Sherlock Holmes: 60 for 60

The munificent “Pinner”
Declared himself a money-spinner.
But the gold in his tooth
Provided the truth.

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Indeed. It is so often the small things which catch us out. As for example the small coloured feather I found beneath the cushions yesterday, when tidying. I am not entirely sure what Mr Holmes is doing with a feather boa, but I do hope he realises pale green is not his colour.

Edited Date: 2015-05-24 01:08 pm (UTC)

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debriswoman

Nice clerihew, like money spinner rhyme:-)
And yes, Mrs H, a smoky blue boa would set his eyes off so much better:-)

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Thank you so much ^_^ (He was a "tall tale spinner" right up to the line :P)

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I am keeping it for a friend.

SH

[To WATSON, PADDINGTON

MRS. HUDSON FUSSING STOP

PLEASE COLLECT "ITEM" STOP

HOLMES]

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Ah, you've seen that SNL sketch also!

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Do you know, I was going to say: "What sketch?" And then I realised I have seen it ^^ I'd completely forgotten about it ^^"

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You don't forget a detail like a lime-green feather boa, or Jeremy Irons' Holmes reassuring an agitated Watson that it's okay, all their friends know about the two of them...

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I think I must have repressed the traumatic memory ^^"

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TO HOLMES, BAKER ST

NOT MY PROBLEM STOP

I PREFERRED BLUE STOP

WATSON

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Genius summation.

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debriswoman

Thank you very much:-)
Very kind of you.

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"Crockery Crookery" is brilliant ^^ And "Entrepreneurial" ^^" And I really like those last two lines.

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debriswoman

Thank you
You are finding some interesting forms:-p

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You mean, Mrs. Hudson is finding some interesting forms. *winks several times* I am glad though that Mrs. Hudson found this one - I came across the double dactyl a while ago, and it somehow got confused in my mind with the clerihew. I couldn't work out why the clerihew's rules seemed to be so much simpler than what I remembered.

This has all reminded me of something. A couple of times you've used a verse form that is almost like a limerick. I've searched but I can't find the term you used for it - could you remind me what it's called? It's driving me round the bend. (I apologise if I've got confused with something else, and you've no idea what I'm going on about ^^")

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That's it! ^^ Thank you so much ^_^

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debriswoman

Oh, and yes, didn't mean to give you the credit for Mrs Hudson's hard work

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laurose8.livejournal.com

Such a satisfying read - thank you!

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debriswoman

Thank you very much:-)

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The Birmingham train
Took Hall Pycroft from London
A stockbroker’s job
Exchanged for greater promise
The brighter future quite false

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debriswoman

Nicely done:-)
I wonder who will employ him now?

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I think, as in the case of the blue carbuncle, his goose is cooked.

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Maybe Holmes sent the chagrined Pyecraft Hall back with a note explaining that he'd been waylaid by the villain's accomplice (just don't mention how willingly he'd gone along with it). If Sherlock Holmes is a name known to a major stockbroker, they just might take the poor guy back.

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debriswoman

Worth a shot:-)

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Very good ^^

What a "soft Johnny" Hall Pycroft was indeed...

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Thank you.

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I do wonder where you find the patience to cope with your lodger.

Oh and I've delivered your next order for gin to the off-licence.

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debriswoman

Lovely work, Mrs H:-)

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Thank you so much to you both!

And thank you for arranging the gin - I shall just send young Billy to pick it up. (I seem to get through gin so quickly these days...)

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Wise words, wise words...

I do like "You may even get a bonus,/ Somewhat unexpected, marriage" ^_^ (Poor Miss Smith ^^")

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debriswoman

Thanks
No fun if anyone heeds them though:-)

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But we'd lose half of Canon if they took you up on that!

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debriswoman

We would:-p

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laurose8.livejournal.com

Bravo! A very fine poem which should be printed in every story collection.

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debriswoman

Thank you kindly:-)

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Indeed. Such a selection of cautionery tales.

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debriswoman

Oh, yes:-)

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The Stockbroker’s Clerk: Random Observations

Well-worn steps and polished rails;
Patients, thousands, till he fails;
Cockney stock at sport prevails…
Good God, Holmes still bites his nails.

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laurose8.livejournal.com

*snort* Thanks for this neat little verse.

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You're welcome. That nail-biting was what struck me during a re-read last night.

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I can hear these observations running through Watson's mind.

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These were some of the odds and ends that I picked up on last night's re-read.

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