Blimey. It's against my policy, but if you're all going to be shrinking violets I'll chuck one in.
Detective Studies 101, Part I
1.On the trail of a missing person you break into a motel room. In the centre of the floor a man stands pointing a gun at you. At his feet lies a bleeding corpse. A a glamorous blonde woman in a low-cut gown sits on the sofa smoking. On the desk is a bottle of whisky. What is your first move?
2.Rank in order of their utility as clues the following: a car registration number; a torn-off piece of paper with part of an address on it; a memory stick; an encrypted memory stick; a matchbook from a bar or restaurant; a murdered person's dying words; confidential police information; lipstick; DNA.
3. Would you agree with Barthes' diagnosis that 'in the figure of the private investigator we find that utopic dissolution of the subject-object rupture which promises a happiness it never brings?'
And here's a mystery for some 'tec to solve: WTF is 'BANNED POST' all about? I had to edit them out.
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