I don't know what made me think of this today, but it's more cheerful than the other one that came to mind, so here you are...
A friend of mine in medical school (and you'll see shortly that I really do mean a friend and not me; this wouldn't have worked nearly so well me, for reasons which will become clear) had a trick she liked to do on public buses.
She would wear a heavy coat and a false moustache, 'borrow' a penis from one of the cadavers, and attach it to the outside of her trousers. She had short hair and the coat covered her chest, and, well , not many people were studying her face.
Someone would go to complain to the driver, and she'd tuck moustache and member in her coat pocket, unbutton the coat, and don an expression of confused innocence.
She did almost get caught once when someone took a photo and brought the police into it...but when he got it developed, it turned out merely to be a close up of the offence, as it were. She now has a very serious job doing genetic research, and I bet she's glad Youtube didn't exist back then.
Also, piercing poll results...
So the 12 of you who picked 'other', what are you getting pierced?
A friend of mine in medical school (and you'll see shortly that I really do mean a friend and not me; this wouldn't have worked nearly so well me, for reasons which will become clear) had a trick she liked to do on public buses.
She would wear a heavy coat and a false moustache, 'borrow' a penis from one of the cadavers, and attach it to the outside of her trousers. She had short hair and the coat covered her chest, and, well , not many people were studying her face.
Someone would go to complain to the driver, and she'd tuck moustache and member in her coat pocket, unbutton the coat, and don an expression of confused innocence.
She did almost get caught once when someone took a photo and brought the police into it...but when he got it developed, it turned out merely to be a close up of the offence, as it were. She now has a very serious job doing genetic research, and I bet she's glad Youtube didn't exist back then.
Also, piercing poll results...
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8 (9%)
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11 (12%)
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12 (14%)
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180 comments:
I picked ears, so I can't help with the "other" category. :)
As to your friend, well. I'm sure it didn't seem nearly so funny to her "victims"...
*giggles helplessly*
I don't think I'd mind, but you can't exactly ask them of course...
You wouldn't look bad with a rose ring. (Not a suggestion though!)
I would look ridiculous!
I voted Werewolf. I dunno, I thought I'd bring out some silver-fox powers and... do something.
Turn into a werefox?
Yup. Something like that.
I wouldn't want any part of you potentially abandoned to the lost property offices of London Transport.
Maybe I should start wearing a label, with my last requests on...
'If found, return to...'? 'Please look after this bear'?
Yeah, something like that.
I'm tired again. Why am I so tired??
Not getting ill, are you? Maybe you were more worried over your check up than you realisex.
...Realised.
realisex, yeeees......
Don't think so. To either. Dunno. I haven't been sleeping too badly - only waking up a few times, for short whiles.
Hush, you.
We could go to bed early, see if it helps.
Hmmm, I could be persuaded. You are realisexi.
Did you know you could upload a picture of yourself and 'try on' glasses?? Isn't technology amazing...
See any you like yet?
Mmm. There's some hat are okay. I wouldn't trust my judegement though. Need your help.
Why am I so tired?
Sleep apnea? Internal vigilance monitor relaxing?
(And since it's about that time--Shabbat shalom!)
Considering the pictures you've posted of me recently I have no idea why you'd trust my taste over yours, but happy to help!
You don't want us to answer the "other" question. It's a family blog and Sherlock uses Google like a wizard uses a wand.
*winks*
Bronwyn
Bronwyn - it cannot be worse than explaining a Prince Albert to him. Or any of the numerous other topics I've already covered with him that I wish could've waited till he was at least 16...
So it sounds like you are getting glasses? If you are, one handy tip is to store them in the same place every time, and never just "hold them in your hand."
One of my friends did that while we were at a football game and lost her glasses. We never found them, but we think she might have accidentally threw them in the trash after our impromptu-dinner.
~A from NW
Danger, you're making me feel bad! He's...sort of old enough. Ish. I do try...
A - yeah, seems like it. I imagine I'll lose them on a regular basis. Almost certainly need some for my desk, and some for home. Can't imagine I'd ever remember to take them from one place to the other.
