The Norwood Builder: Inspector Lestrade

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Norwood Builder
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G
Author's Note: Using the Granada pronunciation of the inspector's surname.



Inspector Lestrade
Had his day made
When burning straw
Brought out the man they were looking for

Comments

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

You could reverse the last two lines and have:

When the man they were looking for
Was drawn by the short straw.

(Please don't look at me like that.)

I never got used to them pronouncing the name "wrongly" ^^" Anyway, very nice ^_^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

And how pray am I supposed to look at you? *Pulls glasses further down nose and looks sternly at frankles over them*

[debriswoman]

Excellent...such a versatile surname:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Do you think anyone will notice when I use the alternative pronunciation on another occasion?

[debriswoman]

Naah:-p

[capt-facepalm.livejournal.com]

Lovely!
(And now for some plagiarism... see new entry!)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And noted!

[vaysh]

I never even realised there were two pronunciations floating around of Lestrade's name. (The audiobook version of the Norwood Builder also had the one you are using here.) I kind of love the rhythm of the longer final line. Wonderful done.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This is my preferred version, but I'm sure I shall use the alternate at some point ;)

[chamekke.livejournal.com]

Hee! Lovely.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

Delightful! I'd been so fixated on Lestrade's embarrassing defeat that I'd quite forgotten what you point out here- that Holmes was remarkably generous to his vanquished foe. Much nicer than Lestrade was when the shoe appeared to be on the other foot. :D

I tried to work "straw man" into my clerihews this week but couldn't quite make it work.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I suspect Lestrade was so triumphant for once being ahead of Holmes, that his reaction was over the top.