Spotting Sleuths Mugs

Trainspotter spotting: 'Gosh! A type 406 with original thermos.'

'I remember when you used to look for answers using your astute powers of deduction.'

"Evidence suggests she was working on the puzzle, got up to make tea, husband enters and puts last piece in..."

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

A boy acting suspiciously

The Modern Godot

"I'm a brilliant stalker and love photography, so I thought: why not?"

Uncle Sam is Big Brother.

"Let me through... I’m an armchair detective!"

Optician and the PI.

Secret Service Dogs

"The butler did it!"

'This assignment calls for a chicken.'

'Do I have a story to tell about Novox Genlab!'

'Who's your Daddy?'

'Remember, all these security cameras are for YOUR protection...otherwise, I'd come over there and smack you.'

F.B.I. An equal opportunity phone tapper without regard to race, sex, or national origin.

'Bravo Professor, you stumbled upon the one fact that makes sense of it all. Unfortunately humanity is not permitted to know that the Universe was designed by a committee of ducks.'

"This was no accident, Sarge! He was intentionally DROPPED!"

Sherlock Holmes.

Auditing

"After I had my eyes lasered, the people down there stopped looking like ants. Plump, furry and delicious little rodents, yes, but not ants!"

'No, I haven't found the elusive Higgs boson yet.'

"What if these guys in white coats who bring us food are, like, studying us and we're part of some kind of big experiment?"

"I think it was done with mirrors."

"If nature abhors a vacuum, why is the universe so full of it?"

Heisenberg Witness Protection Program

'...But in case God misses something...'

Detective follows footprints leading to a pair of shoes.

"I'm looking for justice."

"Who was first?"