He's fine!
No, it's all right really. Much better this way than how I grew up. Although thanks for not expanding on the ginger.
Ah.
I try to make it a rule not to expand on ginger. I think contracting is far more likely, anyway... :D
I chose other... I'd like more ear piercings (I currently have 3 lobe piercings in one ear, 4 and a cartilage piercing in the other), but I'd also like a tragus piercing (or maybe a rook or conch). I've long been tempted by a nose piercing. I'm intrigued by the idea of getting a nipple piercing, but I have no intention of getting my thrupennies out for a stranger.
Oh, and I think some eyebrow piercings look good, so I've considered those in the past.
Thinking about getting another tattoo or two as well...
Greg - I would probably have a pair at home, and two at work. Since they are reading glasses, it's not life-crippling if you don't have a spare when you need one (just really annoying). I'm pretty much blind as a bat without my glasses, so I will know immediately if I've forgotten them. ;)
It will take a while, but it's fairly easy to train yourself to not let things leave certain areas (i.e. your glasses never leave your office). Granted, until you adjust to wearing them, it might be a while before you forgot you're wearing glasses.
If you really don't want to lose your glasses, there are those little chain thingys you can wear around your neck, but I've seen them only on librarians and college professors. That's not to say they don't look distinguished, but you're...not of that age group. *hides*
~A from NW
I always push my sunglasses on top of my head. I doubt I'll change that habit with reading glasses, somehow... so I'll undoubtedly bash my crash helmet into them a few times, forgetting they're there. And I'll also probably spend quite a while searching for them when they're on my head...
I think contracting is far more likely
...I really should've seen that one coming.
You can see me coming anyti...ah, you didn't mean like that, right? ...I'm learning! ;)
Don't look at me like that! I feel like you're going to give me lines or make me stand outside the door or something!
Ha! And you said you liked my 'Looks'!
I found it much easier to deal with wearing glasses full-time than when I used to only wear them for distance stuff.
BTW - try a company called Glasses Direct, they do mail order via the Internet, let you try four frames for free at home for a week, are excellent value, and tend to do BOGOF offers as well.
right - thanks!
I love your looks. Just not when they make me feel like I'm going to have to go and see the head and get hit or generally very told off! I need to talk to Sherlock, who seems impervious to lots of your looks...get some tips.
I don't know if it's possible, but get shatter-proof/non-glass lenses then. It's quite a bit more expensive, but worth it. (My glasses have been bounced, knocked off, fallen on, sat on, etc. and the lenses have been perfectly fine.)
Also, Greg, your boyfriend is ex-military and the primary caretaker of a genius child... what other kind of look is he going to give you when you're being mischievous?
*highly amused and choking on laughter*
~A from NW
L - looks are the worst you'll ever get from me. I promise not to take away your chemistry set.
Mischevious, A? I think you mean 'innocent', hmmmm?
Thanks Doc. You're the best. Maybe one day I'll let you watch an experiment...
Going by your post, I assume it will involve testing and/or disabling underpants?
Ha! My underwear is thoroughly tested, and occasionally disabled :) I'd rather test yours...
What would you test them for?
oh, lots. Stretch, strength, rip-ability, capacity, how they perform when...damp in places...all sorts! :)
Very scientific, I'm sure.
I admit I'd probably have to use a video to gain evidence, in case I became...distracted. And obviously, all experiments need repeating to check the results...
I'm not sure watching a video over and over counts as 'repeatable results'...
Oh, no, I'd watch the video to ensure I was repeating the experiment the same way...
Riiiiight...
...I'll buy you some Aussiebums... :)
Heh. Is that bribery to get me to go along with your scientific endeavour?
Well, I'd need to buy you all different sorts, really, for fair results...
I don't feel like you'd need much bribery.
Hmm, well, maybe.
Cmon, I'll outline my cunning plan in bed.
Best place for cunning plans.
You guys are giving me squishy feelings. <3
Interesting poll... I think I'll vote werewolf, because nothing about the question says it is the night of the full moon!
