I’m off to Massachusetts today, to pick up The Eldest from her first year away at college. She told me in an email yesterday that I must now tell everyone I’ve a daughter who’s a college sophomore.
I thought I’d try something cute for today’s blog, something that would draw a lot of reader participation, that had to do with Massachusetts, since that’s where I’m headed…
This is what I thought I’d try - I’d look up all kinds of State This and State That and I’d try to come up with a murder mystery or other crime plot that involved some of them, and then I’d come up with a mock elevator pitch - just the kind of ridiculous thing that might generate some hilarious comments.
Sooooo, I headed over to my handy Google page and found out all the facts I’d need.
Weeeeell, problem is, what can you do with a Wild Turkey, a Boston Terrier, an American Elm tree, a Ladybug and a Cod? Nothing particularly sinister. Or nothing that grabbed me, at least.
What about you? Can you come up with a Bay State Mystery plot? Anything criminal about the Massachusetts State Muffin? (which is Corn, btw)
Or what about your home state? Get those creative juices flowing, post me something good and I’ll send a half dozen home-made biscotti to reader with the best effort.
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Ooooh. The Arch (in St. Louis, MO) has these little Mork-and-Mindy like egg things you ride in to the top. They hold just 6 people in very cramped quarters. There’s one tiny little window to look out that overlooks steps (for the poor suckers who might get stuck at top and have to walk down). Surely someone could tamper with the electrical system or pump something truly evil into the cars.
Good grief, Regina, you’re gonna have Homeland Security after us…
by Laura
on May 17th, 2007 at 7:22 am
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what can you do with a Wild Turkey, a Boston Terrier, an American Elm tree, a Ladybug and a Cod? Nothing particularly sinister
Tsk, tsk. Clearly your vintage madcap mystery reading has been sorely neglected! I’m recommending a dose of the Little Sisters. Repeat as needed.
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Well, let’s see…in addition to the usual flower, bird and tree (dogwood, cardinal, and longleaf pine), North Carolina has a state fish (the channel bass); a state insect (the honey bee); a state stone (the emerald)a state reptile (Senator Richard Burr…oh, sorry, the box turtle) a state dog (the Plott Hound) and a state rock (as distinguished from the state stone. It’s granite.)
Emeralds have possibilities as a motive, granite makes a fine blunt instrument (or you could have the victim stung to death by honeybees), and you could use the hound to track the bad guy, but I’m damned if I can figure out how to use the turtles.
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How about this? A retired Massachusetts cop and his pet, a Boston Terrier, are out for an evening constitutional. While the Terrier is doing his business against an American Elm tree, the cop discovers a dead body in the bushes, after noticing an overpowering odour of Wild Turkey Bourbon. The victim turns out to have been a recently retired cod-fisherman, who has been hit over the head with a blunt object. It turns out that the dead guy’s wife hit him with a stale corn-muffin, because ever since he retired, all he’s been doing is sit in the recliner and complain. His pet name for his wife was ‘Ladybug’, and she got sick of hearing it. Whatcha think?
by JennieB
on May 18th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
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I think Jennie B is the winner, hands-down - and bonus points for using Wild Turkey as the bourbon - I thought of that as a possibility too.
While my biscotti are hard (as biscotti should be) they could not be used as a blunt object like our fictional Massachusetts Corn Muffin portrayed here.
Send me your snail mail addie, Jennie B, to regharvey@comcast.net and I’ll get them out to you right away!
Thanks for playing, folks!
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