BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 » You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when...

Mountain Momma · December 22, 2012 5:53 pm

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
When you try to make your family and friends obsessed with Sherlock too...

When you try to get perfect strangers, like my daughter's optician, to watch Sherlock.

Harriet · December 22, 2012 5:56 pm

pitagor wrote:
Yes-it was hard. But now we know that when we go this way it's better for ourself not to look at it. And that would be also good for the people around us-Lelli wrote it before, we were standing there like... Yes. Not like normal-persons. Not at all.

I just imagine you two not-normal-persons in your little town - you.are.amazing

Mountain Momma: Your daughter's optician?!? You definitely qualify here!

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Mnemosyne · December 22, 2012 6:06 pm

I pass a store called Moran █████ every day... It's not even confirmed for Series 3 and already I can't help staring at it suspiciously every time I pass it.

It's also disturbingly close to my home. The only place of note between me and it is the doctor's surgery at the bottom of my road... should I be worried?

QuiteExtraordinary · December 22, 2012 6:14 pm

tobeornot221b wrote:
...you hesitate to enter a shop because of this:

At least it's on the ground floor, for safety. Probably that's why it's called "Damen TRF", because suicide stunts from the ground floor window don't hurt that much. That's better for the ladies.

tobeornot221b · December 22, 2012 6:35 pm

You mean: TRF light? Good!

SusiGo · December 22, 2012 7:24 pm

What a pity, but I'll have to buy the grey cable-knit jumper when I go to London. I just wanted to order it but it would be 20.00 pounds !! for the delivery to Germany, i.e. one third of the sales price.

Harriet · December 22, 2012 7:31 pm

... if travelling to London for a jumper is actually an option

SusiGo · December 22, 2012 7:32 pm

Harriet wrote:
... if travelling to London for a jumper is actually an option

It isn't. But if I'm going there anyway …

tobeornot221b · December 22, 2012 7:38 pm

SusiGo wrote:
Harriet wrote:
... if travelling to London for a jumper is actually an option
It isn't. But if I'm going there anyway …

Only that March isn't exactly the right time for warm jumpers you need NOW!

besleybean · December 22, 2012 7:40 pm

Jumpers will still be welcome in March!

SusiGo · December 22, 2012 7:40 pm

Well, you all told me how cold it was in March, didn't you (regarding the pneumonia and slipping on ice thing)? And it's cotton, not wool, after all. Just the right thing for a cool and sunny day in spring, to be worn instead of a jacket with a nice blue scarf, walking along North Gower Street …

Mattlocked · December 22, 2012 9:43 pm

QuiteExtraordinary wrote:
tobeornot221b wrote:
...you hesitate to enter a shop because of this:

At least it's on the ground floor, for safety. Probably that's why it's called "Damen TRF", because suicide stunts from the ground floor window don't hurt that much. That's better for the ladies.

Maybe it's just the "thudding and fainting floor". Full of mattresses.

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SusiGo · December 22, 2012 9:45 pm

Exactly what we need. I love this pic, Tobe, although I get some creepy feelings.

Mattlocked · December 22, 2012 9:48 pm

Errr.... What exactly means "Damen TRF", btw?

QuiteExtraordinary · December 22, 2012 9:53 pm

Mattlocked wrote:
Maybe it's just the "thudding and fainting floor". Full of mattresses.

If that is the case, I'll move in.

Moriarty · December 23, 2012 12:25 am

Hello everyone! I'm new here, and I have a few of my own reasons to be obsessed with Sherlock:
- When you actually go to a mall or store and yell "Vatican Cameos" and watch for a reaction
- When your dream house is actually a flat on Baker street
- When you just spent two days reading all 89 pages of this thread, and enjoyed every moment
- After which you immediately made an account and posted on said thread......(hint hint, it was me)
Anyways, I hope I can come up with more soon!

Mnemosyne · December 23, 2012 1:40 am

Fabulous reasons Moriarty.

Here's another one:
When you know you're going to take up the violin again in the new year...

You remember it all in painful annoy-o-vision:

The chin-rest that dug in.
The shoulder rest that cut into your collar bone.
The rosin getting under your fingernails.
Calling the instrument 'you ███████ useless piece of ████!' (in the middle of the night might I add.)
The hours you spent just learning how to hold the bow.
The teacher muting your violin until you got the hang of anything.
Glaring at sheet music, willing it to make sense...

And then you re-watch the past episodes where the violin makes an appearance and you smile. It will be worth it.

Moriarty · December 23, 2012 1:54 am

But knowing that you will continue just because you want to be like Sherlock...
then wondering if Benedict can actually play violin in 'real life'.....i doubt it..

besleybean · December 23, 2012 7:28 am

He takes lessons for the series and apparently is doing very well.

Moriarty · December 23, 2012 3:19 pm

Really cool, I can tell that he had improved by the end of the series because in the beginning the music from his violin and the movement of the bow were not matched