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

**Posted by HoosierPhD** July 30, 2012 9:57 pm

Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Davina wrote:
You lick the inside of sweet wrappers to see if they have been poisoned.
LOL

You start keeping "experiments" in your fridge

Uh, oh... you mean this isn't normal?

**Posted by veecee** July 31, 2012 3:02 am

HoosierPhD wrote:
Sherlock Holmes wrote:
Davina wrote:
You lick the inside of sweet wrappers to see if they have been poisoned.
LOL

You start keeping "experiments" in your fridge
Uh, oh... you mean this isn't normal?

They're both perfeclty normal, but licking your experiments is not.

**Posted by Davina** July 31, 2012 8:06 am

Definitely NOT to be recommended! That way lies...death!

**Posted by ancientsgate** July 31, 2012 8:25 am

veecee wrote:
HoosierPhD wrote:
Sherlock Holmes wrote:

LOL
You start keeping "experiments" in your fridge
Uh, oh... you mean this isn't normal?
They're both perfeclty normal, but licking your experiments is not.

Davina said: <<<Definitely NOT to be recommended! That way lies...death!>>>

Not necessarily. *g* It depends on the exact nature of your "experiments".

**Posted by Davina** July 31, 2012 10:17 am

Yes but a bit of a risk, nevertheless. There's a story somewhere I think maybe in one of the Brother Cadfael stories ( but I could be totally wrong) about someone who accidentally poisons themselves by licking the tip of their pen. I digress! Feel another bit os research coming on! Lol

**Posted by AreYouTryingToDeduceMe** July 31, 2012 10:32 am

When you start weeping upon hearing Stayin' Alive

**Posted by SusiGo** July 31, 2012 4:03 pm

When you write "I believe in Sherlock" on a big rock when walking around a beautiful lake in Austria. Photo proof to follow when I'm back home.

**Posted by ancientsgate** July 31, 2012 4:13 pm

AreYouTryingToDeduceMe wrote:
When you start weeping upon hearing Stayin' Alive

Deduce Me, is that you in your icon? Pretty! But I had to comment on the scarf, worn and tied a la Sherlock. heh

**Posted by HoosierPhD** August 2, 2012 12:27 am

You know you're obsessed with SHERLOCK when you google "Boffin" and then go around proudly telling your colleagues what it means... (go ahead Americans - google it! Doesn't mean what you think it means.).

This is the height of scientific Sherlock Holmes geekdome.

**Posted by ancientsgate** August 2, 2012 12:44 am

HoosierPhD wrote:
You know you're obsessed with SHERLOCK when you google "Boffin" and then go around proudly telling your colleagues what it means... (go ahead Americans - google it! Doesn't mean what you think it means.). This is the height of scientific Sherlock Holmes geekdome.

Why would Americans think the word means anything except what Wiki says **a scientist, engineer, or other person engaged in technical or scientific research**?

Sherlock would rather be known as a detective, not a boffin, I guess. I think he thinks that it's important for others to know that his work has practical real-world importance and relevance. He's no head-in-the-clouds researcher or scientist.

I'm not 100% sure I ever heard the word boffin before TRF. It's not used in America that I know of. I had to look it up, too.

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**Posted by veecee** August 2, 2012 2:55 am

Not sure if you're all serious. There is the verb, to b*ff. So if you are doing it, you're b*ffin'.Not something you'd say in front of your grandmother, unless, well...never mind.

**Posted by ancientsgate** August 2, 2012 3:02 am

veecee wrote:
Not sure if you're all serious. There is the verb, to b*ff. So if you are doing it, you're b*ffin'.Not something you'd say in front of your grandmother, unless, well...never mind.

Oh, boffing! Yeah. I would consider that a Britism, a synonym for (shall we say) sexual activity; is it actually American?

But I knew it was boffin, Boffin Sherlock Holmes, because it was written out on the newspaper headline when he threw the thing down on the coffee table in front of John. Either that or I was reading the scene's subtitles at the time. So I never went to boffing/boffin' in my mind.

**Posted by Davina** August 2, 2012 5:57 am

Boffin also shortened to boff is used widely here in the UK. Kids also use it for other kids at school, especially boys, who are seen as overly studious ( which I've always found to be quite sad). It is closely allied to the idea of a geek.

**Posted by HoosierPhD** August 2, 2012 1:07 pm

As I said, google the term. It doesn't mean what you think it means (term unknown to Americans). I've confirmed the term with a British friend of mine.

**Posted by HoosierPhD** August 5, 2012 2:39 am

Yep. That's correct. I checked with a British fellow even though as we all know, Wiki is NEVER wrong. . He says that it use to mean 'scientist' but now maybe a slight slur on 'scientist'.

Hum. I don't know a lot of 'head-in-the-clouds' scientists. As a whole they've become far far more practical with real world relevance and applications. Unless you like not being funded.... But he SH does appreciate scientific techniques he can apply to answer his 'questions'. Notice he asks Molly for the results of an analysis (TRF). I'm sure he's having her use some of the state-of-the-art analytical equipment (LC/MS perhaps). After all, you really can't determine the presence of glycerol molecule structure using a microscope.

**Posted by tobeornot221b** August 5, 2012 1:47 pm

You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when

... suddenly, in August, you find a hidden chocolate Easter bunny between the books you used to read in pre-Sherlock times.

**Posted by Mattlocked** August 5, 2012 2:18 pm

lol Well, that IS a sign.....

You know you're obsessed with Sherlock when

.... after months you think it could be a nice idea to go back to a former hobby of yours and once you started it will not work as expected and you get really frustrated and mad and you decide to throw everything away and go back to the Sherlock-forum as quickly as possible.

**Posted by veecee** August 6, 2012 7:18 pm

Just curious: what hobby?

Or, you take one of your hobbies on a Sherlockian turn (will post photo soon).

**Posted by Mattlocked** August 6, 2012 7:34 pm

building sculptures from concrete

and from clay. But that one I will keep
(build a Sherlock? no........)

You know when you're obsessed with Sherlock when...
..... you notice it's still beginning of month but you don't have any money left. All spent for........???

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**Posted by veecee** August 6, 2012 7:36 pm

Do you form the concrete or sculpt blocks. Or put broken or cut pieces together? It sounds like it takes a lot of room -- and strength.
Probably should move this conversation to a different thread.