I am not commenting on underpants, though as I'm currently in Scotland, I feel that there must be a kilt joke in there somewhere.
I voted "other" because you didn't have belly button. That is the only thing, other than my ears, that I would consider getting pierced. I do belly dancing, so there are lots of stuff you can do with the outfits.
Sherlock, wherever you've got to, put the goos away and get to the kitchen, I'm just knocking back the pizza dough, so you need to help John chop up toppings.
FINALLY why does it take so long to rise??
You're the scientist, you tell me! All to do with those little yeasty bits feeding and...stuff.
Feeding and burping!
well then. you can't rush important stuff like feeding and burping.
I know a boy at school who can burp whenever he wants.
I'm sure it's a talent that will come in useful later in life...
Danger, what are your hidden talents?
I'm pretty good at eating pizza. No, actually, not to brag, but I'd say I'm excellent at eating pizza. What about you?
Well, I probably would have said 'nothing'...but the way you kept sneaking glances and nearly cutting your fingers off when I had my shirtsleeves rolled up and was beating the dough back...well, maybe I'm a fairly talented Doctor-distracter :)
Mm, true, very true. I'm not sure it qualifies as 'hidden' though.
Well it was hidden until I'd found a doctor to distract...
Fair enough. Not as good as that (or burping on command) but I can bend my thumb all the way back to my wrist. Come on, what else have you got? There must be something.
Nothing I'd consider a 'talent'.
If I relax, and rest my arms on a table or something, my shoulder joints sort of...it's not dislocating, but they sort of fall out of joint, backwards. You can push your fingers right into the socket. I've always been able to do it. And then if I tense my muscles up again, then they jump back into place. I don't know if it's a particularly uncommon thing to do...
Really? Can I see?
You can.
Provided you promise not to make a worried doctor-y noise, or imply it's anything other than perfectly normal and nothing to be concerned about... :)
If you've done it your whole life, I'm sure it's fine. I just want to stick my fingers in your socket.
Well, go to find somewhere new to stick them, I suppose, keep you interested...
I only trust you because you're a doctor, y'know?
got to, even...don't go anywhere!
And yes, it is fine. I really don't think about it most of the time.
That's actually brilliant. I knew it was possible, but I never knew anyone who could do it before.
Hardly brilliant...it's...genetics, or something. I don't know what it is.
I'm sure there are very few medical things you've never seen before, though, so I shall be proud of that :)
And now you may never get Sherlock to stop asking you to do it again...
heh, as long as he doesn't think he can 'learn' to do it himself - I'm pretty sure that's not how it works...
I don't know, could keep him occupied for hours.
Yep, the queue at A+E for dislocations probably would be hours and hours.
I'm sure he wouldn't take it that far... All right, almost sure.
Sherlock - don't try it.
John - I'm so glad you're a doctor :)
The internet says you can't do it just by trying anyway, you have to be born that way so I'd already know if I could do it, and John's trying it right now, he's moving his shoulder all weird.
Well Doctor John should be careful with his shoulders, given one of them's bionic. The most he should be doing is letting me give him a massage.
And I'm glad you're not going to try.
I was not... All right, maybe a bit. Hush.
Anyway, like I said, you have to be really really relaxed to do it.
Ergo, massage would be the best way to try.
After Master Holmes is tucked up in bed.
I certainly have no objection.
Right, time for all Sherlocks and degus to be in their beds then!
..and shortly time for all Johns to be in their beds, too. If you think you'll make it that far. You're positively ...floppy. In places.
its because you have wonderful wonderful handssss
I'll carry you to the bedroom, then. And you can see if any other bits of me are wonderful.
pretty sure they all are, but i'll double check
Jolly good. Now grab anything you need before I throw you over my shoulder.
...hopefully not dislocating it in the process. ;)
I'm double jointed in quite a lot of joints, including most of my fingers. And since at least some of it is due to over-long ligaments, I now have some odd looking fingers, which doesn't particularly bother me, and can't play guitar any more, which does some.
