I had another interview yesterday, with Dr B, who thankfully did not google me. He was a bit older and called my phone an infernal device, so I have a feeling google is not top of his list for information sources. He's been doing this a long time though and had some interesting stories. Not sure we're going to suit though. I suspect if he had read the blogs, he wouldn't have approved.
Today, lunch in the park with Lestrade, who could speak and was not wheezing, so that was lovely. Beautiful day.
On the way to pick up Sherlock, I saw someone get cut up in traffic. He started shouting at the man who'd done it and got out of his car at the next light. I thought there might be trouble, which...I suppose there was. Of a sort. He walked up, punched the other man's car, got back in his own, and drove away when the light turned green. He made no impact on the car. I hope he didn't break anything in his hand.
I also looked at more wedding bands.
Today, lunch in the park with Lestrade, who could speak and was not wheezing, so that was lovely. Beautiful day.
On the way to pick up Sherlock, I saw someone get cut up in traffic. He started shouting at the man who'd done it and got out of his car at the next light. I thought there might be trouble, which...I suppose there was. Of a sort. He walked up, punched the other man's car, got back in his own, and drove away when the light turned green. He made no impact on the car. I hope he didn't break anything in his hand.
I also looked at more wedding bands.
It's white gold, and the centre bit rotates. Does that make sense? The raised part is not attached to the inner part, so they sort of spin around each other, but they're still connected. There's an animation showing it on the site, but you can only really see it with the one with the diamond in. Anyway, I thought it was nice. Unusual.
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Nice ring, Doc.
Glad you weren't with Sherlock when you saw the road rage - he'd probably have wanted to join in/tell someone off/punch a car.
You like it then? I thought it was nice.
Or arrest him for punching a car...yeah, the possibilities are endless.
Yeah, I do. They used to be called fiddler rings ... You a fiddler, Danger?
Don't suppose you've had much cause to look at old rotting bodies from rivers, have you? (Half carrying on Congo from my blog, half thinking about you meeting this doc)
Not, in fact, doing the Congo from my blog. Convo.
I feel there's no good way to answer that question...
It's happened once or twice, but I wouldn't say regularly, no. Not as often as you have, I assume.
The Thames does seem to be something of a magnet for people wishing to dump bodies.
Which is stupid, because they always wash up. Far harder to find a body in acres of land than a very thin strip of tidal river.
I suppose it seems convenient. You'd think they'd at least weigh them down though.
I've never felt the urge to punch a car - have you? The driver, maybe... and I've slapped cars. Punching would seem a bit dangerous to the health of your hand.
Never. Maybe it relieved his feelings at least?
Dinner was wonderful, by the way. Thank you.
My pleasure. Nice doing something for you after you've taken such good care of me.
Happy to do it. I'm just glad you feel better.
By the way, you know Mycroft's parents' evening...?
I know Mycroft. I know he has parents' evening...
Did you know it's this Friday?
Is it.
Remind me to get a decent suit to the cleaners. And shave. And swallow a dictionary. And polish my shoes.
I'm assuming it'll be long.
I'll take your suit in with mine. Think I'd prefer to swallow The Little Book of Calm.
Considering they're starting at noon...yeah. We don't have to be there till later though. I suppose if everyone turned up at once there'd be nowhere to put them.
.....right.
I can take a half day or something.
Maybe some valium.
Sherlock's school doesn't make me nervous! But Mycroft's just makes me feel like someone will grab me by the scruff of the neck and throw me into detention.
It's a bit...intimidating, yeah. But really, it shouldn't be bad. We'll show up, they'll tell us how amazing Mycroft is, we'll pack his things up, and go home. And Mrs Holmes will be there.
Right. Yes. Mrs Holmes will probably put the teachers in detention.
Bed? I feel like I could sleep for a week.
Bed, yes.
Just ate McDonald's for breakfast, talking to a snout. How do people eat that stuff regularly? It was just... Yeah.
McDonalds is a mystery to me, I think maybe they put something in it that gets kids addicted to it so they grow up to like it and take their kids and the cycle continues ;-)
I hope the 'meeting' was better than the breakfast :-)
Snout? ("Nose" can't be right...)
