“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The talent
Of creation
Allows
Mediocrity to tag along,
(well behind)
Shouting ‘what’s on?’
In (dumbfounded) admiration.
The character Sherlock Holmes first appearance was in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson.
A study in scarlet by the meter
Is a measure of matter,
Where everlasting glory is woven
into the fabric of story.
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Answer: Short.
As clever wordplay takes its flight,
With letters added, it gains new height.
From brevity’s form, it grows in span,
Twists of language, curve the cunning plan.
Holmes & Watson were initially called Sherrinford & Stacker.
A story untold, afoot the game,
Depths of the heart and spirit unfold.
In each soul’s essence, true worth is bold.
Authenticity grants fame to the name.
(Sherrinford & Stacker sounds like a mediocre English moving company duo. Sherrinford the noble-born who never gets his hands dirty, and Stacker his incompetent inbred cousin whose ineptitude is falsely blamed on Irish lineage)
(Sherrinford & Stacker sounds like a mediocre English moving company duo. Sherrinford the noble-born who never gets his hands dirty, and Stacker his incompetent inbred cousin whose ineptitude is falsely blamed on Irish lineage)
A sundial has the fewest moving parts of any timepiece. Which has the most?
Answer: An hourglass—It has thousands of grains of sand.
Keep your eyes peeled! Coming this summer, a brilliant but hard-arsed Scotland yard inspector suffering from chronic constipation, in the no holds barred,
“No Shit Sherlock.”
'The Speckled Band' is the most popular Sherlock Holmes story.
As a snake
Marked by a
Speckled past
Tolls the bells,
Resonance rings
Home the murder
Of the murderer.
What kind of running means walking?
Answer: Running out of gas
It’s elementary.
momentum my dear chap,
Momentum…
Momentum…
…Cocaine
And morphine
In just the right doses
Will take us back to
221b Baker Street.
The Guinness World Records lists Sherlock as the most portrayed human literary character in film and television history.
Sherlock meets Sherlock
Through deductive reasoning
An impartial
Doctor Watson adjudicates
Neither to be HIS Sherlock
You’re in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
Answer: The match.
A spark
Of realisation
First things first
And then so on and on…
….until death
Conan Doyle tried to kill Sherlock Holmes because he was bored.
The final problem
Before the fall
To kill your darlings
Lest
They surpass you in print
The last opportunity
To exercise authority
Or…
Let them come back from the dead
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Born: May 22, 1859, Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: July 7, 1930, Crowborough, Sussex, England (aged 71)
Caprice No. 24 in A minor
Film: The Devil’s Violinist
Performed by David Garrett
The Twisting Tail 