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Mattlocked · October 4, 2012 11:42 am

Hubby standing in the supermarket having an urgent question is not so happy then.... lol

Last edited by Mattlocked (October 4, 2012 12:03 pm)

Molly Hooper · October 4, 2012 10:36 pm

My (slightly eccentric) Grandma just bought my dad one of those point umbrellas like Mycroft has. I'm already in trouble for nearly taking his eye out while trying to spin it.

veecee · October 4, 2012 11:46 pm

absieb wrote:
NW16XE wrote:
veecee wrote:
...you buy yourself a purple shirt!

I did, too! I wear it on days when I need a bit of attitude.
Where did you get it from? I've been trying to find one.

I got mine at Coldwater Creek -- not exactly the place for hot, young fashion, but they had this shirt. Bonus: It's no iron.

I wore it to work yesterday hoping someone would comment on it, so I could say, "It's my Sherlock shirt." But no luck.

veecee · October 4, 2012 11:50 pm

SusiGo wrote:
And twelve Scottish cricketers wearing swimming suits and carrying a fire engine through the Sahara desert.

Is that part of the song, "Twelve Days of Christmas"?

NW16XE · October 5, 2012 12:15 am

veecee wrote:
SusiGo wrote:
And twelve Scottish cricketers wearing swimming suits and carrying a fire engine through the Sahara desert.
Is that part of the song, "Twelve Days of Christmas"?

Yes it is, but only in Douz.

ancientsgate · October 5, 2012 1:05 am

veecee wrote:
absieb wrote:
NW16XE wrote:

I did, too! I wear it on days when I need a bit of attitude.
Where did you get it from? I've been trying to find one.
I got mine at Coldwater Creek -- not exactly the place for hot, young fashion, but they had this shirt. Bonus: It's no iron.

I wore it to work yesterday hoping someone would comment on it, so I could say, "It's my Sherlock shirt." But no luck.

I have some dark amethyst earrings that would look fabulous with that shirt. Exact same color. Delish.

SusiGo · October 5, 2012 6:22 am

NW16XE wrote:
veecee wrote:
SusiGo wrote:
And twelve Scottish cricketers wearing swimming suits and carrying a fire engine through the Sahara desert.
Is that part of the song, "Twelve Days of Christmas"?
Yes it is, but only in Douz.

If you want Christmas, you've got to fly to Molokai (hey, that's a rhyme).

tobeornot221b · October 5, 2012 1:41 pm

...when some corners of your office look like this:

Apart from those, I've got a consulting detective mug, a London calendar, the London Tube font on my computer (the font the on screen texts of the episodes are written in) and a nice Benedict pic as a screen saver. Funnily enough, none of my customers has ever asked me about Sherlock ...
(Needless to say that I've got the least boring office in the whole building.)

Harriet · October 5, 2012 1:55 pm

... also when you run off and make yourseif just the very same tea box label.
Thanks, Tobe!

tobeornot221b · October 5, 2012 2:02 pm

You're welcome, Harriet!

SusiGo · October 5, 2012 2:45 pm

I went to a shop with my daughter which sells piercing jewellery, shishas and such stuff - but they also had nice decoration ideas like human and animal skulls with horns. Not that I at once thought of 221B …

besleybean · October 5, 2012 3:44 pm

New to the forum and just to say I am so pleased you have this thread...caused endless amusement on my other forum.

Harriet · October 5, 2012 3:46 pm

So we cause "amusement on other forums" - what the he*l... !!! LOL

besleybean · October 5, 2012 3:51 pm

I mean a thread of the same name...
See, I belong to the Grammar police, too!

Mattlocked · October 5, 2012 4:57 pm

tobeornot221b wrote:
...when some corners of your office look like this:

Apart from those, I've got a consulting detective mug, a London calendar, the London Tube font on my computer (the font the on screen texts of the episodes are written in) and a nice Benedict pic as a screen saver. Funnily enough, none of my customers has ever asked me about Sherlock ...
(Needless to say that I've got the least boring office in the whole building.)

And, not enough, soon you'll have a sociopath and an official blogger at home!

besleybean · October 5, 2012 5:01 pm

We've got a new member of staff at work. The other day she said to me: hope you don't mind, I overheard you talking about Sherlock. Are you a fan?
At which point, I merely opened my locker door and indicated my shrine of Sherlock pix!

tobeornot221b · October 5, 2012 5:16 pm

Mattlocked wrote:
And, not enough, soon you'll have a sociopath and an official blogger at home!

Oh, I'm very much looking forward to it!
With a lemon-throwing blogger and a constantly thudding sociopath my flat will finally experience truly enthusiastic people...

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ancientsgate · October 5, 2012 6:17 pm

tobeornot221b wrote:
...when some corners of your office look like this:

Apart from those, I've got a consulting detective mug, a London calendar, the London Tube font on my computer (the font the on screen texts of the episodes are written in) and a nice Benedict pic as a screen saver. Funnily enough, none of my customers has ever asked me about Sherlock ...
(Needless to say that I've got the least boring office in the whole building.)

In the US, we would call you an anglophile. Is there a German equivalent word for you?

SusiGo · October 5, 2012 6:31 pm

Yes, they'll be quite a handful. All these body parts in the fridge and bullet holes in the walls.

tobeornot221b · October 5, 2012 6:34 pm

We say "anglophil" in German - it's a Greek loanword.
But my office is nothing compared to my home ...