Ferret Herder and MonkeyMule come on. You know that Dolores Claiborne was just informing us that she had a tuna sandwich for lunch or was it anchovies on the pizza.
I just thought Dolores had been sucking on fish lures.
:smack … and MonkeyMule–it’s scuttles…
It was shrimp.
damn—how do you make that smilie?
:: goes to look it up::
The bitter irony is that I’m an English major.
An English major, who can’t spell
:eek:
Sorry to keep y’all dangling. There’s nothing new except that Meter Man is not as sketchy as we thought.
That airport pickup deal? He runs an airport shuttle service in his spare time, so it was business–not friendship–that had him loading her luggage into his trunk. She paid him with the company credit card, so it all checks out.
I’m waiting for the detectives to come and confiscate her computer to mine it for cyberclues–THEN this saga will be TV-worthy!
So far, though, we’ve only dealt with Sherlock by phone. I did hear from that ex-coworker (who called as soon as she got my email) . . . she hadn’t heard from Missing Coworker (MC) in several months and, like me, never knew anything about any other romantic interests since the infamous Trucker from two years ago.
BUT.
One of the residents of the apartment building (our office is on the first floor of a low-income residential highrise), with whom we’re all pretty good friends, said that MC mentioned to him just two weeks ago that she was busy trying to avoid Trucker, who wouldn’t leave her alone.
Well, I’m off to meet Sidekick Skip to get him some new (detective?) duds, but I’ll be back tomorrow, likely with nothing new to share . . .
See ya later, gumshoe!
Wait - Who’s Trucker? Is there another thread I need to read? Dang it, I’m going to need a character synopsis.
Trucker seems to be a new character. A returning boyfriend from the past.
Trucker’s mentioned in this thread higher up.
A page or two ago it was revealed in a moment of dramatic tension that Missing Coworker has met men over the internet, and Boss met one of them – Creepy Trucker – two years ago.
<radio soap opera voice>
Tune in for tomorrow’s episode of… radio serial music The Mystery of MC!
</radio>
And did Laura Palmer mention him in her diary?
Sorry I’ve got that creepy Twin Peaks theme playing in an endless mental loop. I’ll stop now.
You must not get CNN. They executed him.
Auntie Em, keep us posted. If this doesn’t sound like a Stephanie Plum case, I don’t know what does.
Trucker was mentioned briefly on the second page:
Arrrgghhh! I have just about destroyed my refresh button, trying to keep my nosy self up-to-date in this saga.
Now, end of the day, and it’s back to keeping it open all day again!
Ah well…off for a margarita. That should take the edge off.
[sub]…heads out of thread, knowing full well I’ll go straight home and pull this thread up before I even change shoes…sigh[/sub]
To recap the key players for those just tuning in…
<Giles Voice>
Previously on MC the Vanishing Worker…
</Giles>
Cast of characters:
Missing Co-Worker (known as MC) - victim or villain?
Auntie Em - fearless gumshoe and hero of thread
SkipMagic - faithful sidekick (Columbo-like)
Boss - very worried (a.k.a. hysterical character often first eaten by movie-monster)
Board of Directors Man - no-nonsense overlord
Trucker - MC’s creepy ex-boyfriend met over the internet
Mystery Man - current, secret boyfriend alluded to by MC (no proof he exists)
Detective - cop assigned to the case
Meter Guy - old man who chats with MC, not a suspect (maybe an alien)
Brother - somewhat apathetic
Eats_Crayons - voyeur obsessed with thread (has nothing to do with story)
Dolores Claiborne - eats seafood (has nothing to do with story)
Did I miss anyone?
Wait…are the police keeping you updated, or is it one of those, “We’ll call you when we know something,” and then the next you hear, Trucker Guy has been convicted of chopping her up into little pieces and serving her at his housewarming party?
I’m sorry, a person is missing…but this thread is giving me the giggles.
Yeah MonkeyMule: Strange Creatrue who lurks in the
thread; Maybe a Faild military experiment with packanimals and
simians. Appears with clues to MC’s wearabouts in the form of
notes hidden in fake banana’s/inqusitive questions filled with
deep meaning aimed at the Sluths
How could you forget that? 
Okay, I’ll try again:
Missing Coworker (aka MC) = Mr. Boddy
Auntie Em = Ms. Scarlet
Bossed (aka Worried Boss) = Mrs. Peacock (Boss in drag)
Trucker = Mr. Green
Meter Guy = Col. Mustard
Detective = Prof. Plum
MonkeyMule (in drag) = Mrs. White
Sorry if I missed where you talked about this already but…
What prompted your boss to change the locks so soon? She had technically only been missing for one day (Friday) when he changed them right?
This is all very odd.