Move Over, Sherlock
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (98984)
United States
March 17, 2025 5:36am CST
Sometimes you read about a horrible and tragic event, but what catches your eye more is how they wrote about it.
A man was set on fire after a man approached him, threw a liquid substance on him, and lit him on fire, which police say they believe was likely flammable.
Wow, that's some amazing detective work, there. You don't say. How much time did it take to come to this conclusion, I wonder? Did they do chemical analysis? Track receipts? Inspect cameras at the local gas stations?
Give this guy a raise, and let Sherlock Holmes know he may be out of business soon. There's a new brilliant mind in town.
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@moffittjc (123653)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Mar
That's funny. I would have never been able to figure out that the liquid substance was likely flammable.
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@moffittjc (123653)
• Gainesville, Florida
21 Mar
@porwest it might have been two weeks for me. I’m a little slower figuring these things out.
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
23 Mar
@moffittjc It makes me wonder, at least two people had to sign off on this. The writer who submitted it and the editor who approved it. Maybe there was simply a minimum word count requirement and the writer was one word short and "likely" made it complete?
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@porwest (98984)
• United States
17 Mar
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate a mangled vehicle on the side of the road.
"Why, my dear Sherlock, what do you suppose happened here?"
He examines the vehicle closely, inching his way around the whole of the exterior, positions his pipe between his lips, and turns to Watson. "It appears it has collided with something."
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@BarBaraPrz (49269)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Mar
Yeah "likely flammable." Well, duh...
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@BarBaraPrz (49269)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Mar
@porwest At least he wasn't "allegedly" approached by that man.
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@1creekgirl (43313)
• United States
17 Mar
It really was a silly sentence for such a horrible crime.
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@Laurakemunto (13137)
• Kenya
17 Mar
I wonder the flow of events and the substances in question
I wouldn't put it down like that anyways
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@Laurakemunto (13137)
• Kenya
18 Mar
@porwest some narratives thanks for the synopsis
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@dgobucks226 (36434)
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22 Mar
Way to go out on a limb there Sam Spade.
I guess the other possibility is the man was passing gas when he was lit. A different type of substance, lol.
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@Danielclark691 (2155)
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31 Mar
Oh dear! Sounds like someone didn’t have their head screwed on
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@JordanLader (5825)
• Sparta, Tennessee
17 Mar
I wouldn't have written it quite like that but it's always possible that the liquid wasn't flammable and had ignited something else on the guy. That's just crappy writing.
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