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Russell · February 15, 2013 7:51 pm

You know you've made a few more Sherlock references/comments than you realize in conversations with co-workers (a few of us at work are into movies and watch some of the same shows, enjoying discussing the next day or recommending new flicks, including Elementary and Sherlock that I got them into and enjoy bantering about) when get the following chat from one of them:

I'm looking for a different co-worker, find the above mentioned one, and jokingly tease her that shoot, I wasn't looking for her, I was looking for her "nicer doppelgänger" (since they are similar, and do a similar job, but… really, look nothing alike, so not quite accurate use of the word, just one of those quirky silly moments when it just pops into your head as an amusing quip to be clever. ah well. ) She gives me an amused 'huh??' look, not knowing the word, and I'm trying to explain, having thought it wasn't that rare of a word, commenting it's probably because I've always been a big reader, knowing stuff like that. She just chuckles and shakes her head, ribbing me that 'not all of us know stuff like that, Sherlock!' Cue my amused delight. ;D

(silly story aside, I guess I was also just curious… depending on geography or knowledge from reading and such, how common is the usage of doppelgänger? I know I've seen it in a book or movie review and such, not just deeper lit…. surely many of you familiar too...)

Moriarty · February 15, 2013 9:38 pm

Russell wrote:
Moriarty wrote:
When you get a little bit worked up when you find a fellow Sherlockian, but soon are told that they only watched half of an episode!

Awww.... ;) Did it come up because they consider themselves a book Sherlockian instead? Or... dunno. Addicted after only half of an episode? ;D Dang, our show is powerful! ;DD

Apparantly they don't have the time to watch a full episode or whatever.. But he does play a few of the better video games, and has read a bunch of the canon, so he knows what I'm talking about!

horserider99 · February 15, 2013 11:49 pm

...when you can respond to anything anyone says with a Sherlock quote.

Mattlocked · February 16, 2013 5:55 pm

...when you already ordered a nice cover for your Kindle, but then it takes some time until it might arrive, so in the meantime you make this out of some black felt, wool and white shirt-color:

SusiGo · February 16, 2013 6:03 pm

Very nice, Mattlocked. Look how creative people get because of Sherlock.

QuiteExtraordinary · February 16, 2013 7:01 pm

That's a great one. And "bored" is the reason for reading?

Mattlocked · February 16, 2013 7:02 pm

I have always been creative.
Look at that - it looks like we are back when I was 16.

Right, QE. Though I've never been bored since I found you guys....

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SusiGo · February 16, 2013 7:05 pm

Neither have I.

biscuitbear · February 16, 2013 7:16 pm

When you do this.

(not my leg obviously)

Mary Me · February 17, 2013 10:27 am

biscuitbear wrote:
When you do this.

(not my leg obviously)

In two years I'm going to have a tattoo on my left shoulder, looking like this:

[img]http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.11437205.9747/sticker,375x360.png[/img]

Mattlocked · February 17, 2013 10:29 am

Let me guess.... in two years you are 18 and your parents can't stop you?

Mary Me · February 17, 2013 10:35 am

Mattlocked wrote:
Let me guess.... in two years you are 18 and your parents can't stop you?

Absolutely right

Mattlocked · February 17, 2013 10:42 am

Goood that it will be in two years - so you have enough time to think it over.

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Mary Me · February 17, 2013 10:50 am

That's the point - if in two years I still want to, it's worth it. (:

Moriarty · February 17, 2013 10:55 pm

When your at the book store and stumble upon a wonderful book full of puzzles written down by John H. Watson, and of course you have to buy it!

Mrs.Wenceslas · February 17, 2013 11:03 pm

Matt, this is good! My kindle case deserves something like that,too:-)

Mattlocked · February 18, 2013 9:07 am

...when you walk through the dvd department of a supermarket just to search for the Sherlock dvds. And you feel happy when you see them - although you have them at home.

biscuitbear · February 18, 2013 9:27 am

Oh boy you really have it bad Mattlocked!

pitagor · February 18, 2013 5:40 pm

You're maybe a bit addicted to sherlock if your bag looks like this;

And you're actually VERY proud of it, of course!

Moriarty · February 18, 2013 5:47 pm

That's an awesome bag pitagor! Did you make it yourself?