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Title: Bulletin Board
Author: [personal profile] capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Mr Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Lestrade, Watson?
Summary: Posted on the bulletin board at Scotland Yard
Warning: (Poetry?)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 2nd 2023 poetry prompt: (Cut Out the Poetry, Watson.)



.oOOo.

A doctor living in Baker Street
Took care that his moustache was neat
But his hair grew quite long
So to the barber he’d gone
And now is presumed lost to The Fleet



‘I didn’t mean for you to see that, Mr Holmes,’ said Inspector Lestrade, clenched teeth, his face red with chagrin. ‘Junior constables these days have a surplus of wit and a deficit of respect. I’d have torn it down had I seen it.’

‘Gallows humour, Lestrade.’ replied Sherlock Holmes. ‘Perhaps the efforts of these men would be better spent inside the sewers instead of guarding the outfall.’


.oOOo.

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Supplementary Notes: Unapologetically appropriating[personal profile] gardnerhill's brilliant plot thread from And the Vermin of the World Inhabit It to combine with my original from yesterday.
 

Date: 2023-07-03 01:17 am (UTC)
pompey_01: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pompey_01
I assume they would appreciate the humor of the poem more if Watson were already safe and sound. Since he's not, may I volunteer the poem's author to be the one to go searching the sewers for Watson?

Date: 2023-07-03 05:53 am (UTC)
gardnerhill: (Default)
From: [personal profile] gardnerhill
"Well, I found Jean Valjean and Marius and told them they were in the wrong sewer. Does that help, sir?"

Date: 2023-07-03 07:46 am (UTC)
caffienekitty: Dean sitting slumped in a chair. "Will kill for coffee" (Default)
From: [personal profile] caffienekitty
XD

Date: 2023-07-03 07:49 am (UTC)
caffienekitty: Dean sitting slumped in a chair. "Will kill for coffee" (Default)
From: [personal profile] caffienekitty
Ooo! Love Lestrade and Holmes standing up for Watson in absentia.

Date: 2023-07-03 08:05 am (UTC)
debriswoman: (Default)
From: [personal profile] debriswoman
Yep, send them to the sewers till they find him:-)

Date: 2023-07-04 01:34 am (UTC)
pompey_01: (Default)
From: [personal profile] pompey_01
*spittake*
I'm only annoyed I didn't think of that myself.
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