“Mysteries make my head hurt” is a phrase uttered by retiredDetective Joe Kenda of the Colorado Springs PD on his show on ID.
All the suspects have come up with alibis. Mysteries make my head hurt. We have to start from scratch. Back to the scene of the crime to question additional witnesses.
To take something small, that doesn't quite qualify as a theft. Probably from the Danish "skæv" or the Dutch "scheef", both of which are pronounced similarly, meaning "askew, or not quite right'. To change an item's ownership without permission, but only something small and of little worth.
"I skeefed an apple off the neighbor's tree." "I skeefed some chips outta your bag when you looked away." "Don't skeef my chair when I go to the bathroom."