I recently learned of a British version of Dirk, circa 2010. I’d seen the Elijah Wood version, and this is a nice addition.

It’s true that Doyle never mentioned it, but it’s logical that Holmes would want a place he could duck into for a quick meal; or a nap; or to put on a new disguise. Watson does say that Holmes had bolt holes around London, so it would have been foolish for him not to have a membership.

I remember reading about his membership in a non canon work.

If you’re a fan look up ‘The 7% Solution.’ It’s available as a novel and a movie; Holmes meets the only doctor capable of curing his cocaine addiction, Sigmund Freud.

Holmes was a mess.

He was unpopular at school; hung out with the lower classes; used cocaine; once shot the letters ‘V R’ into his living room wall; was a member of a club where no member was supposed to speak to another; only survived as long as he did because his brother was a major government official.

Also, in my area I see a lot of beautiful old pre-1950s houses get torn down to be replaced by a dozen shoebox condominiums stacked three high.

I like to post that in 1960, we had a minimum wage of $1.00/hour and the average US home cost $11,000.00

Whenever I do, someone will point out that houses today are, on average, bigger.

They never mention tiny homes and six people sharing a two bedroom apartment…

As always, Trump’s people manage to outdo everyone.

“Anti-woke” water is a thing, and it doesn’t need no stinking vodka to make people stupid.

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/opinion/drink-this-water-or-move-to-canada-maga-s-new-anti-woke-water-is-the/article_fabc9ea4-2d9b-11ef-a25a-fff66ad841a9.html

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Mike Hammer was immensely popular for years. “My Gun Is Quick” and “I, the Jury” were full of anti-gay slurs.

Currently there are Pride Month flags flying from Mickey Spillane’s bar in NYC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Hammer_(character)

It’s heroin, without the ‘e.’

Not heroin, but Holmes did go undercover at least once in an opium den. “The Man With The Twisted Lip” iirc.

I’ve heard this line.

When a cop tells stories about the crazy things they’ve seen on their job, they are usually talking about something they saw over a paramedic’s shoulder.

EMS guy told me this story. Barricaded EDP [emotionally disturbed person] in an apartment. Standoff lasts for hours. Finally the police decide to break the door down. First cop in gets a pot of cold water thrown in his face. After they restrain the man the cop asks why he threw cold water on him?

“The water was boiling two hours ago!”

A woman I know went to Vassar College. According to her, the original version was a Harvard professor talking to an all female class.

Wouldn’t be surprised if Julius Cesar heard it from Seneca.

Old joke, but on topic.

A professor asks a class if anyone there would be a sex worker if they were paid $1 billion for a year. Everyone raises their hand.

He then asks if anyone in the class would do sex work for one night if the pay was $5.00?

Class is all irate. “What kind of people do you think we are?”

“I know what kind of people you are. Now we’re discussing the prices.”

“Go pick up a loaf of bread. If they have eggs, get a dozen.”

“Here are the 12 loves of bread you wanted.”

Read Neal Stephenson’s “The Diamond Age.”

Book has a lot of idea, but one of them ios that the old nations have broken down and people become part of clans, some small and some nation sized.

A. N. Roquelaure. has entered the chat…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sleeping_Beauty_Quartet

It’s 2024 and there isn’t much that isn’t cringe

That was a thing when I was in 4th or 5th Grade.

A few people would be in on it. The victim comes over and the instigator tells a stupid pointless joke, and everyone laughs. The outsider either laughs along and is mocked for being a brownnoser, or they look confused and are mocked for not getting the joke.

So many memes…

You miss one day of the internet and nothing makes sense.

Can someone explain the joke, please?

Thanks.

You would have thought that everyone was in favor of street lights to prevent crime.

Nope, because there were rich folks who thought that if the poor had lighted streets they’d party all night and be unfit to work the next day.