Last week I had the best time in Nashville at the Public Library Association conference! So many of the librarians I signed books for told me their readers loved my books. Really warmed my heart! Here are a couple of photos I took.
The night shot was taken from my hotel room window, and the lights were taken from the 24th floor of the Sheraton Grand in downtown Nashville. And Cammy in the last photo was one of my biggest fans. It was so exciting for me to get to meet her!
Now onto last week’s Mystery Question: Four stupid reasons crooks gave for why they couldn’t be arrested. Three are true and I made one up. Can you guess which one?
- A drug dealer was walking down the street and dropped a bag of cocaine when two officers pulled over to arrest him for possession of cocaine. He acted shocked and asked what they were doing. When they told him and held up the baggie
for him to see, he said, “You #2can’t arrest me! I dropped it before you touched me!” - A man stole a golden Lab, planning to sell it at First Monday, a Trade Day type of venue. Unfortunately for him, every time he came near the Lab, the dog attacked him. After getting seventeen stitches, the man gave up and lured the dog into a crate with food and when he was caught returning the dog to the owner, he claimed he couldn’t be arrested because he was returning the dog, not stealing him.
- A man tried to carjack an undercover officer in California and when he arrested the carjacker, he said, “Haha! CUT! Don’t worry, Officer, you don’t have to arrest me, this was all part of the show! You know that new Batman movie? Well, I’m in it. This was all part of it. Now, can you un-arrest me, please?”
- A woman was tucking her children in bed when she heard a commotion downstairs. Hurrying downstairs to investigate, she found a man and woman running out the backdoor with a comp
uter and other household goods and her purse. A neighbor kept them from leaving and the police arrived. The couple claimed they’d seen the address of the house listed on Craigslist as a “Free house” which meant that the owners were moving out in a hurry, so anyone was free to just show up and take whatever they wanted.
And the answer is…#2! But they are all crazy! And guess what…I’ve found three more…
This week’s Mystery Question is about dumb accidents. Three of the following stories are true and I made up one. Can you guess which one?
- It seems this guy wanted a carton of booze pretty badly. He threw a cinder block at a liquor store window and it bounced back and hit him in the head, knocking him unconscious…yep. It was caught on video.
- A man grabbed a woman’s purse and took off. A store clerk dialed 911 and when the police came, the woman gave a good description of the man and he was quickly apprehended. When the police brought him back to the scene of the crime, they told him to stand there for a positive identification to which he replied, “Yes, officer, that’s her. That’s the lady I stole the purse from.”
- A man who shoveled snow in a blizzard for an hour to clear a parking spot returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the spot. He shot her.
- A man siphoned gas from a car and on his way to pour it into his gas tank, he dropped the can, spilling almost all of it. Frustrated, he decided to steal the car instead…yep, you guessed it. He ran out of gas a block away just as the police were putting out an all-points bulletin.
Okay, Super Sleuths, which story did I make up? Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing at the end of the month for a book from my library. Last month’s winner is Edward Arrington!
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I think I’ll go with number 1. Even though I can see it happening… It would depend on how the block hit the window, and how thick the window was, though…
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Good logic, Monique. We’ll see….thanks for dropping by!
I think you made up #4 this week. And I’m glad you were in Nashville last week, not last night!
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Good morning, Delores! We’ll see next week if it’s #4. And I’m glad I wasn’t in Nashville, either. Praying for those in the path of the tornado.
#3 if true, is so sad a commentary on how callous people can be. However, I believe you actually made up #4. It just seems a bit contrived. But, sometimes life can be as strange (or stranger) than fiction.
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I agree, Tim. Life is certainly stranger than fiction…people wouldn’t believe my stories if I put some of the true things I know about in them. lol Good to see you here.
They all sound like something a criminal might say to get out of being arrested. LOL I’ll go with #4.
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I get really tickled when I’m researching these stories, Nike. And shake my head. Good to ‘see’ you here!
I’m going with #4, also
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Number 4 is getting a lot of attention, Suzanne. 🙂 Good to ‘see’ you here!
I will go with #3. Just a guess.
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Hi Paula! It seems to be a contest between #s 3 and 4. 🙂 Always good to see you here.
I’m guessing #4.
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We’ll see, Nicole, we’ll see. Glad you stopped by and commented!
I’m going with #3 this week, just because I’m hoping it’s not true.
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Several have said that, Linda. We’ll see next week! Thanks for stopping by!
I am going with #2 this week.
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Number 2 is getting action now! So good to see you here, Gloria!
I think I will go with #2 this time.
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Hi Shelia! We’ll see if it’s #2 next week. Thanks for stopping by!
#2 — hopefully criminals aren’t that dumb!
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We’ll see, MS Barb. Thanks for dropping by!
So glad to win! Thanks! I am going against the flow again and choosing #1. You stated this is about dumb accidents. That is the only one that I would classify as an accident. The others are simply ignorant crooks, but I didn’t see anything accidental in what took place.
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I think I may have miswritten, Edward if you want to change your answer. lol Sorry! It started out as dumb accidents, then morphed into the others…although it may be #1…
I’ll stick with that one. Two of the others are just as dumb as that one, although not accidents. However, #3 simply sounds like someone who has a different kind of mental issue.
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I think they all have mental issues, Edward!
#3
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We’ll see, Patricia! Always good to ‘see’ you here!
Going for #4 this time.
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We’ll see, Joni! #4 has quite a few votes. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by.
I’ll say it’s #1
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We’ll see, Alicia! The answers are all over the board today! Always good to ‘see’ you here.
#3
We’ll see, Caryl. Always good to ‘see’ you here!
Number 4 gets my vote. Even though they try some bad people just can’t get it right.
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Hi Marilyn! Amen to some bad people just can’t get it right. 🙂 Thanks for dropping by!
#3 is my guess.
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We’ll see, Lucy! Always good to see you here!