Confidential Informer
Oh, and I have heard of car punching before--not that I've personally witnessed it, but it's not altogether uncommon on court tv shows, with the puncher being sued for bodywork. Maybe American cars are more easily dented? (Although I wouldn't have thought, since European cars are more fuel efficient.) Wouldn't be my first choice as a punching bag, though!
L, McDuck's combines salt, sugar, and grease with fast and cheap and predictable. The first three hit the primitive food satisfaction triggers in the brain, and the last three make decisions easy for people who have no time or money (or think they don't have time or money.) For those of us who can't cook and live alone that has a certain siren call. Siren call as in "lures you onto the rocks" I grant you, but there it is.
rsf
RR - as Anon said, informer. Although I don't exactly use them nowadays, some like to keep in touch. Once they trust you they don't easily move to trust anyone else. He had something he thought I should know.
He needs better info than that to make me drink McD's 'coffee' again.
RSF - I know the principles, and I ate more than my fair share of Wimpy's and later McD's growing up and as a teenager/young man. But I haven't for a while, and was surprised how totally foul it is. Undoubtedly it's my taste which has changed, not their food.
He needs better info than that to make me drink McD's 'coffee' again.
So there IS a reason they serve it so hot! Aside from the fun of scalding the unwary, that is...
(I have no opinions as to what fast food chains food tastes like, none of them are kosher, at least not in the US--some branches of some chains in Israel are, I understand.)
I just posted this on the wrong blog, sorry!
I try to avoid fast food because it's an easy trap for me to fall into and it can get expensive! But I've found when I have migraines one of the few things I crave is either Chinese fast food or Burger King fries. My sister can only eat McDonald's fries when she's got one. Something about the salt/grease combo.
But after I eat it, even if my headache gets better, I feel rather icky, and it never tastes as good as I think it will.
Making coffee too hot is part of the reason it tastes bad though.
Danger, might either be late, or bring work home. Just got given a case file that's a right bag of arseholes.
I hope not literally. Is this the one you were talking about the other night that got given to someone else? Only asking because you called that one a right bag of arseholes too.
Right bag of arseholes being a technical term...
Different, new, bag of arseholes. Someone's been suspended and I've copped one of the cases.
Speaking of, apparently a restaurant down SE London was caught making fake calamari out of pig's arseholes.
Anon - it is around here...
L - That sounds even worse. Good luck.
...And what leaps immediately to mind is where they got a steady supply of pigs' arseholes. Surely that's the sort of thing that gets ground up for sausage or dog good, not sold by the bag.
I've no idea, guess you just buy up the offal and use it all in different ways?
Be home in a bit. Going to work there instead of here. May as well be comfy, eh?
Definitely.
I shouldn't laugh about the pig arsehole/calamari thing, but I really, really am. Little extra chewy, eh?
It made me laugh!
and badly cooked calamari are always chewy, eh? bet no one noticed.
There's a show on the American radio network NPR called Planet Money. A few months ago they heard about this rumor somehow, and couldn't track down any restaurants that had actually been caught at it, so they settled for cooking calamari and pigs' assholes to see if they could tell the difference (to see if such a thing was even possible, or if it was just urban legend). Nobody could tell the difference. I'm not sure if NPR's streaming is available in the UK, but it's a really entertaining episode if you can find it.
Egads, spandrella. Also, speaking of rings (in a roundabout way), I do like the wedding ring you posted, John. It's lovely and masculine and interesting, all at once.
Just like him, then?
Precisely. A perfect fit.
any end in sight for paperwork Greg or are you still surrounded by arseholes? ;-)
It's...well, there a limit to what I can do without going to the station and checking on things. So there is an end to the arseholes in sight.
Sherlock has announced he wants to 'try a McDonald's' no. Serves me right for opening my big mouth.
Ha. He may change his mind once he sees the menu. It's not exactly what he's used to.
I can only hope.
