So, solve this mystery:

[Brisketexan 105180]

The other evening, I leave the office, and am walking to my car in the parking garage. I walk by a car near mine, and this scene is on that car’s windshield:

 

 

Nobody is in or anywhere near the car. Not another person in sight.

That is an iPhone, with a running timer. When I got to it, it was counting down from 20 minutes. And the book is what it is. Both just sitting there, in full view.

I took a pic, then GTFO because that’s some weird shit.

 

Any guesses as to what’s going on here? Because I don’t have a clue.

[Mullet Free 40]

Someone was going to take a nap in their car, but had to run and take a leak. 

[Js1 85449]

[Pato del Muerto 52535]

Someone had a 7 pm meeting and popped out to take a piss.  Though not bringing your phone with you just for the purposes of anti theft is a little odd. 

Edited May 12, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[hookemATL 11803]

This is a female leaving her phone in the car so she cant be tracked by her spouse, so she can go to another place and bang her side piece.  The timer is tied to her apple watch so she can keep an eye on the clock and be notified when its time to get back.

Edited May 12, 2023 by hookemATL
i only say female bc ive seen this book read/mentioned by several female coworkers/friends

[Hermanator 7124]

Bait car

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

Based on how much of the blue circle is left, the timer was set for 30 minutes.

Also, that's an android.

[Brisketexan 105180]

1 minute ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Based on how much of the blue circle is left, the timer was set for 30 minutes.

Also, that's an android.

Yep, I surmised that it had been set for 30 mins based on the circle.

Didn't bother to look that closely at the phone.  I'm an iPhone guy, because that's what my family adopted before I upgraded from a Blackberry, and that's how it goes.  Androids frighten and confuse this caveman lawyer.

18 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

This is a female leaving her phone in the car so she cant be tracked by her spouse, so she can go to another place and bang her side piece.  The timer is tied to her apple watch so she can keep an eye on the clock and be notified when its time to get back.

I like this guess.

[Pato del Muerto 52535]

31 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

This is a female leaving her phone in the car so she cant be tracked by her spouse, so she can go to another place and bang her side piece.  The timer is tied to her apple watch so she can keep an eye on the clock and be notified when its time to get back.

So the watch doesn’t get tracked?  And she left the phone, lit up, on the dash for all to see for what reason?  

[High Plains Drifter 11050]

 

I'm sure the answer to this mystery is, or will be soon, in the wives thread.

 

 

[hookemATL 11803]

12 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So the watch doesn’t get tracked?  And she left the phone, lit up, on the dash for all to see for what reason?  

IM WORKING ON MY THEORY OK????!?!?!?

[BabaYaga 15302]

It's not the timer, it's the book.  It's a women's book about daily spiritual passages, quotes, etc.

Quote

But WTF is hygge — and why is everyone obsessed with it?

It's basically a Danish word (pronounced hoo-guh) that describes an ultimate feeling of coziness and relaxation.

 

[MissingInAction 25132]

Scavenger hunt.

[Foosters 17858]

The rapture 

[texasdago 7575]

Apparently this is happening a lot and I actually found your answer:

How Holy Hygge is Applied, by Gertjan Van Thorens

Fascinating!

[WhatTheBuck 28794]

57 minutes ago, hookemATL said:

i only say female bc ive seen this book read/mentioned by several female coworkers/friends

About the author, from Amazon:

”Jamie Erickson is a former elementary school teacher turned homeschooling mother of 5. In addition to speaking at homeschooling conferences and writing for several homeschooling periodicals, she can be found on The Mom to Mom Podcast or at her popular education blog TheUnlikelyHomeschool.com where she encourages and equips a growing tribe of homeschooling parents all across the globe.”

[dcbc 14496]

3 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

About the author, from Amazon:

”Jamie Erickson is a former elementary school teacher turned homeschooling mother of 5. In addition to speaking at homeschooling conferences and writing for several homeschooling periodicals, she can be found on The Mom to Mom Podcast or at her popular education blog TheUnlikelyHomeschool.com where she encourages and equips a growing tribe of homeschooling parents all across the globe.”

Now the phone left in view on the dashboard counting down makes sense somehow.   Were there kids locked in the trunk?  Was this some sort of home school final exam?

Edited May 12, 2023 by dcbc

[hookemATL 11803]

2 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

About the author, from Amazon:

”Jamie Erickson is a former elementary school teacher turned homeschooling mother of 5. In addition to speaking at homeschooling conferences and writing for several homeschooling periodicals, she can be found on The Mom to Mom Podcast or at her popular education blog TheUnlikelyHomeschool.com where she encourages and equips a growing tribe of homeschooling parents all across the globe.”

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

What happens if you add Susanna Hoffs to the mix?

