Liberty Head nickel - Wikipedia
Enterprising fraudsters soon realized that the new nickel was close in diameter to that of the five-dollar gold piece, and if the new coin was gold-plated, it might be passed for five dollars. They soon did so, and had success in passing the coin.[11] Some coins were given a reeded edge by the fraudsters, to make them appear more like the gold coins.[12] A widespread tale is that one of the perpetrators of this fraud was a man named Josh Tatum, who would go into a store, select an item costing five cents or less, and offer the gold-plated piece in payment—and many clerks gave him $4.95 in change. According to the tale, the law had no recourse against Tatum, as he had tendered the value of his purchase and had merely accepted the change as a gift.[11] By some accounts, Tatum could not have misrepresented the value of the coin as he was a deaf-mute.[2]
Is the dead man literally lying down?
Is the “plate” a flat tableware?
Does (did) the man own the plate?
When you say “muffins”, do you mean a form of bread? If not, was the man a rapist?
Was the man alive when the muffins were baked?
By muffin, do you refer to a bready/cakey food as we commonly understand that term? Is that true for all 3 examples?
By butter, you mean edible churned dairy cream? On all of the buttered muffins?
Did the man who lies dead eat half of the half eaten muffin?
Is he dead? (No play on “lies”?)
Did he have a heart attack?
Did he have an allergic reaction?
Are there any visible signs or indications of cause of death on the corpse, e.g. rash, blunt force trauma, gunshot wounds?
Were the muffins related in any way to his death?
Ooh, wait, I know! He didn’t want to eat the muffins in an agitated manner, because the butter would probably get on his cuffs, so he sat there calmly eating muffins, and therefore became … perfectly heartless
