Watching my plot unfold...

[susie_flo]

Dear fiends, I am in criminal mastermind heaven.  G has just opened his birthday presents from me, all wrapped in brown paper and string (because he likes that kind of thing.)

The presents included a framed old photograph, two graphic novels, a classic Italian cookbook and a set of food presentation rings.  The food rings had a little German logo on them that G mis-read as "Kitchen Poof " (so of course they will be  known as this henceforth). 

The last present was a small, black velvet ring box.  I had a momentary attack of the evils and told G it was a sovereign ring.  For a fleeting moment he believed me and I read nothing less than fear on his little face.  But then he opened it and what the box really contained was a key, on a small silver, tubular keyring.

He looked at me with befuddlement for a few mins and then went back to studying the key...   thus discovering that the keyring was in fact a hollow tube containing a tiny strip of paper.

The message on the paper read:   The Times. 18th May 2010.  Read Carefully.

I am now watching the plot unfold from here...  (hee hee!)

Wish him luck.

Comments

[steer.livejournal.com]

Is it a treasure hunt? Exciting stuff! Is he really going to have to read the whole paper for his clue?

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

He had to read the annoucements section to get clue #1

[steer.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday, with love from Meanie and your friends in Sunnydale. Visit us soon x

Is he having a buffy birthday? I bet you've hidden something in the DVD collection.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Ha! Did you look at the annoucement?

IT's ok, he is currently puzzling that very clue, though not in the dvd collection. (One of our 3 billion house computers is called Sunnydale... he had to fnd a file on there)

[steer.livejournal.com]

Ha! Did you look at the annoucement?

http://www.legacy.com/timesonline-uk/Celebrations.asp?Page=Announcement&PersonID=142875563

Of course not everyone here knows his secret name.

No problem for him to find a recently altered file I guess. Hehehe.... treasure hunts rock.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Just realised I should not post that on here in case he is reading.

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Oooh how lovely and exciting - I've only had a treasure hunt birthday once and it was ace!!!!

Please pass on my birthday wishes :-)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I did one for him once before, about 4 or 5 years ago. It was absolutely HUGE with endless puzzles and went on all day. This one is a little more manageable, I think, but should be fun for a couple of hours.

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

That's _so_ cool; will you tell us the rest afterwards (or as he figures it out!)?

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Yes, I will tell the rest (though some of it is probably a bit 'in joke'). It's a lot of fun to set up actually.

[steer.livejournal.com]

Has he found the treasure yet? I need to know.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Hello, yes the treasure was found around 2pm.
:-)

[steer.livejournal.com]

Brilliant!

Incidentally, I have no idea what a "food presentation ring" is. I imagine it's some kind of circus ring but for chefs. Clearly I'll never make it as a kitchen poof.

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

It makes me think of Fanny Craddock and her ludicrous concoctions.

The thought of you doing the same... hrm...

[tvted.livejournal.com]

I am glad he got to finish the hunt!

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Thanks to you for playing a key role as top secret contact!

[bumblebee.livejournal.com]

How exciting!