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ukaunz · March 20, 2015 3:44 am

When you're reading a completely-not-Sherlock-related book that happens to be set in London, and one of the characters mentions Barts hospital, and you have the unresistible urge to stop reading and watch A Study in Pink instead.

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ukaunz · March 21, 2015 5:02 am

Oh - coincidence. I'm 50+ pages further into my book, and a different character has just said "What are you, Sherlock Holmes?"

(The book is called Wild Wood by Posie Graeme-Evans, absolutely nothing to do with the great detective, but I'm beginning to think the author might be a fan )

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ukaunz · March 25, 2015 8:26 pm

And another one in the same book! Another character just said "No shit, Sherlock."

nakahara · March 25, 2015 8:58 pm

ukaunz wrote:
When you're reading a completely-not-Sherlock-related book that happens to be set in London, and one of the characters mentions Barts hospital, and you have the unresistible urge to stop reading and watch A Study in Pink instead.

I think it´s just a natural, healthy level of obssession.

Mela · March 28, 2015 10:24 pm

When you speak too frequently about your obsession with your family that you're little brother instead of reading the word "shock" said "sherlock"

Harriet · March 28, 2015 10:27 pm

Lilythiell · March 28, 2015 10:46 pm

Nice!

notsosurelock · March 29, 2015 6:08 am

You buy too much jam
You paint a smiley face on your wall
You constantly shout 'BORED'
You're scared of getting into a cab
You forget your friends' names (Gavin? Graham?!)
You change your ringtone to Staying Alive

ukaunz · March 29, 2015 9:50 am

You know you're obsessed when you mark 183cm on the door frame where you record your children's heights, just so you can imagine looking up into Sherlock's/Benedict's eyes.

This Is The Phantom Lady · March 29, 2015 10:40 am

When you have a hard time letting go of your water bottle... it was a french pink lemonade, and it has '1895' on it in large letters...

ukaunz · March 29, 2015 11:52 am

I'm so obsessed I named my cat Bluebell before I had even seen Sherlock. This was in 2009 by the way (true story)

Another funny Sherlock link I have: in 2000 I lived in the same street in London as Big Brother's "Nasty Nick" (I assume he was the one referred to when John was reading the newspaper in The Reichenbach Fall episode, but I could be wrong).

Russell · March 29, 2015 9:49 pm

ukaunz wrote:
I'm so obsessed I named my cat Bluebell before I had even seen Sherlock. This was in 2009 by the way (true story)

Huh… way back when I was a kid, I named my favorite pale blue stuffed bunny Bluebell! No idea where got idea, either.

ukaunz · March 29, 2015 10:53 pm

The native bluebell is the floral emblem of Australia's Capital Territory (which is like a state - Canberra, where I live, is the capital), that's where I got it from. My kids thought it was funny when I told them there was a glowing bunny called Bluebell in Sherlock because they thought we invented the name

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Harriet · March 30, 2015 8:30 am

ukaunz wrote:
You know you're obsessed when you mark 183cm on the door frame where you record your children's heights, just so you can imagine looking up into Sherlock's/Benedict's eyes.

Someone help me up, please -

tonnaree · March 30, 2015 1:08 pm

Harriet wrote:
ukaunz wrote:
You know you're obsessed when you mark 183cm on the door frame where you record your children's heights, just so you can imagine looking up into Sherlock's/Benedict's eyes.
Someone help me up, please -

I did that on my bedroom door when I was a teenager. I marked the height of all my celebrity crushes. *giggle*

This Is The Phantom Lady · April 2, 2015 3:02 pm

When your guy for the very first time in 8 months calls you his Girlfriend...
And a second after the initial heart racing is over you have a flashback to the "Girlfriend?!?" scene from TEH at the train geek's home.

Worst girlfriend award of the year goes to...

Lilythiell · April 2, 2015 3:04 pm

ivywind · April 3, 2015 7:50 am

When you start to read the original novel you had no interest before and can't stop yourself to identify which plots had been adapted in the TV series

diva · April 3, 2015 2:40 pm

When you read that David Bowie is writing music for a new stage play called Lazarus and the first thing that comes to your mind is "Lazarus is go."

This Is The Phantom Lady · April 8, 2015 11:50 am

When a car with a numberplate starting with 'SH' makes you smile...

And you're about to lose your mind because your aunt just called you in the middle of watching TBB on the telly...(despite having the DVD's)