On a real note, using ‘y’ as a vowel is a little hinky to me.

Edited May 12, 2023 by TheStoicPaisano

[Brisketexan 105180]

1 minute ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

What happens if you add Susanna Hoffs to the mix?

Magic.

The word you're looking for is "magic."

[Brisketexan 105180]

6 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

On a real note, using ‘y’ as a vowel is a little hinky to me.

Well, it's Danish, so....yeah.

[WhatTheBuck 28794]

14 minutes ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

On a real note, using ‘y’ as a vowel is a little hinky to me.

Sometimes. 

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

8 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Sometimes. 

Lynn Nolan Ryan is an exception to the rule.

Usually a stripper or BYU receiver name.

Edited May 12, 2023 by TheStoicPaisano

[Ghost of LL 15539]

56 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So the watch doesn’t get tracked?  And she left the phone, lit up, on the dash for all to see for what reason?  

Point of clarification, which I think makes it all the weirder--the phone and the book are sitting on the windshield outside the car.  They're not inside the car on the dashboard.

33 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

Scavenger hunt.

This actually makes a lot of sense.

[Armybrat 40857]

Was this the car?

 

[crash_davis 23114]

2 hours ago, hookemATL said:

This is a female leaving her phone in the car so she cant be tracked by her spouse, so she can go to another place and bang her side piece.  The timer is tied to her apple watch so she can keep an eye on the clock and be notified when its time to get back.

She told her bf/husband that she's working late. That she would be done after 7pm. The time is counting down an extra 20ish mins after 7pmm for her to "get her stuff, take the elevator down, and then start leaving the parking garage." She was reading that book waiting for her side piece to show up in the parking garage. You should've walked around the garage, they were banging in his car.

[chainsaw 9872]

well, someone was there ten minutes before you were. might be a parking garage receipt in the book. do you know how parking is paid for in this garage? was this person maybe trying to communicate something to a parking attendant?

[KYHorn 17110]

9 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

She told her bf/husband that she's working late. That she would be done after 7pm. The time is counting down an extra 20ish mins after 7pmm for her to "get her stuff, take the elevator down, and then start leaving the parking garage." She was reading that book waiting for her side piece to show up in the parking garage. You should've walked around the garage, they were banging in his car.

The alarm is set 2 minutes before 7pm, so this person has something to do at 7pm. That could be work, appt, phone call, etc. The nap theory, perhaps before a night shift, seems most likely.

[Pato del Muerto 52535]

Maybe someone just likes fucking with inquisitive busybodies. 

[Texas Jeff 1945]

The book appears to have a bookmark in it, some scrap paper.

There is also some kind of sticker on the lower left side or the cover that makes it look like a library book.

Someone checked a book out of the library and marked a page, and someone else has 30 mins to find the book, find the page, and record something about the page.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10331]

My money on an older women reading, waiting on an appt, had to use the restroom and forgot her phone she put on dash.

Reasoning:

Likely set timer on phone and set on dash.... forgot.. grabbed purse thinking it was still inside when went inside

Book is a library book based on label on spine - no young person (under 50 is going to a library to get that book)

Android phone - not tied to watch... would alert if left otherwise

 

The model/year of the car would be a much bigger clue here.

 

[hayden_horn 11364]

[hookemATL 11803]

29 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

My money on an older women reading, waiting on an appt, had to use the restroom and forgot her phone she put on dash.

Reasoning:

Likely set timer on phone and set on dash.... forgot.. grabbed purse thinking it was still inside when went inside

Book is a library book based on label on spine - no young person (under 50 is going to a library to get that book)

Android phone - not tied to watch... would alert if left otherwise

 

The model/year of the car would be a much bigger clue here.

 

[Ghost of LL 15539]

59 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

My money on an older women reading, waiting on an appt, had to use the restroom and forgot her phone she put on dash.

Reasoning:

Likely set timer on phone and set on dash.... forgot.. grabbed purse thinking it was still inside when went inside

Book is a library book based on label on spine - no young person (under 50 is going to a library to get that book)

Android phone - not tied to watch... would alert if left otherwise

 

The model/year of the car would be a much bigger clue here.

 

Again--the phone and book are not on the dash.  They're sitting on the windshield outside the car.

[ABSR 5320]

I'm gonna go with a woman did something scatter brained.  .... You know, play the odds.

[idigTexas 2289]

32 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Again--the phone and book are not on the dash.  They're sitting on the windshield outside the car.

Why do you keep saying this?  You can clearly see the screen reflection glow on the underside of the windshield.  You would not see that if the phone were on the outside of the windshield unless it was face down. 

Also, why didn't Brisket just hang around for 20 minutes?  He should have at least left a note on the windshield that said "MESSAGE RECEIVED, I'LL BE THERE."

