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SusiGo · January 6, 2013 11:13 am

Oh, you've been very active during the night. Thanks, Russell, for the story to the pic. I always wondered if it was real. I think nobody reacted because it was in a British club where everybody kept his stiff upper lip. I suppose I wouldn't have stayed that cool.

Mrs Wenceslas, that's a nice one. And just look at his socks with the heel in the wrong place and the holes in it.

Mattlocked · January 6, 2013 11:17 am

equiraptor wrote:
Russell wrote:
the story...
And no one gave him a second look? These people are either insane or far too polite!

Of course they didn't! After the first look everybody fainted!

SusiGo · January 6, 2013 11:19 am

Just imagine this bar with lots of people lying around in various states of unconsciousness and Benedict sitting coolly there on his stool, sipping a Martini and posing for this pic.

Mrs.Wenceslas · January 6, 2013 11:21 am

of course, he is so adorable with those ugly socks..like a child

SusiGo wrote:
Oh, you've been very active during the night. Thanks, Russell, for the story to the pic. I always wondered if it was real. I think nobody reacted because it was in a British club where everybody kept his stiff upper lip. I suppose I wouldn't have stayed that cool.

Mrs Wenceslas, that's a nice one. And just look at his socks with the heel in the wrong place and the holes in it.

equiraptor · January 6, 2013 2:43 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Just imagine this bar with lots of people lying around in various states of unconsciousness and Benedict sitting coolly there on his stool, sipping a Martini and posing for this pic.

I'm going to wake up my boyfriend, laughing at you guys. Love it.

Mrs.Wenceslas · January 6, 2013 6:54 pm

I went through several of dozens pages here (yes, I was working really hard before deadline) and still didn´t find my favourite one...maybe it is somewhere else

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Harriet · January 6, 2013 7:01 pm

SusiGo wrote:
And just look at his socks with the heel in the wrong place and the holes in it.

Holes or sticky stuff he had stepped into - I know what I'm talking about

Last edited by Harriet (January 6, 2013 7:03 pm)

Russell · January 6, 2013 8:15 pm

Mmm... Perhaps that club gets enough well-known people in it, or being used as backdrops, that people are used to it? Or... um... semi-nudity? Or... uh... British stiff upper lip discreet politeness? I have no idea... even if it wasn't a celebrity, I'd have a little trouble not being all curiously 'what in the world' and frequently side-glancing!! o.o

ancientsgate · January 6, 2013 8:26 pm

Russell wrote:
Mmm... Perhaps that club gets enough well-known people in it, or being used as backdrops, that people are used to it? Or... um... semi-nudity? Or... uh... British stiff upper lip discreet politeness? I have no idea... even if it wasn't a celebrity, I'd have a little trouble not being all curiously 'what in the world' and frequently side-glancing!! o.o

The backstory of how the photo came to be sends off major phony vibes in me. Just sayin'. They could have taken the photo and then later invented that "cool beans" story to go with it as an afterthought. Not that you can't believe everything you read on the internet.... ahem. Anyway, way to get arrested, taking your clothes off in public. And that's just for starters. Just my opinion. Obviously, there's no way to verify anything. And also, it doesn't matter how it came to be-- it's a really....interesting.... photo!

Russell · January 6, 2013 8:34 pm

Oh, no kidding. Just half 'wha?....no' and half amusedly wondering. Plus apparently that photographer is known for risque photos and probably not telling the whole story. Maybe they mostly cleared it first? I'm a fan of another photographer who does gorgeous 'artsy models often semi-nude', and whose done a lot of such shots in public.... but it was always 'be totally ready to go, hup hup hup, get in place, get the shot, quickly leave'. It's the photo itself that's the cool thing. Right. Just neat knowing how came to be.... ;)

SusiGo · January 6, 2013 9:29 pm

OMG, look at his hair. From today's CP recording.

source: cumberbatchcollection.tumblr.com

tobeornot221b · January 6, 2013 10:09 pm

Hair? You mean those unkempt orange curls?

Mattlocked · January 6, 2013 10:11 pm

That is the light. Ts....

SusiGo · January 6, 2013 10:13 pm

Oh, Tobe, you make me sad. Of course it's the light. And the curls are wonderful. Imagine them dyed dark brown. But before I fear he'll go platinum blonde.

tobeornot221b · January 6, 2013 10:15 pm

In any case, he has to let that curls of his GROW!

SusiGo · January 6, 2013 10:17 pm

But he does. They're getting longer. It just takes some time. Besides, we don't know what he'll look at the beginning of series 3. Maybe they'll make use of the platinum blonde style.

Mattlocked · January 6, 2013 10:18 pm

Camouflage!

SusiGo · January 6, 2013 10:19 pm

Exactly. Plus jeans and bomber jacket and sneakers. Or a head-to-toe leather outfit.

Mattlocked · January 6, 2013 10:25 pm

Like this? Just with curls, of course.
http://www.all-in.de/_/tools/diaview.html?_CMTREE=21482&_CMELEM=32

SusiGo · January 6, 2013 10:27 pm

Er, yes. And a different face, of course.