Happily having loose shoulders doesn't have any impact on guitar playing :)
Does it have an impact on anything else?
Definitely a better deal, L. :)
Really doesn't, DW. Like I said, they only seem to fall out of joint when I'm really relaxed. I guess the only other time is if I'm carrying something really heavy, down by my side, I can feel them start to slide - but I just have to tense my shoulder muscles to stop it.
I imagine fingers are harder to deal with because you don't have any muscles in you fingers to counter the stretch with.
Yeah, not a lot in the way of muscles in the fingers. I can curl them fine, but if I relax them.. They used to be fine, but over time the ligaments stretched and now some of the joints relax backwards. It doesn't hurt most of the time and when they do I can usually deal with it by wearing finger-tip-less gloves, but when I press on the guitar strings they buckle and the strings buzz.
Ah, well, could be worse, after all. I can use my hands fine for most things still.
Any fun plans for the afternoon?
I thought there were literally no muscles in the fingers? Just tendons controlled by larger muscles in the palm/forearm?
I don't know what we're doing. Probably take Snoopy out to the park so we all get some exercise.
(Sherlock, resident pedant, tells me that all hairs, and therefore all fingers, have sort-of-muscles, to make them stand on end. But we're not talking about those.)
On a related note, when the degus puff their fur up they look very cute and fat.
I did not know that about the fingers having no muscles (aside from the sort of muscles that make hairs stand up)--just that when I asked if there were any exercises to take care of the problem I was told not.
I had trouble with hyper-flexible knees a number of years back but I was able to take care of that by working on the stabilizer muscles.
Park sounds fun--and fluffy ball degus sound adorable. :)
My joints are like that too. Mostly the shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, but sometimes the smaller joints. I once dislocated my shoulder sneezing. (I don't recommend popping your shoulder back in by yourself. Not a fun experience.)
My ligaments themselves aren't too loose, at least in my ankles (you can test it with an xray), but after a foot surgery we discovered that something wasn't working as it should in my foot, because usually when you start bearing weight, your arch gets a smidge lower, but mine refused to without another surgery.
My thumbs are double jointed, which caused my clarinet teacher no little hell when we were trying to improve my finger positions... It means I'd never be able to play really really quickly or hold my fingers in the optimal positions, but didn't impede anything else.
I didn't vote on the piercing one, because I'm afraid of needles and you didn't have "none" option. (25 year old snivelling and shivering about an injection. *sigh*) I would be interested in a tattoo, maybe, but only if I found a way to distract myself from the fact that it was happening.
I actually have an overly flexible jaw, which obviously means I can open my mouth very widely. Good for eating large sandwiches, but the double jointedness in combination with a tendency to bite down and clench my jaw while sleeping led to my waking up with a dislocated jaw once (which hurts A LOT) and to, for quite a long period of time, have it make little 'popping' sounds every time I opened my mouth. Lots of fun.
And since that was quite long and rambling, I'll just quit while I'm ahead and go to bed.
JOHN LESTRADE MY TOOTH FELL OUT!
I was eating lunch and I'd just shown Mrs T how wobbly it was and then it fell out and she wrapped it in tissue and she's keeping it safe and I can have it at home time and then I get money tonight! I want another wobbly one now.
That's great, Sherlock. Make sure John gets it from Mrs T after school and keeps it safe.
You're growing up so fast.
Sherlock - Hooray, hooray
Small Hobbit
Sherlock - that's wonderful! I think that calls for a treat after school.
Ice cream with bits of toffee in it and chocolate and other things that make more teeth come out!
Heh. I'm not sure that'll do it, but you can try.
L - do you want to join us?
Sure - definitely needs celebrating.
Good morning at work?
I've got Weds off this week.
Mazel tov, Sherlock! (That's Hebrew for congratulations. :)) I JUST asked about your tooth on Lestrade's blog--almost at the same time as you were posting here. Very exciting!
Not bad, not bad. How's your day so far?
I'm working Wednesday as well, so you'll have the morning to yourself.
