The Beryl Coronet: He's (back) in the Army now, a-blowin' Reveille

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Title: He’s (back) in the Army now, a-blowin’ Reveille…
Canon Story: The Beryl Coronet
Rating: Gen
Warning: Crack
Content Notes: Matthews the dentist is a creation of scfrankles, title from a song by the Andrews Sisters (1941)
Summary: …he’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of 221B!

“Toot!”

“You have been to see Matthews, I perceive. The most unscrupulous of his ilk!”

“Toot, toot!”

“And he’s given you a dose of laudanum sufficient to remove the tusks of a pachyderm, much less that troublesome molar of yours.”

“Hey, Sherly! Remember the beryl cornet?”

“I can’t say that I do. Give me that pipe!”

“It went, ‘Toot, toot!’”

Comments

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

For the next few hours it looks like Holmes, for once, will not be the most drugged-out person on Baker Street.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Toothache lays even the stalwart soldier low. I wonder if Holmes'll stop being annoyed and take advantage of it.

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

“Hey, Sherly! Remember the beryl cornet?” “I can’t say that I do. Give me that pipe!” That's so charmingly silly ^_^ And I love your summary ^^

And I'm tickled that you used Mathews the dentist! ("The most unscrupulous of his ilk!” ^____^ Why on earth do they keep going back..?!)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's such a sad story in many ways, I thought I'd try to add a bit of levity.

He's a very bad dentist, but there might be a fic in there, about why Watson and Holmes (and maybe the Yarders or Mrs. Hudson, too) keep going back.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

This is brilliant. You do realise whenever I read the story now I'm going to be going "toot,toot".

I presume this means Mathews the dentist has found a place amongst the regulars.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I kept wondering when the trumpet was going to show up, so I thought I'd put on in myself.

Matthews is in! So many questions. Is he just incompetent? Or does he have a master plan? And, as Frankles asked, why do they keep going back to him?!

[debriswoman]

Oh, poor Watson.....is Matthews registered, by the way?

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Only if there's a registry for Very Bad Dentists.

[debriswoman]

Indeed...

[grrlpup]

Fun! Now I know what song (or fraction of a song) will be in my head for the day. :)

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I should be the only one. It's such an ear worm!

[sanguinity]

He drugged Watson to the point of punning!? Mathews is unscrupulous indeed!

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Hee, hee. Matthews is awful in so many ways.