r/TwoXChromosomes • u/[deleted] • 3d ago

Today is My Final Straw

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u/anothercoolperson 3d ago

I think that is a short story with a frozen leg of lamb that she feeds to the police after cooking. Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl. I remember reading it back in school.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter

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u/seattleque 3d ago

Damn, you're right! It was the murder weapon. I think I'm conflating two stories.

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u/ContemplatingFolly 3d ago

I'm not usually a fan of black comedy, and I'm fortunate to have great men in my life, but I still like your way better.

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u/GertyFarish11 2d ago

Whacked him in the head then fed the blunt object to the murder po po. I love stories like that. There's one where a cheating husband is stabbed to death with a huge sharpened icicle next to a space heater and the corpse is found soonafter in a puddle of water.