He asked a lot of questions about manmade islands and how long they might last. I wonder if he's planning to visit one?
Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I asked where he's going and he simply said, "The World."
Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
He was going to swim from the United Kingdom to North America, and then paddle back to Africa. I'm just telling you what he told me.
Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
He told me that most of what he knows about this city's history, he picked up from jidaigeki.
Answer: Tokyo, Japan
He did some critical work to shatter the glass ceiling, specifically by blasting through it when he took off.
Answer: Jetpack
I know where he went. I had a friend who passed through the city in 1923. The destruction was unbelievable.
Answer: Tokyo, Japan
I told him to make sure he's not in town when the great catfish awakens in the bay and brings destruction.
Answer: Tokyo, Japan
His eyes were what you might find at the end of a mnemonic rainbow.
Answer: Violet
You know your perp's a giant sports fan. In fact, he told me he was going to pay his respects at the grave of the man who first said, "He shoots, he scores!"
Answer: Toronto, Canada
Here, look at this postcard your suspect dropped. It's a bronze weathervane with a beautiful woman holding a cross and an olive branch. Where would you find something like that?
Answer: Havana, Cuba
Take a look - here's a photo where he's sitting on a bench by a sculpture of John Lennon. But where are Lennon's glasses?
Answer: Havana, Cuba
I'm not sure exactly where he went, but I did get this collect call from Mata Machado.
Answer: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
If my guess is right, he went to the city with the world's largest urban forest.
Answer: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
He left me his fortune: "YOU WILL SOON ROB THE LOUVRE." Still has some crumbs in it.
Answer: Chinese
He said something about a rendezvous at the Quinta, near the old imperial palace.
Answer: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
He kept bringing up how much he liked bamboo shoots. Though in fairness, I'm often confused for a panda.
Answer: Chinese
He was off to see the world's most famous Pops. The orchestral kind, not the number-one dad.
Answer: Boston, United States of America
He said he was off to visit the Lampoon Castle. Apparently they're very welcoming to transients.
Answer: Boston, United States of America
He asked me if I knew where he could find an Archaeopteryx fossil. As luck would have it, I did.
Answer: Berlin, Germany
He mentioned he wanted to get his picture taken with Bobby at the Natural History Museum.
Answer: Berlin, Germany
Oh yeah, he came through here for a second. Actually it was more like a half-second, and all I really heard was a loud FWOOSH.
Answer: Jetpack
Maybe I misheard him, but he said he was going to ask Tara for a look at her brooch?
Answer: Dublin, Ireland
I heard him talking about checking out a precious chalice, and seeing how much Kool-Aid he could pour into it.
Answer: Dublin, Ireland
He told me he was going to pay a visit to a thief, a nun, a crusader, and someone else whose name he didn't catch.
Answer: Dublin, Ireland
Your friend has a sharp wit, but I warned him to hold his tongue while he's over there. He doesn't want to end up like Francis Seldon!
Answer: Paris, France
He mentioned he'd be heading to the Field of Mars to get a better view of the city.
Answer: Paris, France
He mentioned he was going to climb up some old pig-iron tower they built around the fin de siècle.
Answer: Paris, France
By the size of his rabbit fur hat, I expect he's heading to Deeky Zapad.
Answer: Moscow, Russia
He just walked by here humming the city's anthem - you know, the one penned by Avendaño and Duque.
Answer: Bogota, Columbia
He said something about heading south to see a five-colored river?
Answer: Bogota, Columbia
He was the kind of person who you want to kick in the shin, if one of them wasn't guaranteed to bust your toe.
Answer: Peg-Leg
She told me she suffered from alalia syllabaris, though it took her a while to finish telling me that.
Answer: Stutter
You might catch her riding the only subway on the continent.
Answer: Cairo, Egypt
I overheard her say on the phone that she was "digging Brand doing 'African Sun.'"
Answer: Cape Town, South Africa
She had hair like Gloria Estefan. I wonder if you'll get her as surely as the rhythm will get you?
Answer: Auburn
She proclaimed she was headed to the university with the largest endowment in America. I proclaim she was compensating for something.
Answer: Boston, United States of America
She went to one of those buttoned-up cities where you can't buy liquor on Sunday. She said that's why she was sure to travel on a Monday.
Answer: Boston, United States of America
She said she wanted to carve her name into Plymouth Rock.
Answer: Boston, United States of America
She's headed somewhere in the United States. I know because she'd made extra preparations to get through airport security.
Answer: Boston, United States of America
She's staying by the Notre Dame cathedral. Which Notre Dame cathedral? Hmm, she didn't mention that when I was eavesdropping …
Answer: Ottawa, Canada
I panicked when I heard - she wants to steal one of Joseph Casavant's organs! You'll save Joseph, right?
Answer: Ottawa, Canada
She was spotted running from the mounties in the National Capital Region.
Answer: Ottawa, Canada
He said he knew of a cafe on Florida Street that sold the best empanadas.
Answer: Buenos Aires, Argentina
I just heard from your suspect. He told me he put off his weekly bath so he could take it at Caracalla, and he was very, very disappointed when he got there.
Answer: Rome, Italy
I wish I could be there when you track him down - that'll be the biggest match that town has seen since Fischer and Spassky.
Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland
He was planning a rendezvous by the statue of Leifur Eiríksson, right by that big church.
Answer: Reykjavik, Iceland
I know he's a lifelong Roosters fan. You might catch him at a home game.
