Admin Post: February Activity Post

[scfrankles]

It is Valentine’s Day, and so let us take a wander through the personal and agony columns of the newspapers and see what we can find…


There seem to be people still looking for love:

Landlady, Baker St., seeks her prince. Preferably one with his own gin palace.



And others who are happily attached and sending greetings to their loved one:

You pull at my heartstrings, my beau. Your violinist.

To my sweetheart: I may be just a Yarder but with you I feel 6 feet tall.



I’m sure there must be even better ones tucked away in the columns somewhere. What other gems can you find...? Leave your ideas in the comments!


As always, you needn’t take part in this activity if you don’t wish to. Once you’re a member, you can post what and when you want—as long as you keep to the 500 words or less wordcount and the ACD Holmes ‘verse. AUs, crossovers and fusions are all permitted, as long as the characters remain essentially recognisable as the original ACD versions.

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Comments

[smallhobbit]

Jabez Wilson's hair is red
The Violets are blue
The latest tale in the Strand
Is my gift to you!

From ACD to SH (and James)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Roses are Extra
Violets are Many
I'd have drowned you for good
But the World wouldn't let me!

Mrs H to her lodger

[smallhobbit]

The port wine is red
The language is blue
The tablecloth's ruined
And the bill is for you

Apologies to the mod; I deleted and re-posted because I made a mistake: it was supposed to rhyme!

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Orchids are vulgar
Bananas are yellow
If Roy'd kept his hackles down
I'd be a younger fellow.

From MH

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Oranges are sweet
Lemons are tarter
Sherly thinks he's smart but (shhh!)
I'm really smarter!

From Inky Quill

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Courgette's a zucchini.
Cucumber's a pickle.
Not amusing at all
when one's Muse is so fickle!

Flying my Rarepair ship's flag (Lomax/Lestrade)

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Professional bookworm who knows his way around the stacks seeks a 3-foot tome whose handsome cover keeps 'em guessing.

OK then, from Mary to Hosmer

[debriswoman]

You plighted your troth,
But frankly I’d rather
Be wed to a man
Who was not my stepfather.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

A rose is a flower,
A violet's another.
James can be off on your case
While I visit my mother.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Roses are red
Violets are blue
What a case we solved
In 1892
Oh wait
You were dead
Weren't you?