Waist of Thyme Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 I always wondered what would happen if a ransom note receiver told the ransomers "You can keep them, I don't like them anyway" or "I'll pay you to NOT return them". Does anyone know if it's ever happened? And I don't mean where the note receiver was in on it from the beginning, I mean where the note receiver wasn't in on it and this happens. Link to post Share on other sites
daveb Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 In reality? I don't know. Similar things have been the premise of some fiction. For example, the short story, The Ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry, an American author from the early 1900s. Link to post Share on other sites
thylacine Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 1 hour ago, daveb said: In reality? I don't know. Similar things have been the premise of some fiction. For example, the short story, The Ransom of Red Chief, by O. Henry, an American author from the early 1900s. I read the story. I have a collection of stories by O. Henry - he was an awesome writer. He wrote comedy - absolutely hysterical. Some of his characters were stereotypical, so they wouldn't do too well today, but he wrote in the 1900's, so he was a great writer for his day. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 A bit of dialogue from TaleSpin episode “A Baloo Switcheroo”: Kit: ”Vulture, this is the Sea Duck. We’ve got Karnage. We’ll trade him for the idol and the girl”. Mad Dog: “To tell ya the truth we’ve grown attached to both of them. Keep Karnage”. Link to post Share on other sites
blunose2772 Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Sounds like a joke in a Mel Brooks movie Link to post Share on other sites
GingerRose Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 They did in the film: Life of Crime But in real life the specificity of this question makes me nervous. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 My parents would do that honestly as well as my siblings. Link to post Share on other sites
Kilyawan Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Ransom failed, I guess? Better luck next time ; P Link to post Share on other sites
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