Tue 28 Mar 2006
thank the many people who have contacted me, wanting to know if I had ever heard the “great Holmes joke,” and so I figure I had better mention it. There are a few versions of this going around, and a few are accompanied by a more erstwhile build-up or a cartoon (although I can’t seem to find them online), but I’ll just link to the version that was finally knocked from first to second place at the UK’s Laugh Lab: Holmes and Watson go camping:
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson go on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retire for the night, and go to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes wakes up and nudges his faithful friend. “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.”
“I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes” replies Watson.
“And what do you deduce from that?”
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April 19th, 2006 at 8:32 pm
At the risk of ruining any reputation I would *like* to possess, I offer the following “bad-pun/Holmes-Watson” tale:
“Holmes and Watson were conducting an investigation, when the uncovered an amazing painting. At first glance, it appeared to be a normal oak tree in the wilderness, but on closer inspection it was a surrealist painting: The tree’s trunk was fire, and it’s branches were ice, clouds and earth.
“What is it?” asked Watson in awe.
“It’s an element-tree, my dear Watson,” said Holmes.”
I apologise to everyone on the PLANET for this joke
Julia Huggins
April 19th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
*argh*….