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Title: Something of Note
Author: [personal profile] capt_facepalm
Rating: PG
Fandom: Sherlock Holmes (Gaslight ACD)
Characters: Dr John Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes, Finbar McEllry
Summary: It's a little-known fact...
Warning: (Finbar McEllry is a teller of tall tales)
Word Count: 100
Author's Notes: July 19th 2023 prompt: Truth is Stranger


.oOOo.

‘It’s a well-known fact that a voice of quality can hit the right note to shatter a wineglass,’ said our host, Mr Finbar McEllry. ‘And I used this fact to escape my German captors back in the Bollwerksturm.’

I examined my own wineglass with tipsy disbelief.

‘Thinking I was finally broken, they raised their glasses in a mock salute. I took in a deep breath and produced such a note that it shattered their wineglasses! Using their blindness, I made my escape.’

Holmes raised a sceptical finger.

‘The human voice can indeed shatter wineglasses… so long as they are empty.’


.oOOo.

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Supplementary Notes: Still thinking opera thoughts and plots, are we? Yep. Also, a Bollwerksturm is a bulwark tower like the one in Heilbronn.

Date: 2023-07-19 05:08 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pompey_01
So long as they are empty -- I learned something today!

Date: 2023-07-19 08:41 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] stonepicnicking_okapi
That is something I didn't know! Excellent!

Date: 2023-07-20 06:58 am (UTC)
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Holmes! Spoilsport!

Date: 2023-07-23 01:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gardnerhill
Holmes and Watson - the original Mythbusters.

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