# Legality of Columbo's trick with the cigar box

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [January 23, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310 "2025-01-23T22:24:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 195

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310/195 "2025-01-27T17:23:09Z")

</div>

> [@Mijin](#):
>
> As an aside, I think it could be a good thread to discuss particularly eye-rolling or silly solutions in whodunnits

Child thread created: [Dumbest way a TV detective has solved a crime](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-way-a-tv-detective-has-solved-a-crime-open-spoilers/1013482)

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legality-of-columbos-trick-with-the-cigar-box/1013310)._