View Full Version : Solve this mystery!
xLukex
06-20-2005, 12:50 PM
I was taking the bus home today, and a younger (early 20s) black woman and her 3-4 year-old daughter sat in front of me. The mother was very frantic and couldn't keep still. She wasn't fidgety, just very high strung.
Anyways, she keeps shouting on the phone to some people telling them where on the bus line she is. Later, a friend of hers (white girl the same age) hops on the bus. She's carrying an empty purse (a medium sized one) with nothing in it. The black woman asks if "it" will fit.
The black woman is carrying $150 in cash, and the white girl doesn't show any. The white girl is much more relaxed and cool than the black woman.
So, where are they going? What are they buying?
I will answer any questions as best I can.
This is kind of like a hand reading exercise, but for the poker mind.
GO GO GO GO GO!
a puppy for the daughter?
lucas9000
06-20-2005, 12:54 PM
gary coleman...?
Colonel Mustard, in the bedroom, with the candlestick.
xLukex
06-20-2005, 12:57 PM
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a puppy for the daughter?
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No.
And no to the other two, ya jackasses.
OtisTheMarsupial
06-20-2005, 12:59 PM
They are going shoplifting.
lucas9000
06-20-2005, 01:01 PM
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So, where are they going? What are they buying?
I will answer any questions as best I can.
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did they spend all of the $150 to buy the "it?"
2planka
06-20-2005, 01:02 PM
Are we on the bus for the same reason that the others are?
xLukex
06-20-2005, 01:18 PM
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So, where are they going? What are they buying?
I will answer any questions as best I can.
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did they spend all of the $150 to buy the "it?"
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Yes.
xLukex
06-20-2005, 01:19 PM
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Are we on the bus for the same reason that the others are?
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No. I am coming home from work.
2planka
06-20-2005, 01:25 PM
Is "it" something that fits in the purse?
fnord_too
06-20-2005, 01:37 PM
Is "it" something $150 can buy? Is "it" a discrete item (like a VCR) or a quantity of items (so the only question is how many or much can you buy for $150). Is there any ilegality in the transactions (my guess would be no, but who knows?)
jakethebake
06-20-2005, 01:39 PM
I assumed she was buying the three year old.
Does the woman being frantic have anything to do with a medical issue? (Daughter or her had an accident, that kind of stuff?) Or with a legality issue (Whatever she's buying with the $150 is illegal and needs to be hidden in the purse?)
And on a sidenote. Did you actually stalk these people to find out the answers to these questions yourself or did they just talk about it openly on the bus?
xLukex
06-20-2005, 01:47 PM
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Does the woman being frantic have anything to do with a medical issue? (Daughter or her had an accident, that kind of stuff?) Or with a legality issue (Whatever she's buying with the $150 is illegal and needs to be hidden in the purse?)
And on a sidenote. Did you actually stalk these people to find out the answers to these questions yourself or did they just talk about it openly on the bus?
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No medical issues, no accidents, etc.
No I did not stalk them, they openly said what "it" was.
RacersEdge
06-20-2005, 01:48 PM
She's going to buy a gun.
kgrad5
06-20-2005, 01:51 PM
shes clearly buying the purse.. she just wants to know if her wallet will fit. I dont know how im the first person to guess this.
jakethebake
06-20-2005, 01:54 PM
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shes clearly buying the purse.. she just wants to know if her wallet will fit. I dont know how im the first person to guess this.
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women that ride buses buy $150 purses? /images/graemlins/confused.gif
Alobar
06-20-2005, 01:57 PM
like 50 boxes of allergy medicine for her meth lab!!
spamuell
06-20-2005, 02:00 PM
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black woman
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white girl
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the same age
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Does anyone think this is racist? What about if it was the other way round?
I'm not saying I think it's racist, just interesting.
jakethebake
06-20-2005, 02:04 PM
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Does anyone think this is racist? What about if it was the other way round? I'm not saying I think it's racist, just interesting.
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Actually I find it annoying that it would occur to someone that it might be racist.
thomastem
06-20-2005, 02:06 PM
Is the child excited?
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:08 PM
is the white girl trailer-trash white, or is she well put together?
Patrick del Poker Grande
06-20-2005, 02:10 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v638/pwarcham/needpics.gif
xLukex
06-20-2005, 02:11 PM
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Is the child excited?
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Not much attention is being paid to the child.
She wanted pop tarts, mommy gave her pop tarts to shut her up.
White LADY/GIRL/WOMAN/THING was pretty trashy.
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:12 PM
where's our answers mr. csi miami? /images/graemlins/grin.gif
thomastem
06-20-2005, 02:12 PM
Actually I have enough info to take a stab. The item is being bought for $150. The item doesn't come with it's own bag so the purse is needed for transporting it on the bus ride home. Further it is legal or they wouldn't have told you what it was.
This points to a small pet of some type.
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:13 PM
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Further it is legal or they wouldn't have told you what it was.
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no
jakethebake
06-20-2005, 02:13 PM
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Actually I have enough info to take a stab. The item is being bought for $150. The item doesn't come with it's own bag so the purse is needed for transporting it on the bus ride home. Further it is legal or they wouldn't have told you what it was.