Answer: Sydney, Australia
Here, he left behind this photo of a building by the water. Look at the roof on that place - the locals say it was inspired by orange peels, but I don't see it.
Answer: Sydney, Australia
I suggested he see the tomb of Mohammed Ali, but he told me he's not a boxing fan.
Answer: Cairo, Egypt
Oh, that guy? You say he's an internationally-wanted criminal? Well then it's EXTRA weird that his van's calliope was playing "I Fought the Law."
Answer: Ice Cream Truck
There's an Orson Welles movie about the city your suspect went to - or wait, maybe it was Hitchcock, or Charlie Chaplin! I think I'm confusing three different movies.
Answer: Shanghai, China
You want a real scoop? Then you should have caught this guy before he left town.
Answer: Ice Cream Truck
Your friend mentioned he was going to the city's old General Hospital to see a "woman in blue"?
Answer: Madrid, Spain
If I were you, I'd make your way to the city named the "place of many streams."
Answer: Madrid, Spain
He just texted me, and he sounds scared. "The drivers here are so bad they're crashing into the buildings. Look, here's a news truck hanging halfway up a building!"
Answer: Toronto, Canada
I told her she'd be in town for the shopping festival, so she tried to bump her flight to the shoplifting festival.
Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I heard she's at a party, telling everyone she's tight with the Al Maktoum family.
Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
She said she was going to the "city of gold." But which one?
Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
I had to look away from her eyes so that mine wouldn't die from inhalation of hers.
Answer: Smoky
She seemed sad at first. Then I saw her smiling and I realized it was just her posture that made her look depressed.
Answer: Hunched
My info's sketchy. I just know she's in an octagonal palace that was built in tribute to the "Tree of Life."
Answer: Manila, Philippines
I know where she is, but act quick - she's speeding through town in a jeepney as we speak!
Answer: Manila, Philippines
She seemed like the gal who's always picked first at recess. Also like the kind of gal who'd steal the ball.
Answer: Athletic
I heard her talk about trying to steal a building with a roof that's made of steel, but billows like a sail. Neat!
Answer: Sydney, Australia
In the criminal landscape, she was the one who planted the seeds of chaos. And the literal seeds, also.
Answer: Horticulture
Your suspect wanted to see how fresh water tasted when it flowed from over 400 km of aqueducts. I think they're a little late.
Answer: Rome, Italy
She might be hiding in Christian IV's old fort - you know, the creepy one in the shape of a pentagram.
Answer: Copenhagen, Denmark
She's in a fort. And I don't mean the kind you make with your pillows at the hotel.
Answer: Lahore, Pakistan
She told me she was going to try to steal all 13 gates of the fort!
Answer: Lahore, Pakistan
She asked me where she could find a bottle brush, gulmohar, pipal, jujube, and ditabark. Luckily I knew just where to send her.
Answer: Lahore, Pakistan
When I told her she'd pass by one of the oldest zoos in the world, she looked baffled and asked how any of the animals could still be alive.
Answer: Lahore, Pakistan
She's going to sneak in to a "Palace of Mirrors." Sounds a little vain to me.
Answer: Lahore, Pakistan
Here, she sent me a postcard from a lovely fisherman's village. Not much to see in the picture though - just the old man and the sea.
Answer: Havana, Cuba
She mentioned she was looking for a really good virgin daiquiri.
Answer: Havana, Cuba
That hat was impressive. Too bad about the face beneath it.
Answer: Floppy Hat
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5 comments:
I heard she's having tea at a Prime Minister's summer retreat.
I joked that she should try to speak with King's mother at the tearoom.
She barked on the phone, "Meet me by the stones of two Houses of Parliament!"
Ottawa
She's in a city whose name is thought to mean "swamp." But they've really cleaned the place up since then.
Berlin
She said she likes to lurk around watching the city, pretending she's Damiel. Or was it Cassiel? Answer: Berlin, Germany
You might catch her spying on the federal chancellor in the "washing machine." Answer: Berlin, Germany
She offered to feed me, but only if she could cover my table with a red-and-white checkered tablecloth first. Answer: Italian food
She said she was going to the "city of gold." But which one? Answer: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
She might be keeping lookout from the oldest observatory in South America. Well, the oldest one of modern times anyway. Answer: Quito, Ecuador
Last I heard, her rental car got towed. She tried to park in the city on an odd-numbered date with an even-numbered plate. What was she thinking? Answer: Athens, Greece
While you're in town, be sure to check out the major archeological museum. The collection dates back almost 9,000 years. Granted, most of it didn't have to travel far. Answer: Athens, Greece
Your suspect came into town by taking a barge through the Aegean, drifting past the islands, and then swimming the last 200 meters after they found her and threw her overboard. Answer: Athens, Greece
She said she'd be passing by a bell that used to ring 33 times every morning and 28 times at sunset. Answer: Seoul, South Korea
She wants to see the Survivors scrum while she's in town. Answer: Seoul, South Korea
She was looking forward to exploring a square in the heart of the city, bumping into guerrab and Barbary apes and coming face-to-snout with a cooked lamb's head.
You might find her at the Museum of Islamic Art, right by that Frenchman's garden.
I told her the best place to find snake charmers. She told me that she's a little more of a snake harmer, herself.
She mentioned something about the square where the dead assemble - although it always looked pretty alive to me.
Marrakesh, Morocco
I've always admired the city for its contribution to American literature. With its fugitives and agrarians, it practically owns the Southern Renaissance!
She checked in here as June Carter Cash, but something tells me that won't fly in the city she's going to next.
Nashville, TN
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