# Who killed Idle Thoughts? (Break before last part) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577 "2010-03-07T02:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/1 "2010-03-07T02:12:18Z")
So here it is… the next part is the last. Here’s where all of you who have secretly been following along and reading it admit that you are and take a stab (a ha ha…sorry, murder mystery humor) at the killer(s). For those of you not in the know and/or who would like to catch up… [Part 1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553443) [Part 2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553641) [Part 3](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553926) [Part 4](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554230) [Part 5](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554694) Out with it. Name your guess as to the killer(s). For bonus points, you can tell what other things you’ve noticed, what clues you picked up on, and various things that made you come to the guess you have. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/2 "2010-03-07T17:19:51Z")
C’mon, there has to be _someone_ who was actually paying attention to the various alibis. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/3 "2010-03-07T19:16:37Z")
I’ve said everything I have to say in the other threads. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/4 "2010-03-07T19:42:26Z")
I did it. And I’m not sorry for it, either. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/5 "2010-03-07T22:15:31Z")
I guess **twickster** , and that is all it is - I cannot deduce it out. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/6 "2010-03-08T13:42:33Z")
I paid attention, but I still cannot find anything conclusive. The only thing I noticed was that Shodan thought the whole get-together idea was bad, so maybe he knew something… ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/7 "2010-03-09T18:48:59Z")
I really want to guess, but I have not had time to carefully read the last two parts. (I’ve read them, but not carefully). **Idle** , when are you going to post the final part? I want to try to get a guess in before that, but I need a little more time. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/8 "2010-03-09T19:00:20Z")
I missed some stuff so I can’t make an informed guess but I am going to guess anyway. I think that there’s a twist ending and it was either a suicide and he set it up to look like a murder, natural causes (Idle had a heart attack while on the pot and fell on the knife he took to the bathroom with him for some unknown reason) or Idle isn’t dead, that was his twin and Idle killed him because Idle is the evil twin! Dun dun dun! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/9 "2010-03-10T07:34:08Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I missed some stuff so I can’t make an informed guess but I am going to guess anyway. I think that there’s a twist ending and it was either a suicide and he set it up to look like a murder, natural causes (Idle had a heart attack while on the pot and fell on the knife he took to the bathroom with him for some unknown reason) or Idle isn’t dead, that was his twin and Idle killed him because Idle is the evil twin! Dun dun dun! The last one’s the only one that makes sense, as Idle assured us in part 1 that there really was a murder. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/10 "2010-03-10T16:09:17Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > The last one’s the only one that makes sense, as Idle assured us in part 1 that there really was a murder. Well, I said I missed some stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/11 "2010-03-10T16:45:42Z")
[inner voice] Excellent…no one suspects a thing… [/inner voice] ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/12 "2010-03-10T19:16:38Z")
Well **Elvis** seems to have lied (his story about **Guinastasia** is wrong, and she never mentions him at all). But **Muffin** lied about his talking with **Vinyl** at the veggie table ( **Vinyl** was at the meat table). Finally, both **Mr Bus Guy** ’s intoxication, **Oakminster** ’s unnatural sleep and **Ashtar** ’s comment about its spikedness belie his comment that it wasn’t spiked. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/13 "2010-03-10T19:52:57Z")
I did it. That whole sleeping thing was just a clever ruse on my part. Yeah, ok, so I had to do a little time traveling and indulge in a few arcane magics that violate the known laws of physics to be in two places at once…but I’m good like that. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/14 "2010-03-10T20:56:59Z")
From part four: > [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Monkey With a Gun’s voice startled some. He sat on the other side of the room opposite MeanOldLady. He cleared **her** throat and continued. What exactly are you insinuating here, **Idle**? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/15 "2010-03-12T01:47:52Z")
Last part is coming tomorrow. > [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > From part four: > > What exactly are you insinuating here, **Idle**? Just that you speaking up shattered a deep silence…so it scared a few much like any sudden noise will make someone jump a bit if it’s fully silent right before. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/16 "2010-03-14T07:08:55Z")
I don’t like that **Johnny L.A.** guy. Utter bastard. Everyone knows he’s crap on a guitar, so if he was playing it was a lie. And if he lied about his being up on stage (clever of hem, by the way, to actually be on stage to make everyone believe he was), then he could easily be lying about everything else! And remember: **Idle** was stabbed in the back. Hasn’t **Johnny L.A.** , aka ‘Johnny Machiavelli’, aka ‘Johnny McStabberson’, said recently that he favours swift attacks by stealth? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/17 "2010-03-14T13:44:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > …he \*\*favours \*\*swift attacks by stealth… And then there’s that phony British accent of his … 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/18 "2010-03-14T22:26:32Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Last part is coming tomorrow. Tomorrow has come and gone. I demand to know who killed you! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/19 "2010-03-14T22:33:08Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > And then there’s that phony British accent of his … 😛 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c6bUMHXN4So/hqdefault.jpg "The Toy Dolls - Cheerio & Toodle Pip") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6bUMHXN4So) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577/20 "2010-03-15T19:12:59Z")
Has there been a part 6 posted that I missed? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-killed-idle-thoughts-break-before-last-part/531577.md?page=2)