This weekend, IKEA is offering a
food special where the price of your meal is deducted from furniture orders of $100 or more. In the fine print, I noticed an unusual clause: "Swedish meatballs not included in restaurant offer at IKEA Carson." Everyone loves Ikea's Swedish meatballs, but is the meatball market really THAT much more robust in Carson, CA? What's the deal?
posted by bowbeacon
on Aug 31, 2012 -
7 answers
Book search: looking to find the title/author of a mystery set in Venice.
Likely NOT Donna Leon, the mystery features a married British couple in Venice on vacation. Plot elements may include a suitcase of books, a murder that takes place at a film festival or fashion show. The couple become involved in solving the case.
Published in the last decade, perhaps.
Thanks!
posted by kidelo
on Jul 21, 2012 -
5 answers
Help my identify a band I heard earlier this year! Two Scottish girls that sound like two PJ Harveys...
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posted by indiebass
on Jul 13, 2012 -
13 answers
Yesterday evening I was looking at the sky and noticed a star like object flying across the sky. As I watched I noticed there were 5 or so more... and then a moment later even more, perhaps 9 or 10, moving at the same speed across the sky, South to North, at a rather slow pace, yet I got the impression they were very high up so in actual fact moving at some speed. I called out to the wife to see them and she saw them also. So I guess the question is, what objects flying across the sky may look like stars moving? I thought satellites but never thought they flew in clusters like that.
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posted by razzman
on Jul 5, 2012 -
9 answers
My friend wants me to try to recreate
this painting as a decoration for her wedding. The problem is that neither of us have any idea who the artist is/where the image came from. Can you help? Also, it would help me out immensely if I had access to a higher quality image to work from.
posted by corn_bread
on Jul 3, 2012 -
10 answers
Recommend mystery fiction, especially mystery fiction by authors whose works were adapted into
Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes
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posted by GlassHeart
on Jun 11, 2012 -
14 answers
I just saw a very odd aircraft -- a twin-engine passenger jet with an odd protrusion from the top front, taking off from Phoenix Sky Harbor. Any idea what it might be?
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posted by Alterscape
on Jun 1, 2012 -
6 answers
Help me identify a book I read in the mid-90's! All I remember about it is that it was a crime novel, about a guy on death row, and the big surprise at the end of the book is that he and his lawyer (an ostensibly straight married man) wind up having some kind of sexual encounter before the client is executed. At least I think that is what happened - I could be making up some of the details. But hopefully this is enough to go on - thanks, book sleuths!
posted by Neely O'Hara
on Jun 1, 2012 -
3 answers
I read a mystery around 1980 that I'd like to find again. Our hero, a professor on sabbatical, goes to Spain and meets an old college friend for dinner. The friend asks a favor along the lines of, "If anything happens to me, please bring this item to the American Embassy," or something like that. He hands something to our hero, and, of course, the friend is murdered before the meal is finished. Our hero is on the run. So, Mefites, any ideas?
posted by islandeady
on May 25, 2012 -
0 answers
What is
this mystery object found on the floor of a public bathroom at a Boston Best Buy?
posted by Dragonness
on Apr 30, 2012 -
16 answers
San Francisco Bay Area (and CA) - can you think of any mysterious, or interesting or secret places? Legends/myths? Strange rewards for a bit of driving, or walking, or an Expedition
TM of Discovery, etc? Difficulty: not looking for woo, or establishments of commerce, no-matter how good hole-in-the-wall-food may be :) Examples inside...
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posted by -harlequin-
on Apr 29, 2012 -
28 answers
Tell me about the mystery festival I saw today in Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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posted by nanhey
on Apr 28, 2012 -
4 answers
A few months ago, I began noticing tiny bugs in my place. They appear very sporadic - I may see one or two a week at best - but it's always the same kind. I'd like to see no bugs in my place at all, ideally.
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posted by MinusCelsius
on Apr 14, 2012 -
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I'm interested in fiction books reminiscent of
The Wicker Man and
Harvest Home. Horror or mystery stories of strange nature cults/paganism/mystery religions...Not so much stories of Da Vince Code or Name of the Rose but more the former two titles.
posted by snap_dragon
on Mar 30, 2012 -
15 answers
Help me track down some mystery artists! Vague memories within!