Congratulations, Sherlock! Enjoy your treat(s)!
Is your new, adult tooth showing at all yet? Mine started growing in behind my baby teeth before they were all the way out.
Busy. Trying to drag morale out of the pit of despair it's currently in.
What will I do with myself??
Oh dear. Has something happened, or is it just the uplifting nature of the job? Or January.
Dance around naked? Party with Mrs Hudson? (Not at the same time.)
Pay cuts, general feeling of under appreciation. The usual.
I night just do that... with only the degus as my witnesses.
You going to come down here for ice cream?
Yeah, on our way now. Sherlock has stopped two strangers on the street so far to show them his tooth.
Those sound like good reasons for low morale, unfortunately. Which is worse than no reason, really.
What will I do with myself??
Well, you might spend some quality time with yourself--we all find you excellent company, after all. :) (That sounds flippant, but I mean it quite seriously--you've had a lot of life changes in a relatively short span of time, you could likely use a quiet morning now and again, no?)
Hang on, Sherlock, I'll get the super to call a press conference for you...
Hee, John--did they respond with appropriate admiration? Happy/excited Sherlock just plain makes me happy, too! :)
I want to come up and show it to Sally and I could show him at the same time if he wanted to see it. Also you should buy everyone on your team ice cream if you want them to feel better.
RR - they did. He's hard to resist when he's happy, especially now that the tooth is all cleaned off and out of his mouth, and not hanging by a bloody thread for him to wiggle at people.
Good! And ha, yes, that would help! *happy sigh*
You can come up and show Sally, but only quickly, because everyone's working. And the supers busy, okay? Then we'll get ice cream
I think I should get promoted to DI when I have all my real teeth.
Also next time I have a loose one we should attach it to a kite and pull it out that way, like the rocket, except we wouldn't lose it because kites are easy to find, or maybe a frisbee.
It takes slightly more than having your adult teeth to qualify to ve a DI. Although not much, admittedly.
We... shall see. I think letting them come out naturally is best, kiddo.
Sherlock, that's good news! Have you had some ice cream now? Are you going to take the traditional route and leave the tooth under your pillow? I know you offered it to Lestrade for his chain of good memories (which was a very sweet thing to have done), but perhaps your Mum would like it, as a souvenir of the occasion?
Lestrade - I was wondering how you and your team were taking the Home Sec's announcements today. I'm not sure that even ice cream would be enough to lift the mood after that.
John - "Dance around naked" - is that what you do when you've got the morning to yourself, then?
Nameless - yeah, mood is definitely that of being kicked in the teeth. I never quite know what to do. I mean, it's hard to pick people up and keep driving the work forward. Even if my officers aren't directly effected (although I'm sure some will be) lots of them have partners who aren't front-line, or who are, and might both lose out. It's very hard to swallow.
And you have a very good point...Danger, is that what you do??
Might have, once or twice.
Mrs Holmes, there's some CCTV footage I'll be needing for an....investigation. Don't make me get a warrant :)
Aha! Something to do with "underwear modeling," no doubt.... :D
Is that covered under RIPA, Lestrade?
Definitely, Nameless. Preventing disorder and economic wellbeing (if people saw him, they'd down tools and stare, afterall.)
RR - you might be right, although...naked...I did promise to buy him some underwear, I suppose. Clearly he needs it more than I thought.
Well, then--something to do Wednesday morning!
Is Sherlock all set for the Tooth Fairy? :)
I would pretend that should I witness such an event, I would avert my eyes in a demure fashion... but no-one here would believe me :-p
I do hope you'll let us all know what the sounds track is to your morning of uninhibited abandon, both of you.
Nameless, I assume you mean you would avert your eyes in the same way I would. Because we are as innocent as the Lestallion, and would be only watching to ensure that the movements were in time to the music.
Sh - oh, absolutely, yes. Definitely. *nods*
(I'm watching a documentary about Royal Marines in Afghanistan - there are some truly impressive pants on display).
Nameless, you remind me... a new little picture of John arrived in my inbox the other day. He looks very....dashing.
