What are some of the skills you’ve gained from reading crime books that are super useful in real life?
What are some of the skills you’ve gained from reading crime books that are super useful in real life?
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The best place to hide a body??? if I needed to of course….lol
No witnesses = no crime
How to frame someone else
When being interviewed by the police, don’t feel obliged to fill in the silences …and possibly say too much!!
Saying 3 things is overcompensating 😉
Yep keep the silence going???
Observation.
Gosh, so many ?
Killing people 😉 😉
What @Lesley said ^^^^ ?
Oh goody, company for when I get put on the naughty step again 😉
Best way to get rid of a body is to feed it to pigs!!!!
don’t look up to the left… or is it right??…. oh well do both and confuse them!!
How to get away with murder! Just kidding or am I ??
I haven’t yet but I do know how to poison with a mushroom omelette
Or pure honey. It’s a horrible one
I was told serve mushrooms and rhubarb at the same meal ……
http://jasmincookbook.com/rhubarb-mushroom-soup/
@Katy she’s a secret serial killer ???
@Yvonne that book was really nasty. It put me off serious murder mysteries and I read only cosies for a while. I’ve not read any of his books since.
How to murder without getting caught lol
The difference between a psychopath and a sociopath ??
Not handy every day but I pull this info out every now and again like a party trick ?
and a narcissistic sociopath, ta-da! ?
How to sit in a cafe or a pub on my own without feeling uncomfortable. (I read).
Probably best not to ask!!!
Seriously speaking I’m able to speak better by reading
Looking left , people are supposed to be lying, learnt this from Roy Grace Books, Thanks Peter James , I watch people all the time now ??
Ah but that tell depends on whether they are right or left-handed.
Oh, you’ve made me think now ?
If you look to the left, you’re remembering something. If you look to the right, you’re making it up. But they ask routine questions first to see what’s normal for you, as it can be in reverse.
I think you have to do a couple of control questions like ‘what is your name’? ‘Where do you live?’ See which way they look. If they look the opposite way when questioned, it’s a lie.
@Liz Will remember that at my next interrogation ???
I’m aware of it when chatting to folk in the office now ?. Are they fibbing? Hmmmmm.
@Gill it’s all the Crime Books we read, make us very suspicious ?
Definitely! ?
How to kill someone, hide the body, and get away with it.
Reading got you all that? I learned the best body hiding stuff from geocaching. 😀
No comment! ?
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Not sharing that skill in public !!!
Deductive reasoning.
Don’t leave strands of hair behind, or lipstick on a glass if you’re up to no good ?, and remember the triangulation of phone signals. Thanks Peter James.
Thank God for kissproof lipsticks
Always wear matching underwear, just in case you get murdered!
Also, it’s always joggers and dog walkers who find bodies!
???
I’m a dog walker so I do think of that ?. If your undies don’t match, you’ll be fine though ?.
In fairness, if I’m dead I’m not going to care about my undies ?
Only females wearing matching undies get murdered, so I’m safe ?. #marksandspencersknickers
I think about body discovery when out running if I see something a bit strange. ??♀️ Been running for years & I’m friends with lots of runners & don’t know one who’s ever found anything!. Maybe we are safe around here? or are we??xx
Hmmmmm. Keep being vigilant just in case ?? x.
How to carry out the perfect murder ??
have a cast iron alibi and oh don’t get caught.
I’m extra aware of everyone and everything going on around me on trains. Thanks Claire McIntosh ?.
keep your enemies close and the friends closer
planning the perfect murder! That and trying to beat my husband at guessing the killer when watching one of our favourite murder shows!! He is very good at it though…….
“Quite so,” he answered, lighting a cigarette, and throwing himself down into an armchair. “You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. For example, you have frequently seen the steps which lead up from the hall to this room.”
“Frequently.”
“How often?”
“Well, some hundreds of times.”
“Then how many are there?”
“How many? I don’t know.”
“Quite so! You have not observed. And yet you have seen. That is just my point. Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both seen and observed.”
May I know which book this excerpt is from?
Karen Khoo A Scandal in Bohemia, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Ahhh the author of Sherlock Holmes. Thanks.
@Karen Enjoy ?
Not to have a dog or go jogging lol
I’ve learnt never to walk my dog in wooded or secluded areas.
Turn the lights on when going in the dark attic or cellar/basement
How to murder my gobby lovers!
That the Police don’t get time to eat, but manage to get to the Pubs.
Don’t creep around in the dark – Switch the lights on !
No jogging ?♀️ in parks at dawn
How to hide a body?
Trust no one.
Don’t go camping with a white tent ?
How to kill people… but seriously… how to kill people.
The science of deduction, my dear 🙂
It’s not a skill but, you’re not safe even in your own home ?
Killing people is really really easy. Getting rid of the body is hard and finding a stupid detective is impossible!
Oh and nobody ever suspects the quiet ones….that’s just between you and me obviously because, ya know. I can’t have my secret getting out… ?
your secret is safe with me, honest I won’t tell anyone, HEY EVERYONE GERRY SAYS…………………………..
@Leslie sssush, ?????unless you want to join forces and then that will really confuse them…
@Leslie ?
Oh oh I learnt from horror films to never answer the phone, never wear a cheerleader outfit and it’s always the weird boyfriend of your best friend who didn’t get laid on prom night…
That stupid killers are more dangerous than clever ones ?
Never go jogging or dog-walking unless you want to find a body and get involved in the police investigation.
Or mountain-biking 🙂
How to ‘off’ people and get away with it! That’s a result of reading crime books and watching CSI
Well Grisham has taught us well 🙂
If I really ever want to kill someone, I know how to not get caught.
Seriously, I took a self-defense class years ago and the techniques that were covered — walking with keys between your fingers, walking in lighted places, not being afraid or embarrassed to ask someone to walk me to my car or where ever I need to get to some place, have not changed over the years. As a police dispatcher I took any number of calls from people who made mistakes and paid attention to where they made them so I wouldn’t repeat them.
Trust no one