This points to a small pet of some type.
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This is perfectly reasonable. Everyone carries pets around in purses.
thomastem
06-20-2005, 02:16 PM
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Actually I have enough info to take a stab. The item is being bought for $150. The item doesn't come with it's own bag so the purse is needed for transporting it on the bus ride home. Further it is legal or they wouldn't have told you what it was.
This points to a small pet of some type.
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This is perfectly reasonable. Everyone carries pets around in purses.
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Pets aren't allowed on the bus not a bad way to hide a kitten or ferret. Then again your guess was so much better.
djoyce003
06-20-2005, 02:16 PM
I know the answer, they paid me $150 to crap in the purse.
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:18 PM
the first thing i thought of was drugs
but that doesn't really make sense
then i thought of booze, but that doesn't make sense either
then i thought of a gun
then i had some chips
xLukex
06-20-2005, 02:23 PM
A small pet is reasonable but CERTAINLY would not be allowed on the bus.
Besides, we've already established the child wasn't excited.
Another hint: The girl kept asking for her daddy.
bosoxfan
06-20-2005, 02:23 PM
when did they let you back?
thomastem
06-20-2005, 02:25 PM
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when did they let you back?
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It has been awhile I just don't talk adout my possum, pelican, or buzzard anymore so most didn't notice.
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:26 PM
was the white girl required for this transaction?
is it one individual thing, or is "it" actually more than one thing?
xLukex
06-20-2005, 02:27 PM
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was the white girl required for this transaction?
is it one individual thing, or is "it" actually more than one thing?
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It wasn't established directly, but she was one the with the empty purse.
Answering the 2nd question gives too much away given the rest of the responses.
One of daddy's bodyparts needs to be brought to the hospital to be sewn back on? /images/graemlins/grin.gif
NM: just remembered there's the whole $150 thing
2planka
06-20-2005, 02:31 PM
Is the white woman selling "it" or are they buying "it" together?
tbach24
06-20-2005, 02:32 PM
pills
jakethebake
06-20-2005, 02:34 PM
Daddy is dead (not Dead). They're buying an urn for his ashes.
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:35 PM
is it edible?
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:37 PM
some sort of drug perephoenelia? i.e. bong
xLukex
06-20-2005, 02:39 PM
No pills, nothing to do with drugs.
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 02:42 PM
were they purchasing it from a reputable store? was this store inside a mall?
Los Feliz Slim
06-20-2005, 02:44 PM
They are paying a doctor to remove an object that belongs to the white woman from the black woman's pooper. It all makes sense: the nervousness, the purse, the absence of daddy.
blatz
06-20-2005, 02:44 PM
A 10 x 14 photo of the dad having sex with someone besides the mother.
was it a father's day gift?
xLukex
06-20-2005, 02:51 PM
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was it a father's day gift?
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I'm pretty sure they celebrate father's day in the ghetto the same day everyone else does.
jakethebake
06-20-2005, 02:54 PM
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was it a father's day gift?
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I'm pretty sure they celebrate father's day in the ghetto the same day everyone else does.
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In the rare instances they actually know who the daddy is.
___SK___
06-20-2005, 04:36 PM
can we get an answer, i dont think anyones gonna get it?
xLukex
06-20-2005, 05:01 PM
The answer was cartons of cigarettes.
150 bucks is enough for a few cartons.
She was fiending, therefore high strung.
The bag was big enough for cigarettes.
I don't know, kinda dumb, but at least I got you OOTers thinking for a couple minutes.
___SK___
06-20-2005, 05:21 PM
ahhh one of the very anticlimatic ones i've heard.
Alobar
06-20-2005, 05:24 PM
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was it a father's day gift?
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I'm pretty sure they celebrate father's day in the ghetto the same day everyone else does.
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In the rare instances they actually know who the daddy is.
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where is junkmail, thats some POTD [censored]
2+2 wannabe
06-20-2005, 05:26 PM
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The answer was cartons of cigarettes.
150 bucks is enough for a few cartons.
She was fiending, therefore high strung.
The bag was big enough for cigarettes.
I don't know, kinda dumb, but at least I got you OOTers thinking for a couple minutes.
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BOO
now i know why i stopped trying
i think the overdramatization towards the white woman meeting her on the bus, coupled with the fact that it wasn't actually an "it" but a "they", made it nearly impossible
it was fun for a bit though
-Skeme-
06-20-2005, 05:27 PM
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In the rare instances they actually know who the daddy is.
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http://tonova.typepad.com/thesuddencurve/maurey_sitting.jpg
"You are NOT the father!"
xLukex
06-20-2005, 06:00 PM
The point was that you guys think too hard and sometimes fail to see what is right in front of you.
That is what poker will do to you.
Sometimes you know you're beat, but you'll think of fantastical reasons and situations for you to keep calling.
Amid Cent
06-20-2005, 06:09 PM
I think it was a kidney. I lost one of mine on a bus once, been looking for it every since.
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