DW posted this in the comments ages ago and I didn't see it until just now. I think I must've been on my phone, which isn't happy about playing videos, and then forgot to look when I got home. Anyway, it's the ideal thing to watch at almost five in the morning. Going to try sleeping again now.
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Good luck, Doc. Hopefully, the clowns don't get you and Sherlock will let you sleep a bit.
Hope Sherlock read his Brains book for long enough for you to get some sleep. He promised he would. But his idea of 'long enough' might not be yours or mine.
Call me if you want lunch.
God, that is so brilliant. I can't believe it took him 3 minutes to explain the rules of Yellow Car.
Ro - the temptation to watch again, just to be sure I've understood ...
L and Doc - wishing you both a good day today.
Why does it seem that the later you go to bed the earlier your body wakes you up? Anybody else have that problem?
Here's hoping you got at least some seep, Doc. :)
I have noticed that very thing from time to time, DW. Hope tonight's better.
(For you too, John.)
And I hope everyone's been having a (relatively) good morning. :)
I hope you got some sleep John and that your head feels clearer for the ride :-)
hope you're feeling alright Greg and work is treating you ok :-)
DW - Sleep is a mysterious thing the more you need the less you seem to get!!
DW - because bodies are cruel and unusual that way.
L - lunch would be really nice, yeah. Let me know when you're ready.
Ready when you are.
Got something to show you.
All right. I'll be there soon, I'm not far.
What is it? Even as I type that I know you're not going to tell me...
Might tell you. If you ask nice
You mean like Sherlock? Pleeeeeease Lestrade pleeeease what is itttttt?
Or I could bribe you with coffee. :)
You don't tend to hang off my leg in the same way Sherlock does whenn he uses his powers of persuasion.
You can indeed bribe me with coffee though.
It's my Jubilee Medal. Got it this morning.
That's great! I'm now lurking outside your building in a suspicious manner, come down and show it to me.
Probably a bad choice of building to lurk by, given the armed patrols.
On my way. Feel I should have some sort of 'I'll show you mine if you show me yours' type rejoinder.
Did you get me coffee?
My middle name is Danger.
I did. You show me yours and I'll show you your coffee, how's that?
It'll do, Danger.
Oooh, cool! (I googled "jubilee medal" 'cause I had no clue. Noice!!!!)
Can we get a picture?
A picture of the medal? There are probably good ones online.
I know we've had this discussion before but I love the fact that we give medals to people who spend their lives defending us at times like this :-)
Was the break from the office nice? I'm guessing the weather isn't like it is here!!
It's really not the same...
(Maybe Sherlock will draw us a picture of it--what do you say, Sherlock?)
Finally got to watch the video. I needed that. And you know, I drove 6 hours yesterday and didn't see a single yellow car. I hope that means there weren't any and not that I was oblivious.
Nice job on the medal. Glad other people are as proud of you as we are.
Congrats, Lestrade. And well earned, if I may say so.
Maz, I don't know if you said and I just missed it,.but where are y'all going on vacation?
Thanks.
Glad you were looking a bit more rested, John. hope sleeping on the sofa didn't give you any aches. You looked too fast asleep for me to wake when I found you this morning.
No place fancy, DW - Milwaukee! We have a family wedding on hubs side, and my parents are meeting us up there so we can show them around, as they've never been and are curious about it. I'm sure the Harley Davidson museum had noting to do with my Dads interest, none at all. :)
Here's some info ReRe: http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/news_stories/8248.aspx.
Lestrade - congrats on the medal :-)
John - glad you managed to get some sleep eventually. And thanks for the video - genius.
Maz - enjoy your holiday :-)
Thanks, Nameless.
(But it's still not the same.)
(Yes, I know I'm being a bit childish, but I'm feverish and sickish and I'm okay with being childish under the circumstances.)
I don't even understand what it's not the same as.
An official photo of a template medal isn't the same as a personal photo of a personal medal.
(Did I say congratulations? Congratulations. :))
(These captchas are getting weirder and harder to read--which isn't so great when your eyes aren't focusing too well, which mine are not. :( )
photo over there RR if that makes a difference?
What does being childish mean?
demanding things you can't have or repeatedly asking for things even when people have tried to provide them the best they can Sherlock.
L - hope sleeping on the sofa didn't give you any aches.
No, I'm all right. It was so close to when you have to wake up anyway when I got in that I didn't want to risk waking you.
Generally or specifically, Sherlock?
Generally, it's behaving or reacting the way someone considerably less mature than one's real age.
Specifically, I am feeling crap right now, and I can't take anything for it because it won't stay down, so I'm being a little whiney.
That's not fair and children get blamed for all things like that and only some children are.
I've seen Lestrade's medal and he let me pin it on my t shirt and Lestrade said we can play Yellow Car ALL THE WAY TO SCOTLAND and then said but he might not play because he might be asleep for some of it but I could play it with John and Mycroft and that could be nine hours of yellow car!
one's real age
*than someone one's real age would.
