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Sam is looking at the invoices he picked up. Heās not trying to hide what heās doing, either. Does Tracy know and not care? Just whatās going on?
Poison and roses suggests a connection with Yeti, whose poison is largely derived from plants. The big question is who from Yetiās organization could have committed the murder. Somehow, I donāt see how it would be Ferret.
You learn a lot about human nature watching sports. Perhaps the worldās greatest alpine skier, man or woman, Mikaela Schifrin, made a critical error twice in separate races that knocked her out of competition both times. Lesson learned: even the greatest make mistakes; no one is perfect. Even Tom Brady lost Super Bowls. With that being the case, we shouldnāt expect any fictional character to be perfect either. It just isnāt believable.
Hmmmā¦ perhaps Daisy has a sibling named Rose that is executing an elaborate vendetta against the man who left him to die. If so, I hope for Tracyās sake that the plan doesnāt involve their elderly Uncle Stinkweed.
In a couple of the things Iāve written Iāve had my detectives complain that fictional detectives have it too easy. There are always a thousand little oddities around any scene, yet Peter Wimsey (or Gervase Fenn, or whoever is the protagonist) will immediately seize on the one tiny fact ā a sweet potato in a bag of russets ā that counts and reconstruct the whole elaborate plot. Iāve had cases go cold, or my protagonist spend days of examining leads that appear to be steaming piles of nothing to discover that they are, indeed, totally irrelevant. A dropped daisy solves the last one. Rose petals for this one? At least it wasnāt the old matchbook that has the name of the nightclub where the criminal can be found. How many movies/stories/television programs had that solve the mystery?
1-SAM:OOOH! $500 billed to Chief Patton for āServices Renderedā. Do I use this for blackmail, try to collect it or make the Chief happy by telling him that he doesnāt have to pay it? Decisions, decisionsā¦
2-MORTIS: Weāre the same age, Tracy, but your hair is jet black. I suspectā¦ DT: Good genes if you wanna keep your job, tech boy.
3-MORTIS: Of course. Anyway, could you go back to the murder scene and pick up some rose petals I saw on the driveway? Itās almost Valentineās Day and I want toā¦I dunnoā¦put them in my underwear? OH, who am I kidding? Lulu Belle would never find them thereā¦sniffā¦How do you and Tess keep the flames burning, Dick?
DT: Huh? Like anybody else, we throw more logs on the fire. What a dumb question.
MORTIS: So youāre saying that you always keep it āhotā? Hmmm.
DT: Well, yeah. The cold makes my rheumatiz act up and I donāt like paying for air conditioning in the summer.
Rose petals, eh? Hmmm. I see the light! Bette MIdler is the killer! It fits! Heels, and Moran financed her bad remake of a bad movie, and sheās out for revenge! I wrote it all wrong! (wails, earning āthatā look form wife)
In the 1957 Morin Plenty story(BOāS Dad),he and Tracy hada fancy meal out at āThe Pump Handle Roomā;a riff onTHE PUMP ROOM;a famous Chicago celebrity hangout on the North Side.
Sure glad the detectives are focusing on really important things like footprints & rose petals instead of the unimportant extraneous stuff like boxes of deadly poison left at the crime scene.
Ahh, the Rose Petals Mystery! āNear the circular driveā (see locator-arrow in panel 3) suggests they could have tossed out of a car window, or perhaps blown out of a car by a gust of wind as someone (someone wearing womenās heeled shoes?) drove off.
Not that that helps me much toward a solution of the Moran Murderā¦.
AnyFace about 3 years ago
L Silverman about 3 years ago
He can see rose petals but he canāt see a frigginā car full of bad guys come rolling in!
avenger09 about 3 years ago
Wow, now THIS is a long conversation. From the field all the way to the office.
Cheapskate0 about 3 years ago
Does this mean the return of Mr. Bribery?
(As in, why the heck not? No such thing as a crook that canāt be recycled!)
Jab Jr 1957 about 3 years ago
Maybe they taped an episode of The Bachelor there.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray about 3 years ago
Good morningā¢, flowery finds !
Speculation of Bribery being behind this sounds credible and if it is him why were we not notified of his release ? Did he escape ?
Jab Jr 1957 about 3 years ago
Sam is looking at the invoices he picked up. Heās not trying to hide what heās doing, either. Does Tracy know and not care? Just whatās going on?
jonahhex1 about 3 years ago
Mr. Bribery?
Canāt beā¦.heās rotting away in a maximum security prison.
Unless of course heās escaped and no one seems to be worried about it.
Neil Wick about 3 years ago
Good morningā¢, everyone!
Poison and roses suggests a connection with Yeti, whose poison is largely derived from plants. The big question is who from Yetiās organization could have committed the murder. Somehow, I donāt see how it would be Ferret.
Jab Jr 1957 about 3 years ago
Hey, Canadians! How is the truck driversā protest affecting yāall?
Jab Jr 1957 about 3 years ago
You learn a lot about human nature watching sports. Perhaps the worldās greatest alpine skier, man or woman, Mikaela Schifrin, made a critical error twice in separate races that knocked her out of competition both times. Lesson learned: even the greatest make mistakes; no one is perfect. Even Tom Brady lost Super Bowls. With that being the case, we shouldnāt expect any fictional character to be perfect either. It just isnāt believable.
artsyguy65 about 3 years ago
Hmmmā¦ perhaps Daisy has a sibling named Rose that is executing an elaborate vendetta against the man who left him to die. If so, I hope for Tracyās sake that the plan doesnāt involve their elderly Uncle Stinkweed.
