Hello it's Sherlock and Today John and Lestrade and Molly came to school after lunch and we did about bodies and how you can find out things using science about what happened to a body if it's dead.
John and Lestrade made up plasticine last night and it was just like big blobs and they didn't even tell me what they were which wasn't fair.
Then at school we had to get into groups and then we each got a piece of the plasticine and then Lestrade showed us all his warrant card and he explained that our plasticine was dead and that with Molly and John's help we had to find out how it had died which is silly because plasticine can't die but anyway Lestrade said later it couldn't be like a body in case some people got scared and so it was just coloured plasticine.
John told us we had to look all over and see if there were signs on the outside of anything and one group found an actual stab wound and my piece had a mark from a rope so first Molly came and told our groups we had to draw a picture of what we could see, and then we mixed up some special rubber and we put it on our plasticine to get the evidence properly of the marks and we did that while John told the other two groups that it was time to cut open their plasticine. But later once we'd finished we cut ours open too with a real sharp knife and we had to be really careful so we didn't ruin any evidence and we checked inside and my piece had glitter in it and it was different colours and so we had to look up in a special book Molly had made and the glitter meant that it was the blood and we looked in the book and at all the colours and we found out that there was poison as well as blood stuff!
And another group checked the cast they made and looked at things like weapons that Lestrade had and they knew which one it was from the shape and another group found out there was water in theirs and it had drowned and another found broken bones in theirs and it wasn't real bone it was breadsticks and theirs had a bruise too and then Lestrade said we'd all done really well and solved the crimes.
And thank you John for helping me write this and yes there were less capital letters and it wasn't as muddled because you helped thank you I hope everyone enjoyed reading my report.
132 comments:
I enjoyed it, for one. Carefully looking at things is always very important when it comes to evidence.
Sherlock, I enjoyed reading your report very much indeed, that was well done! That was a very interesting and hands on way to learn about some of the scientific aspects of criminal investigations, and it sounds like you and your class were careful and intelligent investigators. (It also sounds like it was loads of fun!)
Awesome job, John, Lestrade, and Molly! I'm rather wishing I'd been there myself. :)
Excellent report Sherlock. It sounds like you all, including John, Lestrade and Molly, had a great afternoon.
Well done, Sherlock - excellent report. And thank you for working so well with your classmates too. You did a great job.
All the kids were great. And none of them were scared, which was good. Molly and John did an amazing job, teaching them about why things are bad for bodies, and how to very carefully cut things and look at them.
Sherlock still hasn't fully forgiven us for not telling him what we were doing beforehand, but hopefully he enjoyed it anyway :)
Sherlock: Thank-you so much! That was a detailed and interesting report, I feel like I really understand what happened. Many adults do not convey so much in a report that length.
Greg, John, Molly: Bravo! Bravissimo! That was just an effing brilliant way to convey the method and procedures to a classroom full of children. I have seen a rather large number of talks & demos for school groups, considering I am not a teacher. Not many measured up to this.
formerlyAnon
I find it very hard to judge what will scare kids/be too much for them - having only really experienced our boys!
What an excellent report of your day, Sherlock, you described it perfectly and I'm really glad you enjoyed solving all the crimes. You certainly are lucky to have such an expert team on your side.
What a brilliant idea guys, keeping everything non-threatening for those who might be a bit scared, but still managing to make it fun and exciting for everyone and showing the children how to follow procedures and examine evidence. You could have laid the framework for future detective/doctor/forensic experts - I'm sure there's at least one who'd probably be very keen in following through with that career in some form or another. :)
what a great report, thanks! A LOT of planning went into this! And of course Sherlock could not know ahead of time what it was, that would not be like a real crime scene.
S
We're watching the ice skating - you watching, Mycroft? Caught the end of the snowboarding too. I think John is wanting to head for the (snow covered) hills. (But not ones in a country with a homophobic regime...)
regarding the olympics...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4CEaoNADiY
Ha, lots of people have been talking about the double luge, and it's...appearance. I hope the teams take it all in good humour.
Ha, starbright!
I fear Sherlock will demand sequins next time we go ice skating now...
Heh, well, nothing wrong with some bling!
We watched some coverage, too. The skating was wonderful, and I discovered a new piece of music that I must go purchase.
What an amazing presentation, lucky lucky kiddos! I particularly love it when kids get to learn that science isn't all memorizing and lab-coats and books. Not that there's anything WRONG with those things, but hands on and cutting things up and going outside and LOOKING are science, too, and so much fun!