You know that once you start you are never again not playing yellow car don't you Sherlock ;-)
I'm sure in nine hours you can play lots of games and the thing about yellow car is you can play it at the same time as other games :-)
What's not fair, Sherlock? That the word used for immature behavior is "childish"? If it helps, that is not a word I would use to describe you. (It is a word I used to describe me. Heh.)
I've seen Lestrade's medal and he let me pin it on my t shirt
That is VERY cool, Sherlock!
And that is a LOT of Yellow Car playing, indeed. Yikes! (But are you going to play with your rules, where you swat someone when you see a yellow car, or the rules in the video, where you just yell "yellow car"? :))
We are going with the video, with no arm punching, and saying yellow car rather than shouting it.
Official rules ARE official rules. :)
But you have to say it loudly so everyone knows you saw it!
I'm taking ear plugs.
Always have to make sure everyone hears you, I agree. Otherwise there might be doubles.
I sort of forgot on my trip today that everyone doesn't play Yellow Car, so when I interrupted myself to say "yellow car," I got a very strange look.
Ha, Maz!
I don't think I've seen a yellow car around here locally ever, except for taxis. (NYC taxis are all yellow--which is probably why so few other cars are.) Hmmm--how about Purple Car? :)
L - if we brought your bike, we could switch off riding and driving...
Maz - they were playing yellow car too, they just didn't know it yet! Did you explain the rules?
seeing a yellow car while travelling on a bus without your children is a very embarrassing experience believe me ;-)
John... that is a hell of a long way to ride. I'm sure we could do it sometime, but... you haven't been riding long, you've never ridden on the motorway, and I'm not sure either of us will be up to it then. Honestly, last night I was worried enough, just of you being out at night.
Plus I'll be coming off nights, and I actually enjoy driving places with you and the boys, because we're all together.
We could, however, if someone wanted to mind the boys and they didn't mind, hire bikes up there or something. What were you planning if we took mine?
I was planning to avoid Yellow Car! Don't worry, I was only semi-serious anyway.
Heh, no, I was so embarrassed and the poor guy had probably never even heard of Cabin Pressure! I should have just patiently explained, then played the video!
And then played him Ottery St Mary. :)
ReReader it says in the video taxis don't count but there aren't ever very many yellow cars but that's why you should shout really loudly when you see one, so everyone can see it.
don't hate me Greg but I have to say welcome to John's world! he's had to put up with worrying about you out your bike when you need to clear your head for a long time, I think it might be something you have to get used to especially when he finally gets his beautiful amazing red one :-)
northern scotland is a long way by bike though and who would here him shout yellow car?
You make a compelling argument, Sherlock! (Although in a car saying it loudly is probably loud enough, since it's pretty quiet inside cars, mostly. On a bike I think yelling would be necessary, though.)
AnonyBob...it\s not that. Well, it is a little bit, it was more that it was the middle of the night, and I didn't know where he was, and as much as I trust him and his judgement, being out on a powerful bike when you're a new rider, in the middle of the night... I dunno, anything I say sounds like I don't trust him. And I do. SO I should probably shut up
no no no no no you're allowed to be worried just as he's allowed to be worried about you when you do it and it's nothing to do with not trusting each other (that would only be the case if you were the only people on the road and you're not) it's just maybe something you will have to get used to now you've introduced him to the freedom of two wheels :-)
waking up alone when you don't expect to is worrying there is no doubt about it!
Yeah, I will get used to it.
Guess I felt a bit ... I don't know. When I get up and go and sit on the sofa most people on here tell me to wake him up and go back to bed.
Just makes me wonder, that's all. It's stupid. I'm glad he enjoys riding, I'm glad it helped, and when he gets his own bike I hope he finds the time to enjoy it a lot.
We're awful for giving one set of advice one day and a different set another day I know that!
Some days you want to stay in the house and you want to talk here which suggests you want someone to talk to and the best person is John so we tell you to go back to him. Somedays you head out on your bike and don't talk and that's because they are thinking times. I think John probably feels the same and now has the ability to leave the flat and clear his head.
I think I know what you felt (I might be wrong I know) but he really wasn't not wanting you he just needed thinking time.
So, are you saying that your head understands, but your heart is concerned? Sounds like a pretty normal reaction to me.
It was bound to make you feel a bit weird, like AnonyBob says it's peculiar when you wake up to somebody having wandered off.
I think people may have directed him back to bed if he'd still been in the flat.
I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to worry you.
Well, L, it sort of depends on what the issue is. John had told us all what had happened, had talked to you and was working his way through it all. Where we usually find you, L, is on the sofa at 3 am and us not knowing why, and you wrestling with your demons alone.
Us nosy few do encourage you back to talk to John many times, because you seem, from our perspective, to worry about bothering him, which isnt true, I'm guessing. John seemed like a man determined to have a bit of solitude last night. I guess Johns mindset seemed different, it wasn't a conscious decscision to treat you differently, though. Sorry if it seemed that way.