22ph about 3 years ago
Roses arenāt in bloom at this time of year
Itās a miracle! Rose petals fell from the sky!
therese_callahan2002 about 3 years ago
I guess the writers saw American Beauty.
BigDaveGlass about 3 years ago
Itās Venus from Mythtickleā¦ā¦..
LawrenceS about 3 years ago
In a couple of the things Iāve written Iāve had my detectives complain that fictional detectives have it too easy. There are always a thousand little oddities around any scene, yet Peter Wimsey (or Gervase Fenn, or whoever is the protagonist) will immediately seize on the one tiny fact ā a sweet potato in a bag of russets ā that counts and reconstruct the whole elaborate plot. Iāve had cases go cold, or my protagonist spend days of examining leads that appear to be steaming piles of nothing to discover that they are, indeed, totally irrelevant. A dropped daisy solves the last one. Rose petals for this one? At least it wasnāt the old matchbook that has the name of the nightclub where the criminal can be found. How many movies/stories/television programs had that solve the mystery?
coratelli about 3 years ago
Mr. Bribery!!!
timbob2313 Premium Member about 3 years ago
So the drone operator missed the car in the driveway with Ferret and Ape inside but saw some rose petals, pretty poor writing so far
WilliamVollmer about 3 years ago
Did Rocky Caroll get the toothpick chewing gag for Leon Vance from seeing Sam do it, here on Tracy?
prrdh about 3 years ago
I am Mr. Shoot āEm Down
I leave hearts on the ground
My love is a weapon
And yes, I use it well
Then I let the rose petals cover up the bullet shells
āMadonna, āRevolverā
Wichita1.0 about 3 years ago
You allāve spoiled the surprising ending, in which a hulking man with giggling fists rides in on a unicorn an thwacks Yet a good one! Darnitall.
Jonathan K. and the Elusive Dream Girl about 3 years ago
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Carparama Premium Member about 3 years ago
I am loving this art. This is working really well for me.
Another Take about 3 years ago
1-SAM: OOOH! $500 billed to Chief Patton for āServices Renderedā. Do I use this for blackmail, try to collect it or make the Chief happy by telling him that he doesnāt have to pay it? Decisions, decisionsā¦
2-MORTIS: Weāre the same age, Tracy, but your hair is jet black. I suspectā¦ DT: Good genes if you wanna keep your job, tech boy.
3-MORTIS: Of course. Anyway, could you go back to the murder scene and pick up some rose petals I saw on the driveway? Itās almost Valentineās Day and I want toā¦I dunnoā¦put them in my underwear? OH, who am I kidding? Lulu Belle would never find them thereā¦sniffā¦How do you and Tess keep the flames burning, Dick?
DT: Huh? Like anybody else, we throw more logs on the fire. What a dumb question.
MORTIS: So youāre saying that you always keep it āhotā? Hmmm.
DT: Well, yeah. The cold makes my rheumatiz act up and I donāt like paying for air conditioning in the summer.
MORTIS: What? DT: What?
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
The rose.the favorite flower of āMr.Swivelneckā with the crocodile smile
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
DMITROIā-
Please drop the block.I can work on at least a half-doze of the new postings from the late 1970;s.
Would also like to do minor crooks from RUGHEAD storyāIg;John Medick;etc.
IvanB.Cohen about 3 years ago
Hmmā¦dropped rose petalsā¦was somebody saying he loves meā¦he loves me not or she loves meā¦.she loves me not.
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
MOVIE QUOTEā-
āAnd your parents thought Iād never amount to anything!ā
Tim AllenāTHE SANTA CLAUSEā1994
IvanB.Cohen about 3 years ago
Maybe Tracy and Sam should check florist shops, chances are that a booming business was done selling bouquets of roses.
Joseph DeFina Premium Member about 3 years ago
Samās eyes looks like he spotted something.
oakie817 about 3 years ago
ka-fragrance
Wichita1.0 about 3 years ago
Rose petals, eh? Hmmm. I see the light! Bette MIdler is the killer! It fits! Heels, and Moran financed her bad remake of a bad movie, and sheās out for revenge! I wrote it all wrong! (wails, earning āthatā look form wife)
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
The killer is Bobby Vinton.
markwillman4 about 3 years ago
If I didnāt know better, Iād think that Mr. Bribery had something to do with this. āLittle rose, little rose.ā
198.23.5.11 about 3 years ago
aNOTHER PROOF THAT THIS STRIP IS SET IN cHICAGO.
In the 1957 Morin Plenty story(BOāS Dad),he and Tracy hada fancy meal out at āThe Pump Handle Roomā;a riff onTHE PUMP ROOM;a famous Chicago celebrity hangout on the North Side.
Kip Williams about 3 years ago
Zuzuās petals! Iām back again! CLARENCE!!
BreathlessMahoney77 about 3 years ago
Sure glad the detectives are focusing on really important things like footprints & rose petals instead of the unimportant extraneous stuff like boxes of deadly poison left at the crime scene.
Sisyphos about 3 years ago
Ahh, the Rose Petals Mystery! āNear the circular driveā (see locator-arrow in panel 3) suggests they could have tossed out of a car window, or perhaps blown out of a car by a gust of wind as someone (someone wearing womenās heeled shoes?) drove off.
Not that that helps me much toward a solution of the Moran Murderā¦.