O rly?
I think we need to judge for ourselves. :)
Yeah, he's got his head stuffed in some medical thingy - he's paranoid he's a bit out of the loop with recent stuff, now he's at the surgery, so he devours great long complicated studies that Sarah gives to him of an evening. So I don't feel it would be fair to .... show off just how damn good he looks in his uniform, when he probably won't notice I've even posted it.
ReRe's absolutely right. And yet when I f5 your blog, Lestrade, there's no picture. Tease :-p
...I have a horrible feeling I know which one you mean.
and I've still got full use of my laptop, arms and legs?? You're slipping, Danger :)
I'm resigned to my fate.
Hah, well...I only did it because the readers made me :)
Hey, don't go blaming that on us!
It's almost entirely your faults.
I'm just the messenger.
You can blame me, it seems only fair. And anyway. I've got all this Jewish guilt just lying around doing nothing. :)
I'm just the messenger.
Pony Express?
I once had a tooth silly in half by a rogue pair of suspenders. My dentist capped it in silver like a pirate. Luckily it was a milk tooth. Also had one bashed.out by a frisbee. Also a milk tooth. I have had many dental adventures.
Just so you know, Sherlock, frisbee = bad plan.
Later,
Bronwyn
Indeed, DW, very droll. (i did actually laugh out loud.)
Bronwyn - but he wants to lose them, so a frisbee sounds good! Except....it doesn't.
Nameless:
I'm watching a documentary about Royal Marines in Afghanistan
What was it, just out of curiosity? (I don't suppose it's on youtube?)
Frisbees aren't good becuase they also bust your lip and make eating things, especially things like ice cream, hard and painfful.
That's twice you've called me droll, Lestrade. I'm might begin to take offence. :P
What's wrong with droll?? And I didn't know anyone was counting...
I assumed he somehow meant to tie his tooth to a frisbee - not just belt a frisbee at his face...but maybe I was wrong.
Starbright - it was Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan on Channel 5 in the UK. It's on their website at http://www.channel5.com/shows/royal-marines-mission-afghanistan/episodes/episode-1-411, but I don't know if that available outside the UK (if you're not here).
Oh, I took a frisbee square to the face, knocked out a tooth (hilariously, the pirate one from the previous discussion) and swallowed it. Luckily, my oh-so-long-suffering father retrieved it for me. He still has it (carefully sterilized, you can be sure of that) in my baby book. But, no, not a good thing. How would Sherlock tie anything to a frisbee effectively? A boomerang, maybe. Or a shotput. Not a frisbee, unless he's able to warp reality more than I thought.
As to losing them quickly, I always found gentle, sustained pressure with my tongue to be highly effective. I would push one way until I felt that cracking/tearing sensation, and then push the other way. Occasionally stopping to mop up bloody drool. I ruined quite a few shirts in the 6-8 year old range. In fact, I feel I was cheated because I have two milk teeth that I never lost.
*beams brilliantly with her mostly adult teeth*
Bronwyn
Yeah, I assumed that's what you meant. I'm just not sure that's what he meant. I imagine he'd want to be a bit more precise...but maybe not.
You'd have to ask him about method. Although no different to tying it to a boomerang, I wouldn't have thought?
I always did it by hand - wiggled it with my fingers until I could wrench it out.
He meant tie a string to the frisbee and to the tooth, but I don't think the frisbee would fly very well with something attached to it like that. It's got to rotate.
Also - Bronwyn, ouch!
Also, how would one tie a string to a frisbee? Punch a hole in it? I don't think it would fly well with a hole, either. And you'd need a VERY windy day for a kite to have enough velocity to do the job, I'd think. Much better to let it come out of itself. (And that way it's there to wiggle at people for longer, too. :))
I presumed he meant one of the ring ones, or ones with 'spokes'. But yeah, you'd essentially just be chucking a piece of string with a weight on it away from his mouth :)
A big kite would do it...but still, no, Sherlock.
I only noticed the number of times you've called me droll because its never been used to describe me before. Lots of other things, but not droll. I can't tell if its an insult or not.
