BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / What do you do when you're not doing Sherlock?

**Posted by horserider99** October 30, 2012 3:54 pm

It's a crested polish.

**Posted by Sherlock Holmes** October 31, 2012 5:29 pm

Wow, I go away for a few days and when I come back you're all talking about chickens.

**Posted by veecee** October 31, 2012 6:18 pm

Which came first -- the chicken or the egg benedict?

**Posted by The Doctor** November 1, 2012 2:32 am

Awesome, thanks heaps. And what is the brown rooster than? Easily one of the most spectacular looking backyard birds I have ever seen!

**Posted by harleyq** November 2, 2012 4:32 pm

The library is my home away from home, as I read tons and watch flicks. I'm a big fan of sleeping and snacking too. And I also squeeze in work and exercise, though they're not nearly as much fun.

**Posted by Davina** December 7, 2012 12:09 pm

This afternoon, instead of doing Sherlock I shall be attempting to clip a friend's pony. At the moment I am also knitting.

**Posted by tobeornot221b** December 7, 2012 5:25 pm

Davina wrote:
. At the moment I am also knitting.

According to the pun: "Needless to say: I knit."

**Posted by Lelli** December 7, 2012 6:07 pm

Me too! It's weird to knit at my age and some of my friends, what do I say, friends... ( ;) ) call my granny because of it...
But I think it's fun ^^
I just taught a friend how to knit and now we're knitting hats ^^

**Posted by Davina** December 7, 2012 11:31 pm

I have knitted hats coming out of my ears at the moment! And scarves and sweaters and mitts and legwarmers!

**Posted by besleybean** December 7, 2012 11:33 pm

Shouldn't they be on your head?!

**Posted by horserider99** December 7, 2012 11:38 pm

I'm working on knitting a baby blanket for my sister's friend and I have a huge stack of books that I'm working on. Hopefully I'll be able to get through some of it on Christmas break.

**Posted by Mary Me** January 8, 2013 3:23 pm

When I'm not sherlocking, I'm on following internet sites: Facebook (not really active), YouTube, amazon, couple of different online forums...
Then:
- Listening to music (sherlock soundtracks, other soundtracks, Stayin Alive, usually hip hop = teenagering)
- Meeting and calling friends
- care about my cat
- doing homework and school stuff (Today I wrote an english test about analysing short stories and the whole time I used the word 'apparently', lol)
- inline skating
- watching TV (usually Sherlock, sometimes other movies)
- and sometimes I eat something - That's what people doooo!

**Posted by Jayie** January 8, 2013 4:19 pm

I obsess over my other fandoms - mainly Doctor Who, which I'm just starting, or Firefly or Les Miserables, or Phantom of the Opera, or Wicked, or Castle. Or I'm writing Lion King or Warrior fanfiction. My life is kind of consumed by the internet. But if I'm not online or watching a show, I'm reading. I'm an obsessive reader.

**Posted by Be** March 20, 2013 11:38 am

There is a kind of law-thing that I do for work.
In my spare time I practice and teach japanese martial art. I read a lot and I like to spent my time in libraries.

Last edited by Be (December 28, 2013 1:49 pm)

**Posted by Ma5dz** March 20, 2013 11:51 am

When I'm not Sherlocking, you would probably find me writting fanfics, doing homework or reading. Not that interesting but I find it fun. I probably read to many Fanfics.

**Posted by Mary Me** March 20, 2013 7:11 pm

Ma5dz wrote:
When I'm not Sherlocking, you would probably find me writting fanfics, doing homework or reading. Not that interesting but I find it fun. I probably read to many Fanfics.

You can't read to many fanfics because there are not enough of them!

**Posted by biscuitbear** March 21, 2013 7:21 am

I spend most of my free time reading. This year, I've been reading mostly Holmes-related stuff (I re-read the canon, and read lots of pastiches and non-fiction about Holmes and Doyle), just finished "The Sherlockian". It's partly based on a true story where a prominent Sherlockian, Richard Lancelyn Green, died a mysterious death in 2004 after opposing the sale of some ACD papers at Christie's. Sometimes life can be as strange as fiction.

Now I'm reading 'The loveliest chocolate shop in Paris". I met the author Jenny Colgan at WH Smith in Paris 2 days ago, she was signing books and she read some excerpts and answered some questions. There was a drawing for a box of chocolates, alas I didn't win, but there was a big open box on her table that everyone could nibble from. Interestingy, she mentioned that she's also writing for Doctor Who. I heard of it because of Sherlock but never saw any episode. I think we never had it on TV here. She did notice my "I believe in Sherlock bag". The only person in Paris who did so far, and she's an Englishwoman living in Cannes!

After the talk I also met a lady called Cat Black who judges chocolates at competitions and writes about chocolate for a living (and she's very thin, life is unfair, but that's not news). Here's a top tip : the best way to cleanse your palate between chocolate tastings is by eating plain polenta - its texture will remove the chocolatey fats that coat the inside of your mouth.

**Posted by Ma5dz** March 21, 2013 7:38 am

Mary Me wrote:
Ma5dz wrote:
When I'm not Sherlocking, you would probably find me writting fanfics, doing homework or reading. Not that interesting but I find it fun. I probably read to many Fanfics.
You can't read to many fanfics because there are not enough of them!

True but according to my friends i read abnormal amounts. Can't help it.

**Posted by Sky Holt** March 28, 2013 7:50 pm

^Reading's cool
When not Sherlocking? Um. Fangathering (an AF fan site). And reading. I read a lot. And Tumblr. Until my mum kicks me off the computer.

Last edited by Sky Holt (March 28, 2013 7:51 pm)

**Posted by TouchinglyLoyal** March 28, 2013 10:09 pm

When not Sherlocking - am found in front of computer doing coursework..reading...walking...science-y geeky stuff...volunteering...shooting (when I can)