@ImHolmesick Erm. I'm afraid to say I have no idea... I drink too much. I know "Watsit" is what I call Watson... No idea. If it comes to me, I'll tell you.
@ImHolmesick I know it's a tad bit late to respond to this statement (ew...8 months and you still didn't get a real answer to your question it seems), and although I'm not the person that you asked, I believe DIGIxPUNKx1996 meant that they feel the same way about Mr. Holmes as Dr. Watson apparently does, at least according to the clips you used if one were to look at this video in the context in which you intended it to be viewed in.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Yeah, I think you're right. I was confused by his term for Watson. BTW as far as I am concerned, it is never to late to comment. Thank you for giving me your interpretation. I appreciate it!
@ImHolmesick Not a problem, and I'm glad you like the way I stated that. Also, I couldn't help but laugh a bit, considering that while I'm in no way anything like Mr. Brett, I would like to believe (according to what I've read about how he was in real life), he would probably be quite amused that you put his character in this sort of light.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh He was known for his wonderful sense of humor. One can only hope that he would have taken it in the spirit it was given, and found it amusing as well. However JB prided himself on being absolutely nothing like Sherlock Holmes and probably would not care less what anyone did with the character...Just like Doyle who was once asked if they could marry off Holmes in a play. He replied " marry him, or murder him" do what you wish. No love lost there!
@ImHolmesick Ah, I see. Considering how cold and stiff the character of Holmes is, I could see why someone as generous and warm-hearted as JB /would/ pride himself in being nothing like that. I truly didn't know about how Doyle truly felt about his own creation, however. That's...actually quite interesting. I can see how one wouldn't want to hear or see anything having to do with that character after hearing of nothing else other than "Holmes Holmes Holmes" all the bloody time, though.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh You are absolutely right... and then compound that by the fact that Doyle despised Sherlock Holmes, and it's no wonder he said what he did. Sir Arthur wrote Holmes stories purely for financial gain. He wanted to be known by his other more scholarly works..which ironically no one remembers. When he had Holmes plunge to his death in the Final Problem he wrote in his Journal for that day only one line..."Killed Holmes". He thought he was rid of him forever.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh You are absolutely right... and then compound that by the fact that Doyle despised Sherlock Holmes, and it's no wonder he said what he did. Sir Arthur wrote Holmes stories purely for financial gain. He wanted to be known by his other more scholarly works..which ironically no one remembers. When he had Holmes plunge to his death in the Final Problem he wrote in his Journal for that day only one line..."Killed Holmes". He thought he was rid of him forever.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh At the Doyle home, the words " Sherlock Holmes" were forbidden to be spoken, ever! That's how much antipathy he had toward the character that became synonomous with his name. He only brought him back,three years later, due to the outcry of the public and the fact that an American publishing company offered him huge sums of money(at the time) to write more stories. Doyle needed the cash to finance his interest in the paranormal...mediumship and the like.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Poor little smurfs! lol! It's not their fault they are so loveable. You never know, they might be of some value some day. I can see you watching " The Antiques Roadshow" and seeing a smurf go for hundreds of dollars and saying " And I threw them all away!" lol! Nah, impossible!
@ImHolmesick Doyle was interested in the paranormal? Wow, I knew I liked him for another reason than his literature...I admit from time to time, I think about how much space there is in the universe for us to be the only living, intelligent beings in it. Thing is, when I see people looking for proof of their existence, I tell them the surest sign there IS intelligent life out there is the fact they haven't tried contacting us, considering we're blowing ourselves up daily like the monkeys we are.
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Sir Arthur was very deeply involved in Spiritualism and heavily financed the movement. I have to agree that" there are more things in Heaven and Earth(Horatio), than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Too many things can't be explained away so easily.
@ImHolmesick I agree one hundred percent on there being more going on around us than we can see...To say otherwise is sheer idiocy. Even a scientific-minded friend of mine said that while he didn't think one's spirit itself actually gets trapped here, the energy and/or emotional imprint in a certain house/area emitted from people at the time of their death, if intense enough, can influence how the energy in the house/area behaves. That is actually the clearest I've ever heard anyone explain it.
@ImHolmesick As to the Smurfs: I say I'll throw them out, but then I got to thinking: my future grandchildren may want to watch them. Plus, I'll admit I still find the buggers cute sometimes (I had to find a way to make DVDs though, or else the gremlins would have destroyed the cassettes with how often they like to play the things. The girl tried shoving it in the player herself once...the wrong way of course. She thought I was a techno-genius for getting it to work when she couldn't XD)
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Good luck with converting to DVD! I hope your children and future grandchildren appreciate all you have endured with the blue buggers.
What I mean is, if you start hearing about a certain subject day in and day out for such a long period of time, you tend to get burned-out on it. Like my children and (UGH!) Smurfs. I used to like that show growing up, but now that my little ones are obsessed with it....I'm throwing away everything to do with those little blue buggers as soon as they move on to something else ¬.¬
I'm with Watsit.
DIGIxPUNKx1996 1 year ago
@DIGIxPUNKx1996 Sorry! IDK what you mean by that. TY
ImHolmesick 1 year ago
@ImHolmesick Erm. I'm afraid to say I have no idea... I drink too much. I know "Watsit" is what I call Watson... No idea. If it comes to me, I'll tell you.
DIGIxPUNKx1996 1 year ago
@DIGIxPUNKx1996 LOL!
