MobileRead Winter Contest: Discussion - Page 11

PeterT · 01-03-2013, 08:05 AM

Here is today's new book

poohbear_nc · 01-03-2013, 08:34 AM

That little mouse can get into all sorts of places - I wonder if he spied on some mods and was blackmailing them.

And you know that mice are notorious for stealing and hiding shiny objects - like all those missing murder weapons .....

crich70 · 01-03-2013, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

That little mouse can get into all sorts of places - I wonder if he spied on some mods and was blackmailing them.

And you know that mice are notorious for stealing and hiding shiny objects - like all those missing murder weapons .....

Maybe he was the murderers accomplice and got too greedy hmm.

ProfCrash · 01-03-2013, 09:39 AM

We are down to six living mods.

crich70 · 01-03-2013, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ProfCrash

We are down to six living mods.

They do seem to be an endangered species of late. I don't envy Dreams having to explain what happened to the others (assuming the killer hasn't gotten to her by then).

BearMountainBooks · 01-03-2013, 09:55 AM

That was a really gross way to go. Not all that likely either, but still gross.

crich70 · 01-03-2013, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks

That was a really gross way to go. Not all that likely either, but still gross.

Yeah, first WT Sharpe lost his head and then Dreams lost hers, though not in the same way.

WT Sharpe · 01-03-2013, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by goldilocks

Exactly what I was thinking!

And now poor WT Sharpe, he never had a body but now he is headless too!?

Now I know how King Louis XVI felt.

Hail to thee, Allan Sherman; you kept us out of war!

crich70 · 01-03-2013, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Now I know how King Louis XVI felt.

Hail to thee, Allan Sherman; you kept us out of war!

Only you got it cleanly WT Sharpe. I understand Louie's beheading was a bit botched. He shifted just the right way for the blade to catch his jaw so that it wasn't a clean cut. Ouch!

Iznogood · 01-03-2013, 03:40 PM

But there is one thing I don't get...

Doesn't anybody have a closer look on the bodies? E.g., can we (the reader, royal plural) trust that is really is HarryT lying under the bookcase, and not some stuffed clothes? These technicalities are to a great extent missing from the story (probably because of the family-safe environments (note the distinction between family safe and moderator-safe) on mobileread.

So, my dear Agatha, could you provide us (again, the reader, royal plural) with a statement as to how reliably the bodies have been identified? Pooh cannot be identified of course, with corpus delicti eaten, but all the bodies that have enough remains as to be identified, has somebody identified the bodies with absolutely certainty?

crich70 · 01-03-2013, 04:04 PM

Actually corpus delicti isn't the actual corpse of a murder victim. It's the body of evidence that a crime has been committed.
Wikipedia quote:

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Corpus delicti (plural: corpora delicti) (Latin: "body of crime") is a term from Western jurisprudence referring to the principle that a crime must have been proven to have occurred before a person can be convicted of committing that crime.

I for one don't believe that we can be sure it was Poohbear_nc who was found cooking in the microwave myself. If so the murderer was very quick to pluck his feathers among other things considering how soon after he was last seen the apparent corpse was found perfectly cooked. Of course others like Harry T and Dr Drib were no doubt hard to identify due to their manner of death too, but Poohbear seemed to be ready for dinner a little too quick.

poohbear_nc · 01-03-2013, 06:18 PM

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So, my dear Agatha, could you provide us (again, the reader, royal plural) with a statement as to how reliably the bodies have been identified? Pooh cannot be identified of course, with corpus delicti eaten, but all the bodies that have enough remains as to be identified, has somebody identified the bodies with absolutely certainty?

You don't trust Agatha?

Would a chicken lie to you?

Do I look alive right now?

dakini · 01-03-2013, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

You don't trust Agatha?

Would a chicken lie to you?

Do I look alive right now?

well ... no. but you look too good to have been microwaved ... so evenly crispy ...

dreams · 01-03-2013, 08:30 PM

Don't forget that part about so very tasty too.

poohbear_nc · 01-03-2013, 08:33 PM

Sure ... pick on the dead chicken ... while the murderer goes free!
[and very well fed!]

01-03-2013, 03:40 PM	#160
Iznogood Guru Posts: 932 Karma: 15752887 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Norway Device: Ipad, kindle paperwhite	But there is one thing I don't get... Doesn't anybody have a closer look on the bodies? E.g., can we (the reader, royal plural) trust that is really is HarryT lying under the bookcase, and not some stuffed clothes? These technicalities are to a great extent missing from the story (probably because of the family-safe environments (note the distinction between family safe and moderator-safe) on mobileread. So, my dear Agatha, could you provide us (again, the reader, royal plural) with a statement as to how reliably the bodies have been identified? Pooh cannot be identified of course, with corpus delicti eaten, but all the bodies that have enough remains as to be identified, has somebody identified the bodies with absolutely certainty? Last edited by Iznogood; 01-03-2013 at 03:42 PM.

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01-03-2013, 08:34 AM	#152
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,193 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	That little mouse can get into all sorts of places - I wonder if he spied on some mods and was blackmailing them. And you know that mice are notorious for stealing and hiding shiny objects - like all those missing murder weapons .....

01-03-2013, 09:39 AM	#154
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	We are down to six living mods.

01-03-2013, 09:55 AM	#156
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	That was a really gross way to go. Not all that likely either, but still gross.

01-03-2013, 08:30 PM	#164
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,110 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Don't forget that part about so very tasty too.

01-03-2013, 08:33 PM	#165
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 64,193 Karma: 135242149 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Sure ... pick on the dead chicken ... while the murderer goes free! [and very well fed!]