Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for October 23, 2023

She’s making a BIG assumption about the level of Friend she’s achieved.

And if you have mental candy, you must be sure to Mental Floss every night.

I think they should ALL dress as Sherlock Holmes and fake her out.

I call dibs on being Watson. (Yes, I do realize that I’m about a millennium too old for the part.)

This year for Halloween I plan on taking my mask off!

This seems to be the beginning of the real Halloween story arc. As I said over a month ago, the ouija board arc would have been appropriate for Halloween.

“Elementary”, heh heh

Good grief, Rose, be kid for a day!

Watson will be?

The game is afoot!

I do food costumes mostly so since Halloween’s on a Tuesday, this year I will be a taco.

I guess we don’t find out if he retrieved the balloon..

I know whose house is getting egged.

Spud could be Watson, Wallace could be Mycroft Holmes, and Amelia could be Moriarity

“Quick, Watson, the needle!”

And, yes, that sentiment is not expressed in any of Doyle’s stories.

But I love the line for that very reason. That, and the fact that it always makes me think of the apocryphal story about Gertrude Stein doing her impression of Groucho Marx.

Rose, I cannot even begin to tell you how much that is not helping!

If Rose is Sherlock, Spud would be a natural as Watson, Wallace (or Sterling) could play Moriarty, and Amelia would make a perfect Irene Adler.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson decide to go on a camping trip. After dinner and a bottle of wine, they lay down for the night, and go to sleep.

Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend.

“Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”

Watson replied, “I see millions of stars.”

“What does that tell you?”

Watson pondered for a minute.

“Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets.”“Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo.”“Horologically, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three.”“Theologically, I can see that God is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant.”“Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.”“What does it tell you, Holmes?”

Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke: “Watson, you idiot. Someone has stolen our tent!”

I’m calling it; Rose is related to that annoying Caufield kid from Frazz. She’s just not smug and self-righteous like he is.

My Take:

Rose – Holmes

Moriarty – Sterling or Amelia

Mycroft – Wallace

Lestrade – Spud

Irene Adler – Amelia or Sterling

Watson – The seagull

- The Story – The Search for the Lost Red Sea Glass!

Rose, honey, we appreciate the dedication but…nobody’s going to care enough for this.

Rose is awesome

“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.”

Sick burn, Sherlock.

Wait, Sherlock Holmes DIDN’T say “Come here, Watson! I want you!”???

Or work, your choice. Then again, being the smartest of the bunch, she may have a trick or two up her sleeve…..

So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Rose, you may have an unexpected lesson here yourself.

Spud and Wallace are of one mind on this.

Mental candy? Alimentary, my dear Watson.