Clearly I was not tracking the frisbee conversation properly. Sorry, Sherlock. I'll try harder to keep track.
Apologies for the late response. Briefings from hell all day (and all day every day this week).
It's not!
Sherlock definitely needs a haircut. His hair is currently rejecting all attempts to stuff it under a nice warm woolly hat, and given that with windchill, it's below freezing out there, he needs one.
Danger, you can borrow a few layers of my thermals for your bike lesson on Friday, cos it's only due to get colder...
Alright. I thought not but just making sure. Enjoy your day off!
And here we've had a couple of days of spring-like weather--yesterday was in the mid 50s (F) and today's supposed to be 60F. (grey and rainy, but 60!)
Are you volunteering to take Sherlock for that haircut, then? :)
Could do. It's better he sulks with me than with Danger. I see him less and rely on his co-operation less.
Maybe we can take him and Mycroft both at the weekend. He might sulk less if he has company.
Mine needs cutting too. Getting positively shaggy on top.
And...I did hear a whisper that Friday night might be when London gets the white fluffy stuff... if that happens, I doubt we'll be able to get him indoors at all all weekend.
Haircuts all around!
I hope you do get snow--just enough to be fun, not enough to be a nuisance. :)
I think enough to be fun is far more than would just cause a nuisance...we are pretty much incapable of dealing with weather in this country.
Ah. *readjusts mental map of London snow-handling capability from New York to Texas*
So are you hoping for snow or dreading the possibility?
Snow is permitted from 5pm Friday evening until late Sunday, after which it can all disappear. Although my part of the Shires look like they're only going to get cold rain.
Oh RR, London can't possibly be as bad at handling snow as we are. Dallas in particular is so bad at handling snow. The panhandle is much more adept at it than we are, but they're over in the Great Plains region.
But Dallas? Put it this way, we missed school for a WEEK last year for four inches of snow and ice. A WEEK.
*shakes head sadly*
Bronwyn
Lestrade did say "incapable", that's why I said Texas!
I don't think NYC has ever closed schools for more than two consecutive days for snow. I'm not even sure they ever had two consecutive snow days at all, not even for blizzards. The roads are generally passable within a day, after all.
About and inch is enough to close London down for the day - well, you know, unless you work in a hospital, or for the Met, or something.
I mean, Autumn makes the entire rail network go wonky, and we know that happens every year - and we know that there are trees next to railway lines, yet still.
So, I'm hoping for snow, because I have to - Sherlock would be so excited. But I'm hoping for it on my days off, and for it not to be so bad that I have to go to work in someone else's place.
Do you have both weekend days off again this week? I need to know when I should hope for you to get snow, after all... :)
Yeah, both days. I'm trying to only work one weekend a month. And anyway, Mycroft's home this weekend - can't work!
Snow--the right amount of snow!--Friday night would be about perfect, then. Even if it means doing without haircuts. :) (Or maybe you can squeeze haircuts in in between snow activities!)
When it comes to snow, at least we have the excuse of geography. We are a state of mountains, steep hills, and more hills. People taunt my city for how we cannot cope with snow, but you try driving a car up an ice-covered hill with a +45 degree angle and see how far you get.
(For those of you in the States, L.A. Times had the nerve to mock my city for how we handle snow, never frickin' mind that they've never had substantial snowfall. I'd like to see how LA drivers would cope with black ice.)
Needless to say, I hope you get just enough snow to make Sherlock go over the moon, but not enough to completely make daily life an utter mess.
~A from NW
We've got steeper hills than that in this part of Manhattan. Just sayin'. :)
REReader - We don't mind NYC and the Midwest people teasing us over our snow response (because frankly, we just can't cope and it's hysterically funny), but LA? They don't know what they're talking about!
:)
~A from NW
Yeah. As I said in one of my previous comments (tirades), go for the extra-hard lenses, I recommend plastic, and titanium-alloy frames. Practically indestructible. I think you'll need it... :-)
Ha! Fair enough. :D
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