Oh, anyway, I was forced to endure my McArsehole or whatever it was and the vile, weak, bitter brew they sold as coffee, all for the stunning information that 'someone is after me'. Apparently I've trodden on toes.
I know you've got a protective streak a mile wide, so you can watch my back - although I think it's all mouth, no trousers.
its good you get to finish work at some point before the end of time Greg ;-)
Once tried never repeated I would suspect when it comes to Sherlock and McDonalds!
L - I will. He didn't venture to say who, I suppose?
oh, he did. I'll tell you, not on here. It's gang related - I've got a case due in court soon-ish
Tell me tooooooo!
It's time for you to go to bed, Kiddo.
I'm not tired! Can we go for a walk like before?
Not with school tomorrow. Just do something quiet, like reading.
Hey, Sherlock, have you heard of Richard Feynman, the physicist? He was someone who also wanted to know everything, and was a really interesting person--I have a few books of his on my shelves. (I was just watching this video about him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIJw3OLB9sI&feature=share&list=UUZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow, which is why I thought of him.)
Or flop dramatically on the floor and sigh a lot, whichever...
I'll take him upstairs. I think he's more tired than he thinks he is.
Listen to the cricket - it's very soporific
I like the symbolism of the ring, John; the two parts are connected, linked - but not physically fixed. Nice.
Lestrade - I hope you will forgive me the momentary panic that comes from hearing that someone may be out to get you. Normal service will be resumed directly.
Ref various foods: times like this I'm very glad I'm vegetarian :-p
Nameless - he forgave me for it, I imagine he'll do the same for you. Unless I hid it better than I thought I did.
You're forgiven - all of you!
I don't know how to explain it - it isn't the same. Time was, criminals took being collared as a risk of the job. Now they just don't play the game anymore, try to exert their 'influence' on us, because they think they're big gang from other countries who we should worry about. It's never worked, it won't now. There's just no honour amongst thieves any more.
Well...good. I'll do my best not to worry. Or follow you around or anything like that.
If you fail, and start following me, you must promise to regularly throw me to the ground, covering my body with yours. Then, once the perceived threat has gone, run your hands all over me, checking me for wounds.
You can practise now, in bed.
I hope Sherlock's asleep.
That I'm perfectly willing to promise.
Lestrade - thanks for the reassurance :-)
How was Sherlock this morning, after his insistence on not being tired at all at ten o'clock last night?
He was pretty good - we have the looming spectre of parents' evening for him too, next week, so he's fairly eager to please Mrs N and not be off school now.
Although he thinks he should be given extra credit for going in with a broken arm...
Parents evening is normally a good incentive for children :-)
How's work today? fewer arseholes and weird conversations?
yeah, but better. Although I'm in another nick, so it's annoying, never knowing where anything is etc.
Did your kids have to get dressed up today, for book day or something? I got a sweary text off John this morning...I'm guessing Sherlock hadn't mentioned it ;)
we got a letter last night about a book exchange but no dressing up luckily. I'd have struggled with one nights notice so if John's managed to cobble anything together for Sherlock I'll be super impressed!
Glad works better in some ways :-)
I was too scared to ask.
Sherlock doesn't really read books with characters... so I don't know what he'll have managed. Probably why he didn't mention it.
Do people from biographies count? There must be some scientist or doctor or policeman he could emulate.
I imagine that would have been fine, Anon. It's just a bit of fun!
I'd have much preferred my kids dressing like a character from a book, than dressing like a superhero for I Love to Read Day.
HATE those last minute theme day costume requests.
There are mummies in his mummies/Egypt book, maybe he dressed as a mummy! (Perhaps wrapping you in toilet tissue was the dress rehearsal. :D)
I've been wondering. He could have gone as a ninja - we've got balaclava type things for the bikes, and he's got black clothes. Or something kung-fu-y? Or...well, lots of things. It's just what he will have agreed to, and if he needs to really justify it via a book - which I doubt.
Sally's nephews have gone in dressed as tigers, she showed me a photo :)
...of course, if there's a way he can have wrangled a reason to take a huge sparkly purple bone, he'd have told us all about it immediately...
