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I need help! Who stole my Bakewell Tarts (Festive Edition)?

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 21:56

I had to go out this afternoon, leaving 5 Festive Edition (aka normal Bakewells with sprinkles on top) Bakewell Tarts behind. And when I got home they had all gone! All. Of. Them. 😮. There are 2 main suspects, both of who deny all knowledge.

Ds2 is a health fanatic. He is a pt, does stupid amounts of exercise, eats plates of broccoli and spinach as a treat etc. On the face of it, not the culprit. However - he does have a sweet tooth. 99.9 % of the time he resists this, but once he indulges, he can't stop, and has been known to splurge.

Ds3 has probably eaten green veg five times in his life, cried once when his pancakes were served with fruit, and hasn't done any exercise since he fell in a ditch in 2020 and his girlfriend dumped him as a result. On the face of it - the obvious culprit. However - he has eaten his body weight in crappy food this Christmas and says he is all sugared out. He also is compulsively honest and just all round nice.

Which one of them did it?!

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tealandteal · 31/12/2022 21:57

Any surprise suspects? A dog? Visiting relative/neighbour?

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 21:57

Ps there were 2 dogs on the premises too but they are both miniature sausages so no hope of reaching the work surfaces. Unless they somehow were in it together.

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MargaretThursday · 31/12/2022 21:59

I think you should invite them to a murder mystery style dinner tomorrow where you will solve the clues and decided who done it.

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AutisticLegoLover · 31/12/2022 22:00

They are in it together. I live those things too but won't buy them now I've been told they aren't made with free range eggs. I'm too lazy to make my own so that saves me from eating them. I'd happily eat the whole pack otherwise. They are perfection (apart from the egg issue).

ouch321 · 31/12/2022 22:00

The Queen of Hearts...

Rainbow1901 · 31/12/2022 22:01

That's a whodunnit to rival the repeats of Midsomer Murders!!

Is there a trail of crumbs or sprinkles you can follow?

What about the other potential suspects - even the most innocent looking people can pull the wool /cardboard box over your eyes!!

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:02

MargaretThursday · 31/12/2022 21:59

I think you should invite them to a murder mystery style dinner tomorrow where you will solve the clues and decided who done it.

But I don't have any clues!

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:03

AutisticLegoLover · 31/12/2022 22:00

They are in it together. I live those things too but won't buy them now I've been told they aren't made with free range eggs. I'm too lazy to make my own so that saves me from eating them. I'd happily eat the whole pack otherwise. They are perfection (apart from the egg issue).

The dogs are in it together or the ds's? The dogs don't like each other much (well, one of them likes the other one but it's not reciprocated).

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:03

ouch321 · 31/12/2022 22:00

The Queen of Hearts...

Aha! But I don't think she was here.

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RocketsMagnificent7 · 31/12/2022 22:04

Was the empty box left on the side? Who would be more likely to do this?

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:06

Rainbow1901 · 31/12/2022 22:01

That's a whodunnit to rival the repeats of Midsomer Murders!!

Is there a trail of crumbs or sprinkles you can follow?

What about the other potential suspects - even the most innocent looking people can pull the wool /cardboard box over your eyes!!

Funny you should mention Midsomer Murders - I was planning to eat some one of my tarts while watching an episode or two.

There are 2 other dc but they can be safely ruled out - I was delivering one of them back to his home city, and the other one is in Scotland for NYE (I am in England).

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SlagathaChristie · 31/12/2022 22:07

If you wish permit me, madame, I believe I have ze answer. It is, as you Eengleesh say, a true mystery. A mystery, until you consider that Madame OP is herself a compulsive and notorious cake thief! Ah oui, I hear you gasp, but it is so! She I in fact, none other than....MADAME VOLAUVENT, world famous cake thief who absconded from prison thirty years ago! Or perhaps that should be "ab-scone-ded"! Mystery solved, you are most welcome, mesdames.

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:07

RocketsMagnificent7 · 31/12/2022 22:04

Was the empty box left on the side? Who would be more likely to do this?

There was no empty box on the side or in the recycling bin (that I could see). That in itself is a clue as neither are tidy so someone has been covering their tracks!

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MargaretThursday · 31/12/2022 22:08

Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:02

But I don't have any clues!

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Then they need to find them. To be really canny, you have to make them think that you really know the answer, until one of them cracks and confesses.

Alternatively, if they're like my teens, they will give you not very convincing arguments why the other one did it, until you all end up laughing and it doesn't matter.
One of ds' theories on something similar involved spontaneous (and without any evidence of it happening) combustion, and various YouTube videos.

bellac11 · 31/12/2022 22:10

Did you have an out of body experience and you ate them?

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:10

SlagathaChristie · 31/12/2022 22:07

If you wish permit me, madame, I believe I have ze answer. It is, as you Eengleesh say, a true mystery. A mystery, until you consider that Madame OP is herself a compulsive and notorious cake thief! Ah oui, I hear you gasp, but it is so! She I in fact, none other than....MADAME VOLAUVENT, world famous cake thief who absconded from prison thirty years ago! Or perhaps that should be "ab-scone-ded"! Mystery solved, you are most welcome, mesdames.

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Well Slagatha, I was just about to fall on my knees in gratitude when I saw a sleuth of your standing had shown up to help. But now I must say, with reluctance but with great emphasis, you are not welcome here with your insinuations and aspersions.

(And the tache looks way better on Hercule).

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:12

MargaretThursday · 31/12/2022 22:08

Then they need to find them. To be really canny, you have to make them think that you really know the answer, until one of them cracks and confesses.

Alternatively, if they're like my teens, they will give you not very convincing arguments why the other one did it, until you all end up laughing and it doesn't matter.
One of ds' theories on something similar involved spontaneous (and without any evidence of it happening) combustion, and various YouTube videos.

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Hmm, I quite like this divide and conquer idea. Spontaneous combustion has been a particular fear of mine since I read a book of paranormal happenings when I was about 10.

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RocketsMagnificent7 · 31/12/2022 22:13

Could the one you were taking home have swiped them before leaving the house? That would explain the lack of packaging

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:13

bellac11 · 31/12/2022 22:10

Did you have an out of body experience and you ate them?

I could never forget eating a Bakewell, especially a Festive one. So I don't think so. Time might tell though ...

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Rainbow1901 · 31/12/2022 22:14

Are you sure the pies were not cakenapped and that you unwittingly aided and abetted dc1 in escorting back to his home city.
They may have felt that were unfairly ostracised and needed to help them escape? It would explain the missing box!

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:15

RocketsMagnificent7 · 31/12/2022 22:13

Could the one you were taking home have swiped them before leaving the house? That would explain the lack of packaging

No I don't think so. He's a teacher.

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Rainbow1901 · 31/12/2022 22:18

Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:15

No I don't think so. He's a teacher.

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That means nothing - he could need them for the staff room tea break!!!

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:18

Rainbow1901 · 31/12/2022 22:14

Are you sure the pies were not cakenapped and that you unwittingly aided and abetted dc1 in escorting back to his home city.
They may have felt that were unfairly ostracised and needed to help them escape? It would explain the missing box!

A couple of you have suggested this now, so I suppose it merits further investigation. I will message him but I don't know if he will interrupt his evening of partying to confess/deny the Bakewell (Festive Edition) theft.

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:20

Rainbow1901 · 31/12/2022 22:18

That means nothing - he could need them for the staff room tea break!!!

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Another possibility. I'll ask him that too.

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Wendyer · 31/12/2022 22:22

I will update ...

I need help! Who stole my Bakewell Tarts (Festive Edition)?
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