The Case Of The Missing Cupcakes.
Well, let’s get the record straight right from the start. It was not a case of cupcakes. It was a few boxes. 26 cardboard boxes, to be exact, each supposedly containing 144 cupcakes. 3 layers, 8 wide and 6 deep.It is time we come clean on this. It all started when Mimi’s adopted cat offered the warehouse keys in return for a saucer of full cream dairy milk. She said Mimi only fed her on cupcakes and she was fed with it. So, being a cat lover, I gave her two saucers of milk but declined the keys. I’m not like that.
And then Jim, the gentle giant, came off his beanstalk and convinced me that it won’t be wrong to relieve Mimi from a few boxes because she had overproduced and she was flooding the market with cupcakes. I did not want to but ol’ Jimmy was so convincing that I forgot about all those nice things my mother taught me.
We stole into her warehouse one night with a train of 13 mules and we loaded 2 boxes on each mule. Jim headed the convoy and I took the back guard. As I left the warehouse following the last mule, I covertly took another box, which I carried. That box went missing along the way. I mean, what is the point in carrying an empty box? And what ol’ Jim did not know, could not hurt him.
We stashed the boxes in an old warehouse where Jim used to store the magic beans that he fed to that silly duck that he mistook for a goose. That was before he butchered the poor thing to get all the golden eggs at once. And what did he get? Zilch! Anyway, back to the topic, that was when the cheating started. When we wanted to divide the loot a few days later, I discovered that only two of the cartons contained 144 cupcakes. 20 cartons had 143 cupcakes and 4 cartons only had 142 cupcakes. Thus, 28 cupcakes went missing.
So, who was cheating who? Was Mimi cheating her customers, or was Jim cheating me? I know those cupcakes were so delicious. I secretly ate 24 when it was my turn to guard them - but somebody cheated me out of 4 and that pisses me off. Is there no honor amongst thieves?
Now I received a registered letter from a Ms Bollocks, claiming that she is representing the only heir to the now deceased Mimi, demanding payment for 27 and not 26 missing boxes. This sounds like a load of wallops to me and Jim will confirm that we only loaded 26 boxes. To date, neither Ms Bollocks nor her client could produce any proof that her dream-catching client is in fact Mimi’s heir. But I don’t know why they bother me with paying for the stuff. I pay like crime and we all know that crime does not pay.
Besides, the last time I spoke to Mimi, she said that I could have my share of the loot. Only Jim has to pay his share of it back. Unfortunately, the PM contained other intimate conversation that I cannot possibly share with anybody. It would be a gross break in confidence, even though she is no longer with us.
So, from the above you can clearly see that Jim was the wolf in the story and that I was very much the victim. I mean, who led the convoy?
Relax fellas, it is Friday!
PS
I still have a few dozen
Comments (76)
too long and boring.......
CF... conclusion always there after finished reading.. and sorry never come early..
well you have let yourself out of the bag
Jim took it.
yes, so I am and yes again, so I did. When Are you going to crawl out the bag?
The things you got up to! Remember you are known by the company you keep!
Have a great weekend!
You mean like a parrot in a cage.
In her sock you say? I will have to investigate the investigator. Such corruption will not be tolerated.
Yes we are known by the company we keep. In on of your last blogs you mentioned accomplices when it comes to committing a crime. Now if all the TV crime shows are to be believed...when they are looking for a suspect who do the police go to if the family claims they don't know where the person is....their known acquaintances.
Re blogging a little free time but my annual work project has to start so starting from this weekend!
Have a wonderful day and an excellent weekend!
changed your tune ... wonder why?
All the same to you. I still have a few pieces of correspondence outstanding but I'll catch up some time or the other.
No, I did not change my tune. May I respectfully and humbly point it out to you that I started the sentence with Apparently. 'Apparently' should indicate to you that it is not my view. If it was my view, I would have omitted the word and if I was in any doubt, I would have used the word 'Maybe' or even 'Perhaps'. I wrote the comment with that blog and some of the comments (specifically yours) in mind.
Enjoy the cupcakes, weekend and discussions on here.
Perhaps I can put your cheesecake on auction at a nominal fee.
Cheesecake is very high in cholesterol and all the calories could be detrimental to your figure. We don't want to ruin it, do we?
Seems you fell prey to looting and I have a sneaking feeling the master brain is disguised as a
ps: jy gaan binnekort tipsy tert nodig he met baie brandewyn, sterkte
I'll be thinking of you when I have some after lunch.
Yes, I'm telling you I was a victim. And the culprits are sleeping it off in other timezones.
Net so, ek verjaar oor bietjie meer as 'n week. Sit net 'n bietjie meer brandewyn in voor jy dit aan stuur.
I used to go to gym as well. Not to keep trim but to build muscles. But then I did not pay them and they repossessed the muscles.
Thank you, it is very thoughtful of you but I already have a good lawyer. He'll be released from Victor Verster prison on Monday and we'll be back in business.
You cannot really talk. Somebody spilled the beans on you. I know about the money in your sock.
Stop! Lying On Me.
Me lying? Never!!
Look back on the previous comments and you will find the evidence.
That money came to me by faith! No stealing...
Well! Did you pay Mimi99. For her cupcakes?
I have some left over cheesecake here, i made it many days ago but seems ok. I;m hungry so it will have do. I have no man to take care of me, poor me...
save some cupcake for me, will you Cat
Faith? Whose faith?
And Mimi said I can keep those cupcakes. Jim's share as well.
Faith! Is that money in my sock...
BUT I have brought some for you all to share
Hope you enjoy them... but quick!!! before Mimi gets here
She will have lots to say.. I know she is on her way BUT is just checking out her cup cake stash
I thought I would put them on a nice cake stand to show them off a bit more...
YUM YUM YUM!!!!!
KN go for it, you can dance it off tomorrow night
They won't get it right. If I fall, I will take them all with me.