Oh, L--I guess it feels like one piece of advice for you and a different one for John. But John didn't say he was thinking of going out, he said he'd gone out--and it's something you've done now and again, too, yeah?
(And worrying about someone like that isn't about not trusting, it's about loving.)
(And yeah, what Maz said.)
I think John said he was going out, not that he'd gone. And no, it's not something I've done. Not that that means I don't understand his need to do it, because I do.
John, it's fine. I found the comment really quickly, and the rest...that's just down to me.
SH - thanks, yeah, I think it is. No one ever said it was easy, right?
I'd agree with Maz.
As well as that, I think you come across as generally preferring to talk out your worries and problems (and tend to try to avoid bothering John when you're awake in the middle of the night); whereas John generally seems to want to think things through by himself much more often (so if he's up in the middle of the night he's just trying to clear his head, not avoid you).
So, if you're worried that we think you need more looking after, Lestrade, or something like that, it's not true; I think we're just reacting to the different ways that you and John process things.
And anyway, I only tend to get up about four or five hours after you boys have your nocturnal thinking sessions; far too late for me to be trying to give anyone advice :-)
L--I'm sorry, again I'm saying things all wrong. (And I CAN put part of that down to the fever, I'm pretty woozy and probably shouldn't have tried. :( ) I can say I for sure understood that John had already gone out, particularly as I saw the comment about a half hour after he left it, so that's how I remembered it. Also--reading back I see I was very unclear--I didn't mean that you'd gone out in the middle of the night, but that you've gone out for a ride alone before, because you needed to.
And reading what Maz wrote--that was very clear. I tried to write something along those lines but could see it was all messed up so I left that bit out, but, yeah, that.
I suspect I said it badly but I did mean you ride during the day. I am rarely around at night (now I am actually sleeping again) so I can't say that I would suggest either of you went back to bed because I would probably be too late, I was last night.
I always try and make suggestions based on the situation that presents itself sometimes that is consistant sometimes that isn't but it is always based on the current situation.
RR , there are plenty of non-taxi yellow cars in NYC. In the last hour and 43 minutes, I've seen 12. My father keeps copying my cars, saying them after I do, which I maintain is cheqting but he says wasn't covered in the official rules, si is fair game.
DW--Maybe I automatically classify anything yellow as cabs? Because I can't recall seeing any ever, and I say that in all seriousness. (Neon purple, lime green, a hideous bronze, even cars totally covered in ads including the windows, yes. Yellow, no. :? )
So are you in New York, then? How long? (Because maybe we could meet up, if you'd like and have the time...)
(Are you sure they weren't cabs? There are 15 or so car models that are allowed for medallion cabs at present...) *very puzzled*
Positive. I can tell the difference between a taxi and a regular car. And unless they've started using Mazda Miatas, Ford Mustangs, and Dodge Chargers (which woiuld admittedly be cool), they're regular cars.
I'm off on a flight to Tokyo in the morning, unfortunately.
I'm off on a flight to Tokyo in the morning,
Rats for me, exciting for you! Business or pleasure?
Business or pleasure?
Yes. ;)
Have fun and success, then! :)
DW - enjoy Tokyo!
Have a good time DW. We look forward to your tales when you get back.
Have a lovely trip, DW!
Sherlock, last night I was watching a rerun of a show on PBS called "Secrets of the Dead: The Silver Pharoah", and there was a piece of it, starting at around the 21 or 22 minute point in the video, that was about doing forensics on a 3000-year-old mummy, and right away I thought you might be interested in seeing it: http://to.pbs.org/9JVfIo. (I can't say for sure that you can see it in the UK, but I hope you can!)
I really need to listen to Cabin Pressure now. *heading off to Amazon UK to see if I can order CDs*
And my own personal cure for insomnia this last week has been these blogs. Not that I'm bored into going to sleep or anything, but that they've given me lots of good things to dream about, like ice cream and tadpoles and small (and not so small) boys being enthusiastic about the world.
To keep the CP theme going, here's another pic that reminded me of you and Lestrade, Doc. To go with the snuggling badgers one.
Here
You should be able to get it here if you want to download it:
http://www.audiogo.com/
And I promise we're not as mad as we must seem if you've just read all the entries together!
DW - that is adorable.
DW you have the cutest pics :-)
That's great, DW. He is my otter half :)
Oh. My. That website. I mean. That WEBSITE! John, you may have impoverished me. I usually prefer CDs, because my computer is ancient and I mistrust it for long term storage, but I think I'm going to have to thrust my luddite tendencies aside and embrace the electrons.
I don't think I'll stop grinning for days!
(And no, I don't think you're all mad. If I did, I wouldn't have kept reading. And oh, look, there's a "newer post" down below now, to feed my addiction...)
http://absolutelymadness.tumblr.com/post/24173513214/youottertakethis
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