great revenge scenarios! They all made me chuckle. I’m going to pick #3 this time as the one you made up.

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  7. Tim Johnson

    Lovely full moon photo. That Scripture really speaks to me. We yearn for eternity with God because He wants us. But understanding all God has done? Beyond our grasp.

    “Stolen” parking spaces and noisy neighbors are probably the biggest irritation factors in many lives. But, let’s not start counting them! Life is too short for petty irritations, right? And yet we smile at the pay back, maybe from a sense of justice. I’ll say you made up #4 this week ’cause I’m not sure how well that would work. The driver would have to bust the bag. But then I’ve been accused of over thinking things 🙂

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  8. MS Barb

    #2, only b/c I was in band in High School, and I can’t imagine carrying home a tuba every day, just to practice! (a Baritone, maybe, but not a tuba! 🙂 ) You find some very interesting stories for us to read!

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  9. Edward Arrington

    I saw the full moon last week but didn’t know it was the Buck Moon. I like the picture and the verse.

    I’m choosing #4, because it just somehow seemed less spiteful than the others. I suppose the pig manure would have stunk up the neighborhood for a while, but the stench would have been worse on the car after it got spattered in the wheel wells and probably underneath the car. I can’t imagine that you would make up a scenario so spiteful and revengeful as the first three.

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      1. Edward Arrington

        Pat, I chose #4, not #3. Was that a Freudian slip that gave away the answer? LOL

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  10. Trixi

    Mr. Random chose #1 so that’s what I’m going with, lol! Because I really don’t know which answer is correct 🙂

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