Edited May 12, 2023 by idigTexas

[MonkeyDoughnut 10331]

33 minutes ago, ABSR said:

I'm gonna go with a woman did something scatter brained.  .... You know, play the odds.

agreed, but its also a women over 60 as it's the evening and the phone is at 84% charge

[52-80 19205]

4 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Based on how much of the blue circle is left, the timer was set for 30 minutes.

Also, that's an android.

The poors have never seen an actual iphone

[52-80 19205]

[DDD Dad 14346]

4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Yep, I surmised that it had been set for 30 mins based on the circle.

Didn't bother to look that closely at the phone.  I'm an iPhone guy, because that's what my family adopted before I upgraded from a Blackberry, and that's how it goes.  Androids frighten and confuse this caveman lawyer.

I like this guess.

Live look at Brisket:

[DDD Dad 14346]

4 hours ago, texasdago said:

Apparently this is happening a lot and I actually found your answer:

How Holy Hygge is Applied, by Gertjan Van Thorens

Fascinating!

I was fully expecting that link to take me here.

51 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

Again--the phone and book are not on the dash.  They're sitting on the windshield outside the car.

The only way you could know that is if...it was YOUR CAR!

[JMFP 1120]

18 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

Why do you keep saying this?  You can clearly see the screen reflection glow on the underside of the windshield.  You would not see that if the phone were on the outside of the windshield unless it was face down. 

Also, why didn't Brisket just hang around for 20 minutes?  He should have at least left a note on the windshield that said "MESSAGE RECEIVED, I'LL BE THERE."

Brisket said it was "on the windshield" ?

 

What I find hard to believe that a surlyite of Brisket's status did not take a dick pic then text MULEDICK! to the most recent contact before putting the phone back and leaving... 

[Brisketexan 105180]

24 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

Why do you keep saying this?  You can clearly see the screen reflection glow on the underside of the windshield.  You would not see that if the phone were on the outside of the windshield unless it was face down. 

Also, why didn't Brisket just hang around for 20 minutes?  He should have at least left a note on the windshield that said "MESSAGE RECEIVED, I'LL BE THERE."

It was on the outside of the car.  That was the peculiar part of it that drew my attention.  Otherwise, I generally wouldn't even notice what's sitting on some random car's dashboard. But in this case, I thought "huh, how the hell did someone's phone end up out there?"

3 minutes ago, JMFP said:

What I find hard to believe that a surlyite of Brisket's status did not take a dick pic then text MULEDICK! to the most recent contact before putting the phone back and leaving... 

Sonofa....

[Rimbo 26020]

it took way too long for someone to say muledick

[Ghost of LL 15539]

42 minutes ago, idigTexas said:

Why do you keep saying this?  You can clearly see the screen reflection glow on the underside of the windshield.  You would not see that if the phone were on the outside of the windshield unless it was face down. 

Also, why didn't Brisket just hang around for 20 minutes?  He should have at least left a note on the windshield that said "MESSAGE RECEIVED, I'LL BE THERE."

Because that's what Brisket told me when he related this story to me three days ago as we were walking through the garage and he said, "so there was the weirdest thing about this car that was parked in that spot yesterday, . . . ."

[Js1 85449]

Also I have a Hygge sweatshirt I got in Copenhagen.

Some fucking Danish jerkoff tried to talk to me about it at DFW on Wednesday

[Homercles 10206]

4 hours ago, TheStoicPaisano said:

What happens if you add Susanna Hoffs to the mix?

On a real note, using ‘y’ as a vowel is a little hinky to me.

[Samson's Wig 3194]

Hygge is a joke.   Danes are happy because they expect everything to go terribly.  When things are only mildly shitty it's like a wonderful surprise for them.  In general, they are a nation of sedated cows, contentedly chewing cud while simultaneously waiting for the sky to fall.  An excellent social safety net and general blandness of existence will do that to a people.  It has a quiet beauty to it, but doesn't leave room for much vitality, creativity, or inspired living.  It also doesn't leave room for much poverty, anger, or resentment. 

In short, this woman clearly went inside to take a shit and died of boredom while sitting there trying to feel cozy about her constipation.

[Macanudo 12999]

5 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

About the author, from Amazon:

”Jamie Erickson is a former elementary school teacher turned homeschooling mother of 5. In addition to speaking at homeschooling conferences and writing for several homeschooling periodicals, she can be found on The Mom to Mom Podcast or at her popular education blog TheUnlikelyHomeschool.com where she encourages and equips a growing tribe of homeschooling parents all across the globe.”

That's a lot of words to say batshit crazy.

[Deej 76858]

You stumbled on to one of Nicole's serial killer traps.