After far too much discussion, we went with C. Auguste Dupin, the detective from The Murders in the Rue Morgue, for which he wore his suit from Jo and Lisa's wedding and carried a magnifying glass to look for clues.
Awesome!
Great job John, you too Sherlock. did you have any sort of funday activities or was it just the dressing up Sherlock?
A local author visited my little one's school and read to them in assembly before helping the older ones write their own stories apparently :-)
Well done, love. You are a super nanny. We're lucky to have you.
It wasn't that bad really, although it would've been easier if he read more fiction. He read the beginning of The Murders in the Rue Morgue this morning and liked the part where Dupin worked out his friend's train of thought. He's been practising on me since he got out of school...
Anonybob - his class wrote stories, too, although Sherlock says his isn't done and refuses to show it to me until it is.
how very sensible of him, you don't want to read a story without an ending do you ;-)
I'm glad he had a fun day an dI hope you've had a nice one :-)
How's the working-out-the-other-person's-train-of-thought going? I always thought that was a particularly neat trick!
Hope he's also been thanking you a lot for helping with his costume.
Can we get something easy for dinner tonight?
pizza?
rr - not all that well but he's still trying...
It's a worthy exercise!
(If for no other reason than it means being outer-directed while making the attempt. :) And it is a fascinating idea, that people telegraph their thoughts by subtle external cues.)
yeah, pizza sounds good.
pizza sounds so good, I wish I'd made that.
Are you home now Greg? or at least in sight of the idea?
Bad day?
not good. I've been in a very dusty evidence store half the day. Feel like I haven't managed a decent breath since before lunchtime my chest's so tight. And coughed enough to make myself croaky again.
And still don't feel much closer to sorting out this case.
I'm sorry, love. That does sound pretty bad. Will you get to leave soon?
yeah, now. I'm not that far away. Really might need mouth to mouth.
You can start with a shower, the steam will help. And Sherlock and I can go and pick something up from Angelo's.
you're fantastic.
Just love you, that's all.
Feel like I've been smoking all day, with none of the good side effects. And then been forced to run a marathon.
Love you too. Sorry for moaning.
I don't mind. Might make you breathe more steam later though. Are you back there again tomorrow or are you done with that part?
Back there, for a bit, at least. Maybe not looking through evidence all the time, there's old files, too.... one big advantage of computer files - the lack of dust.
at this point I'd breathe anything you told me to.
Mm. Well, at least it won't be all day. And feel free to drink all the coffe you want, might help a bit. Mycroft's school said we should get there between five and six, if that's all right?
Yeah, fine. We taking Sherlock? If not, we can bike it.
We are not. I think it would be...counterproductive. Mrs Hudson said she would watch him, and Harry's coming to have dinner with them so Sherlock's not too unhappy about it.
I did wonder.
I shall get a complex if Harry only ever visits when I'm not here ;)
Yeah. I thought about it, but I'd be making sure he didn't run off the whole time instead of listening to Mycroft's teachers, which is the point of going.
I think she prefers to visit when I'm not here as well...
L, if you're stuck in the dust again tomorrow, get a dust mask, like the ones you'd use doing carpentry work. They're annoying, but being able to breathe without breathing in the dust makes a huge difference to your lungs.
I hope everyone has a good day tomorrow. I'm sure Mycroft will be glad when it's over!
rsf
I don't really have an opportunity to get hold of a proper filter mask. And those little papery ones with the nose strip are next to useless they leak so much.
We o have proper respirator masks but you can't talk when wearing one, and what I'm doing relies heavily on talking as we work.
Anyway, going better today, so I should be free soon ish.
I'm glad it's better today. I do know what you mean about proper respirators. They are hard to talk with! The paper ones aren't quite useless though -- with my asthma/allergies I can tell they make a difference, even though it's not as much as a proper mask. And when your lungs are already irritated every little bit saves you coughing them up for a visual examination. :/
Good luck with parents night. I think it's really great that Mycroft and his mum both want you and John to participate in it.
rsf
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