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12 January 2010 13:43![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cog_nomenI don't really ever remember Sherlock Holmes stories being quite so funny, but I think in part it's a result of the fact that I can now (as opposed to when I last read them, in grade school) quite accurately predict exactly what Holmes is up to at any given moment.
1. Any time Watson engages in conversation with a nameless, random person: IT IS ALWAYS HOLMES IN DISGUISE.
2. Any time Watson appears to be enjoying himself and relaxing, and then suddenly notices the absence of Holmes: Holmes is always doing drugs.
I don't recall a lot of specifics from the cases. I sat down this morning with The Devil's Foot, and after a few quotes about how mermaids don't have feet, sat down to watch. Holmes, bundled up in about forty blankets and in obvious misery, being dragged off to the seaside to enjoy the sea air, made me laugh hysterically. Accurately predicting events that occurred afterward (Watson enjoying his visit to the sea, while Holmes immediately creeps inside to do drug of the week) continued my paroxysm further. Maybe it's only funny to me, in context of my life.
1. Any time Watson engages in conversation with a nameless, random person: IT IS ALWAYS HOLMES IN DISGUISE.
2. Any time Watson appears to be enjoying himself and relaxing, and then suddenly notices the absence of Holmes: Holmes is always doing drugs.
I don't recall a lot of specifics from the cases. I sat down this morning with The Devil's Foot, and after a few quotes about how mermaids don't have feet, sat down to watch. Holmes, bundled up in about forty blankets and in obvious misery, being dragged off to the seaside to enjoy the sea air, made me laugh hysterically. Accurately predicting events that occurred afterward (Watson enjoying his visit to the sea, while Holmes immediately creeps inside to do drug of the week) continued my paroxysm further. Maybe it's only funny to me, in context of my life.