Hi, this is Lestrade. I'm sorry, John can't come to the internet right now because he's a silly bugger who doesn't take proper care of himself or sleep, ever as far as I can tell, and now he's in bed with a fever. I won't say he deserves it because he looks like death and I feel sorry for him but I might say it later when he's feeling better.
I don't know how he writes in this thing every day. I don't know what else to say.
Oh, I met their mum again. She rang and said I had the day off (news to me, but work phoned right after to confirm) and would I please come look after John because she had to go to Africa or something.
"What's wrong with him?" I said.
"He's delusional."
Worrying, until I found out the delusion was that he wasn't ill at all. Found him trying to dust the top shelf of the bookcase on a chair. Who dusts those anyway? You can't even see up there, there's no point.
I'm putting up a new poll (up and to the right). About this camel spiders one, as I write this it's camel spiders 29, fashion 49. You are clearly all nuts, including John. Let me just ask you this: which would you rather find in your bed?
Also, Mycroft wants me to share this joke that J left in the comments yesterday. He says it made his maths tutor laugh and that never happens:
I don't know how he writes in this thing every day. I don't know what else to say.
Oh, I met their mum again. She rang and said I had the day off (news to me, but work phoned right after to confirm) and would I please come look after John because she had to go to Africa or something.
"What's wrong with him?" I said.
"He's delusional."
Worrying, until I found out the delusion was that he wasn't ill at all. Found him trying to dust the top shelf of the bookcase on a chair. Who dusts those anyway? You can't even see up there, there's no point.
I'm putting up a new poll (up and to the right). About this camel spiders one, as I write this it's camel spiders 29, fashion 49. You are clearly all nuts, including John. Let me just ask you this: which would you rather find in your bed?
Also, Mycroft wants me to share this joke that J left in the comments yesterday. He says it made his maths tutor laugh and that never happens:
Two cats were sitting on a sloping roof. Which fell off first?
The one with the lowest mu.
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I think John would rather find YOU in his bed... You're awfully sweet for taking care of him and you did just fine with your guest post - John's blog is in good hands.
The dictionary I found said mu is pronounced "moo", not "mew." I wonder why the joke is about cats instead of cows?
Maybe because the gravitational force on the cows would pull both of them through the roof before an observer could tell which one had a lower coefficient of friction?
John, now you can enjoy those hot toddies (assuming you've got liquor stashed somewhere), or as much as you can with fever. And I'm sorry, but you totally jinxed yourself into this, or that whole not-being-around-sick-people-much-anymore thing coming to wreak revenge.
To Anonymous: perhaps it's a transatlantic thing? I'm in England & was taught (in maths, physics and classical Greek) that it's "mew".
Good joke though, whichever species :)
J
Hi, Lestrade! May I ask why you go exclusively by your last name?
I'm sorry to hear about John staying conscientious even while sick - it would be nice to hear that he just totally snuggled down and was a little self-indulgent, even if it was only for ten minutes.
Hello, Lestrade! :D Thanks for letting us know about John. I hope he gets better soon. :3 You're really sweet for taking care of him.
My cat actually says moo and not mew, so it works for me. Hope you're feeling better soon, John!
Nope, not a transatlantic thing, I learned that the Greek letter is "mew" and I'm from the States. And, for the record, the "mu" in the joke is the Greek letter.
Here's another science joke that always makes me laugh.
Two neutrinos walk into a bar. The bartender says "We don't serve neutrinos here." The neutrinos reply "Geeze, pal, we're just passing through!"
Hi all. Answering comments while Lestrade's out buying up the world's supply of lemons. Shh, don't tell.
Jessica - I agree, clearly the cows would fall through the roof unless it was specially reinforced.
J and Anon - I was taught to pronounce it mew as well, as was Mycroft. (Lestrade said he wasn't taught to pronounce it at all and would just as soon have kept it that way.)
Trista - YOU ARE NOT HELPING MY CASE HERE. Clearly it's just coincidence and I'm not even that ill. Lestrade worries too much.
llaras - Your cat sounds ideal for this experiment, heh. Though come to think of it, not a lot of cats actually do say mew, do they? They sort of squeak.
Lupe - He is sweet, if rather mother-hen-like.
...All right, perhaps everyone has a point as I think I've just exhausted myself typing this. I'm going back to bed.
I'm in the Netherlands, and I think the pronounciation I was thought is closest to mew as well... (at least closer than moo anyway).
BTW, science and mathematic jokes are totally sexy, but I'm picking maths on principal.
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