BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / Stranger than fiction

**Posted by JaneCo** July 29, 2012 10:20 pm

I have taken this at face value, but how weird if true

**Posted by Davina** July 30, 2012 7:30 am

Followed by 'The Violin'! The wooden leg could be 'The Strange Story of Jonathan Small'.

**Posted by AreYouTryingToDeduceMe** July 30, 2012 10:52 am

"Rangi and his Dinosaurs"... a nod to the memes of AndersonxDinosaur? LOL

**Posted by hypergreenfrog** July 30, 2012 11:06 am

Wow, if that's true I feel a bit sorry for the man... can you imagine going through life with that name? A bit cruel of the parents as well...

**Posted by Molly Hooper** July 30, 2012 11:19 am

They must have really hated him!

**Posted by Davina** July 30, 2012 11:21 am

Oh...there's a LOT of them about!

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Moriarty_

www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/James/Moriarty

www.jamesmoriarty123.com/index.html

Poor things! I doubt their parents were avid readers of the Sherlock Holmes stories somehow.

**Posted by hepzibah** July 30, 2012 3:18 pm

When you think about it, there must be a lot of people who have the same name as someone famous. How many Watson parents have called their sons John simply because it was a family name or just a name they like. Unless you have an unusual surname, it is probably inevitable that someone, somewhere has the same name as you. Michael J Fox had to add the J because there was already an actor called Michael Fox.

see the names of anyone you know?

I posted this Facebook list because I haven't posted any pics for a few days and I was having withdrawals!

Last edited by hepzibah (July 30, 2012 3:20 pm)

**Posted by veecee** July 30, 2012 6:51 pm

JaneCo wrote:

I have taken this at face value, but how weird if true

Really? The "story-teller"? Yikes.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** August 15, 2012 5:30 pm

veecee wrote:
JaneCo wrote:

I have taken this at face value, but how weird if true
Really? The "story-teller"? Yikes.

Oh my God, this made me laugh so much! It's just perfect!

**Posted by SusiGo** August 15, 2012 5:46 pm

Now does that mean he's still alive?