Saw this quote today. Made me smile.
"The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous toy."
Friedrich Nietzsche.
Damn. I just want Danger and play, no women... ;)
Someone asked about the case the other night.
We haven't made any arrests yet. Someone was stabbed down in the tube system.
I hate working in the tube. It's normally hot down there, but late at night, once the trains have stopped running, it gets roasting. (the only way that air gets circulated in the London Underground is that the trains push the air around through the tunnels.)
And nowadays, that reminds me of the hours - days - we spent down there after the bombings. Working in the sweltering heat, trying to find evidence, body parts, any clue as to who did it. Any items belonging to the dead or injured. Anything out of the ordinary. Squeezing into tiny spaces, through gaps in the twisted wreckage. We were down there for so long you had no clue when you came out if it should be night or day. You couldn't drink enough water, the paper suits stuck to you the second you walked in, sweat running off you.
Obviously it was all worth it. But now, whenever I'm down there, that's what I think of. The chaos, but also the calm, where there should have been millions of people heading to work, through the rush hour, the sound of the trains whistling through far off tunnels. There was none of that.
Anyway, one more day of work, then I shall be taking John out on a date on Thursday.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 204 of 204yeah, it's just been minor annoyances all day long. Plus Sherlock apparently threw a slice of cheese at his new teacher.
Just what I was going to ask, Nameless...you okay, John? And Sherlock?
Ah, posted a minute late.
...Cheese? (I bet that's a new rule in his book...)
Re Avengers:
Hawkeye (Clint Barton) is a master marksman, which is similar to John, if I understand comments that have been made about John's skills with a gun. Hawkeye is expert with firearms as well though he does have a preference for a bow, which is a tad unique in the modern age. He performed in the circus as a child.
So John, you can be Lestrade's Hawkeye as well as his Cupid. ;-) Speaking of, Tony Stark (Iron Man) gives Hawkeye several nicknames, including Robin Hood, Cupid, Legolas and Katniss. All of these are names of famous archers in literature and film.
-tresta
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