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posted by jph
on Mar 16, 2012 -
4 answers
Extremely vague song description: I heard a woman playing acoustic guitar in Boston at South Station tonight. She was playing a fairly famous song from the 60's or 70's. The song is sung by a male with a deep scratchy voice, like hungover whiskey voice. He is singing powerfully and it is a powerful song. Not a happy song. It's a singer's song, not so much about the music. The song is definitely famous enough, but not something you would regularly hear, or hear at all on a classic rock radio station. I picture the man singing it to have a lot of facial hair. The lyrics may contain the word 'fire' or they may not.
posted by comatose
on Mar 8, 2012 -
26 answers
I like mysteries. I don't have a good way of finding new ones. What are some blogs that review mysteries?
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posted by jeather
on Mar 8, 2012 -
10 answers
Who was the good-selling (maybe even best-selling) mystery or police procedural novelist whose protagonist always ate dinner standing over his kitchen sink?
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posted by bukvich
on Mar 2, 2012 -
5 answers
I know everybody asks this (and I've read through the previous questions looking for recommendations), but what should I watch next? Preferably on Netflix or Hulu Plus (not web only). In general, I tend to like: mysteries/crime procedurals/law dramas, especially with a quirky twist, and also shows involving a quirky band of misfits (or individual) working outside the law to bring justice to the little people while finding out who done them wrong (e.g. the A-Team, Burn Notice, The Pretender, etc.) I also like heist shows and sci-fi. And occasionally anime.
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posted by kittenmarlowe
on Feb 6, 2012 -
59 answers
Help me solve a wifi mystery. A paid wifi hotspot near where I am staying is intermittently providing me with free access to the 'net. I would like to try to understand why this is happening so that I can (hopefully) replicate it at will from my devices.
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posted by clark
on Jan 12, 2012 -
6 answers
If you've read (and love) a few of these authors, please recommend others I might like: James Lee Burke, James Crumley, George Pelecanos, Robert Crais, Dennis Lehane, (old) Michael Connelly.
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posted by MoonOrb
on Jan 5, 2012 -
24 answers
What could be the purpose of this mysterious hole in the middle of my brother-in-law's living room floor?
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posted by Joleta
on Dec 26, 2011 -
67 answers
I am desperately trying to remember a song from a mix-tape around 1996 that involved a male singing in a quiet, resigned, almost-verging-on-happy-about-giving-up tone about how he was going to just stay inside and live his do-nothing life in his crappy run-down home and drink tea with a dormouse. Something to that effect. Minimalist sound, kind of plinky and plonky.
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posted by thegreatfleecircus
on Dec 22, 2011 -
7 answers
My mom is looking for a new television series to watch via Netflix streaming in the British mystery genre. Please recommend some for her!
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posted by hwickline
on Dec 6, 2011 -
38 answers
Silly question, surely it's easily answerable but I'm on a computer with no sound and have too much work to do to spend much time looking, so I turn to AskMe in hopes of settling an office disagreement before the workday is over.
The classic musical phrase which describes "mystery," "detective," etc. I think it's from a TV show. Tip of my tongue, but I'm drawing a complete blank.
It goes, "Duuuuum da-dum dum / Duuuuum da-dum dum dummmmmm...."
Notes are: 1, flat-2, flat-3, 1 / 1, flat-2, flat-3, 1,
X.
Boss says
X is a perfect fifth. I say it's a flat-5 Who is correct? And what the heck is it from? Thanks AskMe.
posted by Balonious Assault
on Dec 5, 2011 -
12 answers
This is a long shot, but my SO is trying to identify a film he saw 15-20 years ago, in France, that he would love to re-watch. Unfortunately, he's forgotten the title. The film may be French, but we're not 100% sure. He doesn't remember any famous actors starring. Can anyone help? Plot inside...
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posted by everydayanewday
on Nov 22, 2011 -
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We have an unknown critter nibbling the fruit and tomatoes on a counter INSIDE our house (in Miami, Fl). It's hungry enough to eat most of the bait on a mouse trap (say, leaving only the skin on a small slice of pear, as it seems to like fruit), strong enough to somehow move what's left of the bait about 1.5 inches away from the trap, but agile/light enough to not be caught by the trap. No vermin poop nearby that I can see. Ideas what it could be and how to get rid of it?
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posted by wordworking
on Nov 14, 2011 -
10 answers
I am wanting to write a novel involving detective work and criminal profiling. (Yes, it may turn out horrid.) I am looking for some reference books that might help me be a little bit more informed. So far, I have gotten
Criminal Profiling by Brent Turvey, and
Body Trauma by David Page. Anybody have some recommendations?
posted by snap_dragon
on Nov 12, 2011 -
11 answers
My mother never met her birth father; in fact, she's never even seen a picture of him. She really wants to get a photo of him. How can I make this happen? Complications inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 9, 2011 -
10 answers
