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(Message started by: maryl on Sep 29^th, 2003, 7:11am)

Title: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Sep 29^th, 2003, 7:11am

Jason is at home.
A robber enters and sees Jason
Jason sees the robber.
The robber takes everything of value.
The next day, Jason does not call the police even though everything was stolen.

Question : Why ?

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by Lightboxes' Clone on Sep 29^th, 2003, 8:04am

I'd say::[hide]
Either he was home at a baseball game at the home plate, and the runner stole (stole a base) everything of value that was at home, the only thing of value, a point in the game.
OR
Jason and the robber are both robbers and the robber had to hide everything they stole together.
[/hide]

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by BNC on Sep 29^th, 2003, 8:09am

Maybe Jason is [hide]a dog / cat / gold fish ... [/hide]

Or, nitpicking, he [hide]didn't call the next day because he called on the day of the robbery[/hide]

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by wowbagger on Sep 29^th, 2003, 8:25am

Or maybe Jason [hide]couldn't call the police the next day, because he was already dead by then[/hide].
I favour BNC's first answer, though.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Sep 29^th, 2003, 10:59am

All good guesses but guess again.
Jason is indeed a person, and there is a reason why it mentions calling the police the next day.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by towr on Sep 29^th, 2003, 11:15am

Maybe there wasn't anything in the first place (which makes it very easy to take everything)

oh wait [hide]the phone was stolen along with everything else. So why not use a pay-phone? Well, he doesn't have any money, nor any clothes, nor proof of his identity, and his neighbours either never liked him, or they don't even know who the crazy naked rambling wreck of guy is, and run away when they see him, so he can forget getting a quarter out of them.[/hide]

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by Speaker on Sep 29^th, 2003, 5:08pm

Jason is the mass murderer made famous by all those movies.

The robber looks exactly like Jason's father or mother (either by chance or design). Because Jason was abused terribly by his parents he is emotionally incapable of doing anything due to ths shock of seeing his childhood tormentor. His pyschosis is extremely severe causing him to enter a state of catatonia lasting for at least a day. But, just to cover all my bases, as a mass murderer, Jason would rather avoid contacting the police.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by SWF on Sep 29^th, 2003, 6:05pm

:[hide]The thief saw Jason, but thought Jason was sleeping and quietly looted the place. Actually Jason saw the burgular, but pretended to be asleep for his own safety (as is usually recommended should this occur). Jason did not call the police because everything stolen from him was illegal (drugs, weapons, stolen property, ...).[/hide]:

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by Speaker on Sep 29^th, 2003, 6:22pm

Jason is an instructor at a school for cat burglars, like in Oliver Twist. He stands by grading the student thief, who passes with flying colors by making off with everything. Rather than calling the police, Jason calls the young artful dodger to congratulate him on his excellent performance.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Sep 30^th, 2003, 10:28am

on 09/29/03 at 18:05:51, SWF wrote:

No, the thief knew Jason was awake, but he was still quiet while ransacking the house. Hmm, what's the purpose in that? And there were no stolen goods in the house.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by Lightboxes on Sep 30^th, 2003, 12:30pm

Don't tell me Jason is:
::[hide]blind and he didn't notice anything was missing until a day later (when he tried to use the toilet but fell on the floor because the toilet was missing)![/hide]
::

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Sep 30^th, 2003, 12:38pm

LOL, na, Jason doesn't use toilets!

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by BNC on Sep 30^th, 2003, 1:20pm

is he ::[hide]an infant / baby / very very small kid[/hide]::?

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Sep 30^th, 2003, 2:43pm

I knew you'd get it BNC, after the cat, dog, fish thing.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by BNC on Sep 30^th, 2003, 3:07pm

Yeah, I thought about it before. :)
The thing that confused me (actualy, I still don't get it) was your hint that "the next day" was important. Why? Would Jason call the police in a few years?

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Oct 1^st, 2003, 8:02am

on 09/30/03 at 15:07:14, BNC wrote:

Yeah, I thought about it before. :)
The thing that confused me (actualy, I still don't get it) was your hint that "the next day" was important. Why? Would Jason call the police in a few years?

"The next day" was put in the riddle as a hint, to help you realize that someone else had to be there to discover everything was missing.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by VictorSand on Dec 20^th, 2003, 8:14am

Even if the answer has been given, I'd say that ::[hide]The robber knew that he had been spotted, so he killed Jason and then stole as his stuff. Therefore, Jason didn't call the police because he was dead![/hide]:: :P

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by THUDandBLUNDER on Dec 20^th, 2003, 9:14am

Quote:

Jason sees the robber....
...The next day, Jason does not call the police even though everything was stolen.

When burgled, who waits till the next day before calling the police?? :P

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by maryl on Dec 20^th, 2003, 10:04am

Maybe someone that has dealt so many times with the police, they couldn't be bothered any more with them; afterall if they've let you down before, they can do it again.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by Sir Col on Jan 26^th, 2004, 3:37pm

Maybe Jason didn't know the man entering was a robber and thought he was the removal man. The reason he didn't call the police the next day is because he was travelling overseas and he would expect it take several weeks for his things to arrive anyway.

OR

Jason thought he was coming to read the electicity/gas meter and whilst Jason wasn't looking, the man stole Jason's "Everything of Value" CD, by the Shadows. ;D

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by wtiow on Feb 5^th, 2004, 10:59pm

What I was thinking was, the burglar left at 11:59:59 pm, so when Jason reported to the police, it was already the next day. : ;)

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by grimbal on May 23^rd, 2004, 12:46pm

on 09/29/03 at 07:11:50, maryl wrote:

Jason is a robot.
Jason is valuable.
Jason was also stolen.
Maybe Jason is a security system, with cameras recording what is happening.

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by Three Hands on May 23^rd, 2004, 5:27pm

Or maybe Jason is a policeman, or private investigator, and so does not need to contact the police because he can take up the case himself. The reason he didn't act when being burgled was because the robber had too much of an advantage (holding a gun, or similar), and so could not apprehend him at that point.

OK, that's stretching a little bit, but it could work...

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by grimbal on May 24^th, 2004, 8:19am

I got another idea:
Jason is in prison. Would a prisonner call the police to inform them that the prison was robbed?

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by cheesepuff on Nov 4^th, 2005, 7:52pm

He could also be the thief, and saw himself in the mirror..... and be stealing from his own home because he is trying to escape from his wife?..... ok that died near the middle....

Title: Re: Robbery-of the Home Invasion Kind
Post by sujay on Nov 7^th, 2005, 9:55pm

i think jason's (ex-)partner, who happens to be a robber, is leaving jason, who already saw this coming seeing as how he sits at home all day and doesn't help her with her things.