Hi meghana (and anyone else who's interested)

I have written my own take on what I think happens on the rooftop on my website. It's too long to re-type and it wouldn't let me copy it here (because my blog has white letters on black background!)

Anyway, if you're interested, you can take a peek here: http://shenanigans1895.livejournal.com/2607.html

Okay, I've found what people were calling the "fish" clue on the tumblr...

I keep reading people’s theories where they sort of are getting close to the truth and then they throw in something absolutely insane which rather wrecks the entire theory! I think ‘Oh, well, not so bad’ and then ‘No, there were no fish involved’.

Mark Gatiss discussing theories for The Reichenbach Fall with Graham Norton on BBC Radio 2.

Anyway, it just looks like Gatiss was being funny and that fish was not really a clue... or was it? LOLOL! (Because, of course, I did find something that involves "fish"--that's why I was looking for this transcript! ;D)

Can someone link me to the article in which Mark Gatiss mentions a "fish" clue or something like that? I've searched everywhere and can't find it.

Your help would be much appreciated!

S

Cool. Can I friend you when I finish posting my theory in progress there? Your insights are always appreciated. :D

Bonjour et bienvenue!

Je suis une p'tite Canadienne moi aussie! :D

John was about to ask Sherlock to show a bit of decorum and sit still... but what was the point? Compared to visiting Buckingham Palace half-naked--this was nothing. He smiled at the memory. Sherlock did get away with a lot, didn't he?

Sherlocked, I was re-reading the info on the link I posted and somehow, I still think Cisco IOU is too obscure/complicated to be a clue. BUT I might be looking at it differently than you because I don't have much expertise in terms of computer science and high tech. But do let me know if you find more links with "demons" ;D

I'm still exploring the possibility of the "chemical" IOU (Iodine, Oxygen and Uranium). As I said earlier in the thread, this idea is still percolating in my mind. I'm too lazy to write it out again, so I will just cut and paste what I wrote bellow. :D By the way, this is not my theory--it just wouldn't make sense on its own, kwim?--but it is a possibility (to explore) within the confines of what I think is going on globally. :D

IOU=elements from the Periodic Chart (Iodine, Oxygen, Uranium) Possible atomic bomb... I dismissed this a while back because I thought it would be a stretch that Moriarty was talking about a nuclear disaster with respect to "The Game". I also couldn't make it fit into my working theory. ;D

However, when I re-watched RF, I noticed that Sherlock is repeating "IOU" in the lab while working on the "Hansel and Gretel" case. Perhaps the writers thought they would point us in the right direction by having Sherlock thinking about IOU at the same time that he's trying to figure out different molecular structures? This is the scene I'm referring to: (copied and pasted from someone else's transcript).

(Later, he has another sample on a slide and is looking at it in the microscope. He quietly murmurs to himself.)
SHERLOCK (softly): I ... owe ... you.
(He turns his head and looks at a computer screen nearby.)
SHERLOCK: Glycerol molecule. (chemical formula is shown)
(He sighs heavily as he struggles to identify the item, seeing it in his head....because you can't see molecular structure under a microscope. ;D
SHERLOCK: What are you?
(He looks into the microscope again as Molly stands beside him typing onto a laptop.)
MOLLY: Wha

Good point m0r1arty!

You know, the masonic handshake crossed my mind a while back as well. It could somehow be related to the rooftop scene during the odd staring contest between Moriarty and Sherlock. I think Masons use light/sun shining in the eyes as a form of communication too and they are often associated with angels and demons. Also,  depending on which side of the fence you sit, some believe it's a satanic cult of sorts. 

This articles explains the "all seeing eye" used by Masons. http://www.cuttingedge.org/free19.htm

I don't know.

Perhaps it's a link worth exploring. :D

I've put this on the back burner myself because I was able to tie-in more clues with my "theory in progress"... (which uses secret handshakes--but is not the theory in itself!)

This is fun. Thanks for sharing!

*grins* Well, I think cryptography might help to explain what is going on during the starring contest on top of the rooftop. ;D

Still thinking about Richard. :D

*loves*

Oh, excellent theories! :D In my mind Richard and Moriarty were one and the same (based on the little sneaky look Richard gives Sherlock at one point) but, yeah, that doesn't necessarily mean our dear Richard couldn't be Jim's brother playing with Sherlock too and giving him sneaky looks! Might even explain the secret handshake better.

*ponders*

Hmm, I'm going to let this possibility percolate in my mind.

Thanks for sharing!