The Blue Carbuncle: After the Goose

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Canon Story: The Blue Carbuncle
Title: After the Goose (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

I am in the dog house.  Not because I shared a goose with Holmes, Mary had no problem with that, for she is not a fan of the bird and indeed we had turkey for our festive dinner.  It appeared I had goose fat on my new collar, which she informs me will not be at all easy to remove.

Comments

[debriswoman]

Oops...surely there are some household tips for such an occasion?
(spell check tried to change that to ocelot...are you in league?)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

We could perhaps suggest Mrs Beeton wrote an excellent book on the subject, although it is not a title we publish.

Yes, we are in league with spellchecker, it makes printing much simpler.

[debriswoman]

Just checked with Mrs Beeton...actual book not new fangled technology...borax and water, or powdered French chalk on the stain, then iron it. Or turpentine then lemon to remove the smell of turpentine ( fruit stains,in case you don't like lemon, can be dealt with by using powdered starch, but it also suggests removing obstinate old fruit stains with lard...which I believe creates a perfect cleaning circle )

I knew it!

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your very helpful comment, we shall pass the details on to Mrs Watson.

Impressed you have a copy of the actual book.

[debriswoman]

Please do:-)
Yes...a 1923 edition

[scfrankles.livejournal.com]

Mary should probably use Mrs. Hudson's tried and trusted method for grease removal - getting the item professionally laundered and sending the bill to Mr. Holmes ^__^

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

We will make sure she is aware of this method.

[okapi1895.livejournal.com]

Poor Watson, greased like a goose, housed like a dog and stuffed like a turkey. He should write a blues song about his condition.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately we understand Dr Watson is not a song-writer, so we leave this role for others to fulfil ;)

[gardnerhill.livejournal.com]

The goose-grease on Watson's collar is one thing - the stubble burn on his thighs will be a wee bit harder to explain.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Such things are not mentioned in polite company ;)