Whatson
@kopperhed
Sun, Jul 2, 2023 7:37 PM
2
1
https://images.plurk.com/59Ef2bKvIgfEkIU2bDTYyk.jpg a "life-preserver" is apparently a Victorian-era blackjack
Whatson
@kopperhed
Sun, Jul 2, 2023 7:37 PM
"Sticking-plaster" being a catch-all for self-adhesive bandage
Whatson
@kopperhed
Sun, Jul 2, 2023 7:42 PM
Chevy/chivvy- tell someone repeatedly, give chase, or harass?
Whatson
@kopperhed
Sun, Jul 2, 2023 7:51 PM
People were called stormy petrels as the bird was said to fortell storms or bad omens
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 12:20 AM
sticking plaster I knew about, the others I don't think I did
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 12:20 AM
(or if I did I forgot)
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 1:10 AM
very interesting stuff
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 7:56 PM
"Charwoman"- a woman employed to clean houses or offices.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 8:13 PM
"You suspect someone?"
"I suspect myself--"
"What!"
"--of coming to conclusions too rapidly."

What did i just read
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:59 PM
rofl
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:59 PM
yep
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 9:59 PM
Sherlock Trollmes
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:33 PM
TROLLMES
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:45 PM
I love that exchange tho tbh
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:46 PM
Watson&Lady: hey hey hey hey hey hey tell us what you think RIGHT NOW
Holmes: right now, I think you should stop asking what I think right now
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:54 PM
It was so good
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:56 PM
definitely check out the Granada series, I'm curious how you'll feel about Jeremy Brett's interpretation
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:57 PM
It's the kind of exchange that isn't important to the plot but it's important for the reader's enjoyment level and uniqueness
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 10:58 PM
Someday, with the wife. Also the Dr.Strange and his friend the Hobbit one.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 11:41 PM
"Incommode"- inconvenience apparently
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 11:42 PM
"his face protrudes forward, and is forever slowly oscillating from side to side in a curiously reptilian fashion" is a great description of Moriarty.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Mon, Jul 3, 2023 11:50 PM
Wow, Doyle literally tried to burn his bridges in "The Final Problem."
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 12:11 AM
Aplenstock- kind of a pole with various metal tips, used to hole on rough icy terrain
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 12:22 AM
AWW, their synergy is SO GOOD
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 1:36 AM
...yeah I liked Bandersnatch way more as Strange than I did as Holmes... and his Holmes was one of the less-annoying ones to me (LOL)
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 1:36 AM
...but I grew up on Brett so I'm spoiled.
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 1:38 AM
I finished Memoirs. Tomorrow we see how Holmes returns
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 2:32 AM
He REALLLLLLLY did try
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 2:36 AM
"I am going to burn down Baker Street, kill Holmes and the biggest villain i can imagine, and make Watson say he's never seen him again"
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 2:59 AM
oh no
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 2:59 AM
and yes (LOL)
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 2:59 AM
"I wonder why fans hate me 8 years later and won't move the fun on (thinking)"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 3:01 AM
i still don't understand the "i must kill them to rid me of them" angle
Whatson
@kopperhed
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 3:01 AM
like, why
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 3:04 AM
Your Mom said the same
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 4:35 AM
I'm guessing some combination of a fit of pique and a desperate "they can't keep trying to get me to write him IF HE'S DEAD!!!"
Exacerangutan
@Exacerangutan
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 4:37 AM
like how Anno made Evangelion and then fans were like "I don't understand this ending, it doesn't have a cool mecha battle victory for the hero, we demand a cool ending where Shinji becomes YUUSHA!!! and also gets the waifus!!!" and then he made End of Evangelion where, uhh, that is not what happens (LOL)
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 7:54 AM
Right roflmao
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 7:55 AM
David Eddings learned from this though and just told his fans after the Mallorean ended "no! I don't want to write Belgarion Does His Taxes. Dwi"
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 7:56 AM
Immortal characters
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Tue, Jul 4, 2023 7:56 AM
I like that no one wants more Harry Potter, just Hogwarts and now ehhhh
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 4:20 PM
"Rubber of whist"- whist was a popular card game, and 'rubber' was a best of three games
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 4:59 PM
"I knew not what dark beast we were about to hunt down in the dark jungle of criminal London, but i was well assured, from the bearing of this master huntsman, that the adventure was a most grave one"
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 5:41 PM
Opera hat/gibus- a collapsible top hat made of silk and springs. ... i kind of want one
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 5:46 PM
Shikari- (Indian) hunting guide
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 5:54 PM
Deal-topped table- table topped in soft wood like pine
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 8:31 PM
"Close as wax "- tight, secretive
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 8:51 PM
Chaff- mock, tease, or jest
Whatson
@kopperhed
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 8:56 PM
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
"Fire!"
thiCC
@silverwolfcc
Wed, Jul 5, 2023 10:29 PM
oooh
載入新的回覆