Lexytalionis 1 year ago
@ImHolmesick I know it's a tad bit late to respond to this statement (ew...8 months and you still didn't get a real answer to your question it seems), and although I'm not the person that you asked, I believe DIGIxPUNKx1996 meant that they feel the same way about Mr. Holmes as Dr. Watson apparently does, at least according to the clips you used if one were to look at this video in the context in which you intended it to be viewed in.
StoneSkinGilgamesh 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Yeah, I think you're right. I was confused by his term for Watson. BTW as far as I am concerned, it is never to late to comment. Thank you for giving me your interpretation. I appreciate it!
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@ImHolmesick Not a problem, and I'm glad you like the way I stated that. Also, I couldn't help but laugh a bit, considering that while I'm in no way anything like Mr. Brett, I would like to believe (according to what I've read about how he was in real life), he would probably be quite amused that you put his character in this sort of light.
StoneSkinGilgamesh 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh He was known for his wonderful sense of humor. One can only hope that he would have taken it in the spirit it was given, and found it amusing as well. However JB prided himself on being absolutely nothing like Sherlock Holmes and probably would not care less what anyone did with the character...Just like Doyle who was once asked if they could marry off Holmes in a play. He replied " marry him, or murder him" do what you wish. No love lost there!
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@ImHolmesick Ah, I see. Considering how cold and stiff the character of Holmes is, I could see why someone as generous and warm-hearted as JB /would/ pride himself in being nothing like that. I truly didn't know about how Doyle truly felt about his own creation, however. That's...actually quite interesting. I can see how one wouldn't want to hear or see anything having to do with that character after hearing of nothing else other than "Holmes Holmes Holmes" all the bloody time, though.
StoneSkinGilgamesh 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh You are absolutely right... and then compound that by the fact that Doyle despised Sherlock Holmes, and it's no wonder he said what he did. Sir Arthur wrote Holmes stories purely for financial gain. He wanted to be known by his other more scholarly works..which ironically no one remembers. When he had Holmes plunge to his death in the Final Problem he wrote in his Journal for that day only one line..."Killed Holmes". He thought he was rid of him forever.
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh You are absolutely right... and then compound that by the fact that Doyle despised Sherlock Holmes, and it's no wonder he said what he did. Sir Arthur wrote Holmes stories purely for financial gain. He wanted to be known by his other more scholarly works..which ironically no one remembers. When he had Holmes plunge to his death in the Final Problem he wrote in his Journal for that day only one line..."Killed Holmes". He thought he was rid of him forever.
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh At the Doyle home, the words " Sherlock Holmes" were forbidden to be spoken, ever! That's how much antipathy he had toward the character that became synonomous with his name. He only brought him back,three years later, due to the outcry of the public and the fact that an American publishing company offered him huge sums of money(at the time) to write more stories. Doyle needed the cash to finance his interest in the paranormal...mediumship and the like.
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Poor little smurfs! lol! It's not their fault they are so loveable. You never know, they might be of some value some day. I can see you watching " The Antiques Roadshow" and seeing a smurf go for hundreds of dollars and saying " And I threw them all away!" lol! Nah, impossible!
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@ImHolmesick Doyle was interested in the paranormal? Wow, I knew I liked him for another reason than his literature...I admit from time to time, I think about how much space there is in the universe for us to be the only living, intelligent beings in it. Thing is, when I see people looking for proof of their existence, I tell them the surest sign there IS intelligent life out there is the fact they haven't tried contacting us, considering we're blowing ourselves up daily like the monkeys we are.
StoneSkinGilgamesh 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Sir Arthur was very deeply involved in Spiritualism and heavily financed the movement. I have to agree that" there are more things in Heaven and Earth(Horatio), than are dreamt of in your philosophy." Too many things can't be explained away so easily.
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
@ImHolmesick I agree one hundred percent on there being more going on around us than we can see...To say otherwise is sheer idiocy. Even a scientific-minded friend of mine said that while he didn't think one's spirit itself actually gets trapped here, the energy and/or emotional imprint in a certain house/area emitted from people at the time of their death, if intense enough, can influence how the energy in the house/area behaves. That is actually the clearest I've ever heard anyone explain it.
StoneSkinGilgamesh 3 months ago
Forgive me, I meant ignorance, not idiocy.
StoneSkinGilgamesh 3 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Oh, I couldn't agree more...on both counts! lol!
ImHolmesick 3 months ago
@ImHolmesick As to the Smurfs: I say I'll throw them out, but then I got to thinking: my future grandchildren may want to watch them. Plus, I'll admit I still find the buggers cute sometimes (I had to find a way to make DVDs though, or else the gremlins would have destroyed the cassettes with how often they like to play the things. The girl tried shoving it in the player herself once...the wrong way of course. She thought I was a techno-genius for getting it to work when she couldn't XD)
StoneSkinGilgamesh 5 months ago
@StoneSkinGilgamesh Good luck with converting to DVD! I hope your children and future grandchildren appreciate all you have endured with the blue buggers.
ImHolmesick 5 months ago
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What I mean is, if you start hearing about a certain subject day in and day out for such a long period of time, you tend to get burned-out on it. Like my children and (UGH!) Smurfs. I used to like that show growing up, but now that my little ones are obsessed with it....I'm throwing away everything to do with those little blue buggers as soon as they move on to something else ¬.¬
StoneSkinGilgamesh 5 months ago
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