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[livejournal.com profile] holmes_minor had its official beginning on 1st March 2016, and so this month marks its first anniversary. For this reason, Mrs. Small-Hobbit and Mrs. Frankles have kindly invited me over to run a special poetry page. (I would have set the page up for yesterday but I had to help Mrs. S-H bail out Mrs. F from the local constabulary. As if I did not have enough of this with Mr. Holmes and the doctor!)

Now I am sure you are all familiar with that charming little song ‘Happy Birthday to You’. What I would like you to do is put new lyrics to the tune, in honour of Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Dr. Watson’s splendid stories.

Dr. Watson has himself furnished me with an example:


Holmes, this mess is a sin
Haven't you heard of a bin?
Please stick all your papers
In your box made of tin.



Yes… Well, I am certain you can all do better than that. Please leave all your efforts in the comments—and happy birthday, [livejournal.com profile] holmes_minor!

Celebration

Date: 2017-03-16 09:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
There’s a ferret and a mouse
And an ocelot in the house
The sloth makes an appearance
For some woodcock and grouse

RE: Re: Celebration

Date: 2017-03-16 11:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
How else should one celebrate.

Mrs. H

Date: 2017-03-16 06:04 pm (UTC)
ext_1789368: okapi (Okapi)
From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
A song to bring the house down!

Celebration

Date: 2017-03-16 08:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Ma'am, your patience he frays,
Tries your temper for days.
Spend a week at the seaside -
Courtesy of Silver Blaze!

Re: Celebration

Date: 2017-03-16 10:36 pm (UTC)
ext_1789368: okapi (Default)
From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
Excellent! Brava! If that doesn't work, see if Hayter will take them.

Re: Celebration

Date: 2017-03-17 03:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Thank you! Alas, since Colonel Hayter is gay runs a completely bachelor household, the good landlady might not be as welcome a guest as she deserves to be.

Re: Celebration

Date: 2017-03-17 03:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Isn't it though? Must be my California beach-girl upbringing - I automatically light upon a trip to the seaside as a rest-cure (as in Brighton Memoirs (http://archiveofourown.org/works/768788)).

RE: Celebration

Date: 2017-03-16 11:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Excellent. She deserves the break.

Re: Celebration

Date: 2017-03-17 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
And as long as Mrs. Turner keeps those two hooligans from trashing her establishment while she's away, a very restful one too.

Re: Anthropomorphic Romance

Date: 2017-03-16 10:38 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
Aw! *claps* You'd better be careful, you might be suspended for first-degree punning!

RE: Anthropomorphic Romance

Date: 2017-03-16 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
There is something to be said for that verse, I'm just not sure what.
ext_1789368: okapi (Default)
From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
Holmes Minor you’re one!
Of twee fics, verse, and fun!
Your life’s just begun! [unless the Russians shut you down, in which case, there’ll be none and we’ll have to resort to carrier pigeons, smoke signals, or posting to the 1895 in our minds]
Holmes Minor, you’re one!
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From: [identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
Heh, heh. Thank you. I've seen too many episodes of Midsommer Murders to stagger home alone (they always end up the river/ditch/pond getting fished out by Barnaby in the morning).

Or we could all learn Russian. That'll show 'em!

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