Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
“Why yes, we do seem to have characters… why do you ask? and, no, I don’t think I look anything at all like that guy with no neck in Rocky Horror Picture Show!”
So what kind of Mystery is this, if we don’t have characters with cool-sounding names and shady-yet-very-interesting back stories. I will admit to somewhat spotty memory of childhood board games, but being a clark, incomplete knowledge of a subject makes me want to try it more than it makes me feel the need to learn all the facts first…. plus, I’ve run into the movie version at least 3 times in the last 2 weeks and watched at least 33 minutes of it ( clark here, remember?)
Wadsworth: Christine
Mrs. White: Ivy/zoe
Mrs. Peacock: Lizzi
Miss Scarlett: Dyanne
Professor Pum: Denise
Col Mustard: Lisa
Mr. Green: ?
(have I left anyone (characters, or ‘real’ people?) yeah… I remember something about weapons and such… I’m trying to keep up with my own Post here, people!)
The Mystery of the Missing Scott is still the same: what happened to Christine that she couldn’t attend the 1st Annual TToT Live!?
Just so you don’t think I’m sitting here enjoying the visuals of the (assigned characters) I will be researching the Clues… which means I’ll be reading Posts over at ‘the Coop’ will bring back and link to the pertinent Posts.
…well, yeah! you’re right! we should augment this with some vid clips of the characters! (hold on…let me see what I can find)
Note: no people (virtual or otherwise) died in the course of ‘The Case of the Missing scott’ however, there are clues and there is an Answer… discover it and there’s a genuine Wakefield Doctrine docTee waiting for you!
In our new series, ‘Summer Mysteries in the Blogosphere’ we begin with the Riddle of the Chickens, the Case of the Missing Scott’ presented without prompting and totally with prescience, by Friend of the Doctrine, Christine.
…of course there’s a Prize!! What kind of Solve the Mystery Post would this be if we didn’t have a Prize?! The Prize is a (actually one of the last remaining from the last batch) Wakefield Doctrine docTee! Solve the Mystery, Win the Prize!
the Clues:
“I’m gonna go all Clark on you and give you clues in other people’s posts”. First clue: we have a new cat.
(found atUncharted)“I’m being you today. Clue #2 to answer the question “why wasn’t Christine at the TToT live event?”: we have a couple of dogs who are very territorial.
(At the Wakefield Doctrine)“Clue #3 as to why I missed the TToT live event”: Bryan and I did not learn our lesson the last time.
(At My virtual Vineyard)“I am being Clark this week. Clue #4 as to why I wasn’t at the live TToT thing on Saturday: For some reason, our house doesn’t show up on some GPS maps, which really isn’t helpful when a tow truck is trying to find our house.
(At Considerings)“I hate that I missed seeing you all at the TToT live event. I shall put the 5th and final clue as to why I didn’t participate here. (I’m being Clark today, leaving clues throughout other people’s posts.)”: When I called the service station to alert him, the guy recognized me and said, “What is it with you and animals and that van??”
(Girlie on the Edge)
So there we have the Clues assembled! What does it mean? Why did our intrepid scottian friend not attend the TToT Live!!
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HAHAHAHAHA!! Have you even figured it out? :)
not yet! but that is the fun, non? I didn’t set a specific deadline for the mystery to be solved, a day…maybe two max!
(still struggling here, but that surely makes you Wadsworth)
I don’t know about anyone else but I’m still trying to figure it out! :D
yeah… that makes all of us!
Professor Plum
…studied at Oxford, taught at Harvard… with the Harvard university deans lol …excellent
Is it because she didn’t get a shower in time and her hair looked like it had been combed with an egg beater and she had so much mascara under her eyes that she looked like a raccoon? Oh, wait, that was me….
Miss Scarlett? (yeah, what a stretch!)
Wait, what? There’s a game?
Meanwhile the GPS thing is awesome because that happens to us! Our house is one of many in a large sort-of circle of townhomes around a center court. The GPS sends people to the dumpster in the center.
I wish GPS sent people to someplace so close. People keep getting sent to an address 15 minutes away from here. My house is 150 years old. There really is no reason that it causes so many problems.
And yes. a game. I pretended I was Clark today and left clues in the comments of people who did the vidchat thing on Saturday. :)
there you have it! “My house is 150 years old” do you really think they had GPSeses…. 150 years ago?!?
Interesting. As was true with the vidchat…I am late to everything.
if you would like, you can be Col Mustard
Yes! I see that I am Mustard up above. Cool.
I wonder if the cat and the tow truck are intrinsically linked.
I would say that the cat snuck into the van and upset the dogs, who tore it to shreds and ripped an axle off, trying to get to the cat, but because they broke the van so bad it needed to be towed, and because Christine’s house doesn’t show up on GPS, she was outside in the street a 1/4 mile away from her phone and laptop, waiting to wave the tow truck down as it rumbled past, looking for her, to get the van towed to the garage for repairs.
(no… I don’t know where this is going), ….Mrs. Peacock
Ah, but without the van (because it was waiting to be towed) did she just simply walk to the place to flag down the tow truck? Why not take her phone and vid chat via that?
she walked down to the end of the long long drive, and she was ON HER PHONE – SHE WAS ON HER PHONE GIVING DIRECTIONS which is why she couldn’t vidchat on it.
Do we have winner?
only our Mrs. W can tell us for certain.
(for the record)… I was thinking of the ‘Coop post about the dogs eating the wiring of the van… but couldn’t find it (the post, not the van).
Could have been that – does Christine know she needs to reveal the truth at the end?
damn! you’re absolutely correct… we have to find some way to let her know!
…lol
What she said. Holy cow! Seeing it all together I cant imagine that the dogs did that again when the cat ran into the van ….cats can get under the hood from the bottom. Then the tow truck stuff…are ya kidding me? I guess I should say I cant believe the dogs did that again and you let them live!
OK…. (this is top of head) I’m thinking Mrs. White! (with a name like Ivy, surely you would enjoy the role of Mrs. White)
only if I get the candlestick in the library as well…..
I knew you’d know (about the weapons and such)… isn’t there a gun too? and a dog (no wait! that’s Monopoly)
lol
Only five weapons (candlestick, knife, revolver, rope, and poison) and five rooms (Dining Room, Kitchen, Hall, Conservatory, and Library) are featured but there are a total of ten suspects.* wiki
We play Clue all the time. Your info is incorrect. (Shocking. Wiki is usually so reliable.) or a really old version. weapons: dagger, rope, candlestick, wrench, pistol. Lead pipe. 9 rooms.
..always liked the lead pipe (for whatever 8 year old boy reason)
Lord have mercy upon you, Christine. What an adventure.
…has just begun. No telling where this is going
Answer: dog chased cat, cat ran under van for protection, dog followed, fight ensued, brakes torn up, call made to two truck, discovered insurance has free towing, called and cancelled tow truck, called insurance, insurance called tow truck, Gps sent truck to wrong area of town, they called for clarification, had to get a new truck in correct area, called for directions three times. Once van finally towed, little kids were practically eating their arms off and I had to make their breakfast.
In short, no live TToT. Got the van back last night.
Dogs still alive, but we are berating ourselves and our stupidity. Why? Why didn’t we just have the dogs’ line moved years ago?!? We are now parking outside the dogs’ reach.
I guess that means Lizzi is the winner?
It sounds that way…. HEY!! LIZZI!!!! (sorry, didn’t mean to shout in your Comment) hey Lizzi…