Give him his back pay and send him on his way. Then hire a gently lady ghoul to keep the house clean, bring you coffee and rub your neck and shoulders. I’m sure Travis would enjoy her companship in her off time.
“I see that you are professionally rather busy just now,” said he, glancing very keenly across at me.
“Yes, I’ve had a busy day,” I answered. “It may seem very foolish in your eyes,” I added, “but really I don’t know how you deduced it.”
Holmes chuckled to himself.
“I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson,” said he. “When your round is a short one you walk, and when it is a long one you use a hansom. As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom.”
“Excellent!” I cried.
“Elementary,” said he. “It is one of those instances where the reasoner can produce an effect which seems remarkable to his neighbor, because the latter has missed the one little point which is the basis of the deduction. The same may be said, my dear fellow, for the effect of some of these little sketches of yours, which is entirely meretricious, depending as it does upon your retaining in your own hands some factors in the problem which are never imparted to the reader. No, at present I am in the position of these same readers, for I hold in this hand several threads of one of the strangest cases which ever perplexed a man’s brain, and yet I hack the one or two which are needful to complete my theory. But I’ll have them, Watson, I’ll have them!”
Dobber Premium Member over 1 year ago
I thought I was being stalked by a dweeb.
Sir Isaac over 1 year ago
Give him his back pay and send him on his way. Then hire a gently lady ghoul to keep the house clean, bring you coffee and rub your neck and shoulders. I’m sure Travis would enjoy her companship in her off time.
ladykat over 1 year ago
Leopold is acting like a teenager.
Zebrastripes over 1 year ago
Poor Gary! Surely, there’s another monster, other than Leo, looking for employment!
artjohn42 over 1 year ago
Bite him, Gary!
Impkins Premium Member over 1 year ago
Beer goes with mayhem? burp. :)
The Orange Mailman over 1 year ago
“I see that you are professionally rather busy just now,” said he, glancing very keenly across at me.
“Yes, I’ve had a busy day,” I answered. “It may seem very foolish in your eyes,” I added, “but really I don’t know how you deduced it.”
Holmes chuckled to himself.
“I have the advantage of knowing your habits, my dear Watson,” said he. “When your round is a short one you walk, and when it is a long one you use a hansom. As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom.”
“Excellent!” I cried.
“Elementary,” said he. “It is one of those instances where the reasoner can produce an effect which seems remarkable to his neighbor, because the latter has missed the one little point which is the basis of the deduction. The same may be said, my dear fellow, for the effect of some of these little sketches of yours, which is entirely meretricious, depending as it does upon your retaining in your own hands some factors in the problem which are never imparted to the reader. No, at present I am in the position of these same readers, for I hold in this hand several threads of one of the strangest cases which ever perplexed a man’s brain, and yet I hack the one or two which are needful to complete my theory. But I’ll have them, Watson, I’ll have them!”
Sisyphos over 1 year ago
A little of the short, round, green Sarcasm serves to cover big, fat, old Gary completely!