I think Sherlock is powering things with fruit and veg today. I fear for the contents of the kitchen afterward...
Where has this beenn all my life?
http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2014/02/07/map-of-independent-coffee-stops/
It sounds like you've had a wonderful week, Sherlock. I can't wait to hear about what you've done today!
Lestrade, John, it sounds like you and Molly did a great presentation!
Lots of energy in plants, of course. That sounds fun, too!
I assume you have that site carefully bookmarked, L... :D
Sometimes... Sentencing is a joke. Eight and a half years is nothing.
No, it really isn't. It's a ridiculous sentence
Sympathies on the sentencing. Hope it wasn't one of your cases that really get to you. We do what we can every day and then have to let the results go, but in your job that has to be more difficult than for most.
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Oh, is it the Irish soldier case? That is insane. People go to jail here for longer than that for nonviolent , relatively low dollar drug offenses.
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This one:
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-26081135
Sorry, so disgusted I can't even talk about right now.
See so why is it 'death by dangerous driving' and not murder. You can't think that if you hit someone at 80-88mph that they are going to get up again. At the very least it should have been manslaughter you would think.
Wait, the judge says all that, finds no mitigating circumstances, and then only gives him 8-and-and-a-half years?!?!
No. Wrong.
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I don't know the ins and outs of the case, but it would probably have had to do with the fact he gave himself up. The rest is down to sentencing guidelines. The absolute maximum for the offence is 14 years, and that would usually involved the deaths of multiple people.
Anyway, I'm going home, looking forward to a weekend with John and Sherlock. Maybe even Mycroft, if he's about.
And don't forget sparkly ice skating!
Ooh, have you all seen today's Google Doodle? (Story about it in the Washington Post.)
Lestrade is sad and angry I gave him Argon and he said thank you and then found something sticky in my hair and then I had to have a hair wash and next time I won't give him a degu.
I think channel 4 have just gone to the top of the league for Gay support for their Olympics coverage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6RID82Ru-k#t=76
Aww, Sherlock, I'm not sure you should deny Lestrade the comfort of degus just because you had something sticky in your hair.
Lestrade - I just saw that! They're not pulling their punches are they?
That was very kind and thoughtful, letting Lestrade cuddle Argon, Sherlock. It's a pity you had something sticky in your hair, but I'm sure you won't actually let it keep you from being kind and thoughtful in future.
What did you you do with fruits and veggies in school today?
Besides the injustice at the whole situation, I take umbrage at this phrasing:
"He was simply doing his duty when your vehicle struck him."
No, judge person. The vehicle didn't strike the guy all on its own. The offender drove his car over him. That's like saying "a bullet hit a person" instead of saying that the person was shot by another person.
Sorry. Argh. Maybe it's just grammatical, but I like words and phrases to accurately describe things.
I hope your night improves, Lestrade.
Ella
We measured how much power came out of them with lights and multimeters and we made other electric circuits too with real batteries.
Oh, cool! Which generated the most power aside from the batteries?
(And now I have to go offline, so I'll have to wait 'til tomorrow night to find out...)
He's off to bed, sorry.
Nameless - I was almost horrified, but actually, I think it is brilliant. I would love to see the face of anyone who made the homophobic laws in Russia watching that.
I just deleted my rant about which aspects of the Russian public statements about their laws, both domestic statements and those to the international press, infuriate me the most.
Gonna go watch pretty pictures of athletic young people on the t.v.
Except now they're interviewing Obama about the makeup of the American delegation - gay athletes in the places that might have been taken by the President or Vice-President and their wives. A shame Billie Jean King had to pull out because her mother is ill.
Bring on the athletic young people and the time-delayed opening ceremonies!
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Watch out for the snowflake which decided not to come out - obviously didn't feel safe ;)
I've only seen a very few highlights of anything today.
And should be asleep. But there's rain on the window, wind battering the whole city... and too much going on in my head.
p.s. That channel 4 ad would be waay controversial here. I'm not sure any major channel would risk the criticism. It was hilarious & a surprisingly catchy song, though.
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Well, hope you get to sleep soon-ish. You know the drill all too well, what to do to get yourself there, eventually.
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yeah, 8.5 years for killing a cop and then gloating? is it wrong for me to hope he has a really, really, really bad time in jail? that guy, I do not want on the street again ever.
But, Channel 4 wins "all the internets" as they say, that was fabulous! I didn't have much interest in watching any olympic stuff till seeing that. So I guess it's done its job of promoting the broadcast, in addition to putting a smile back on my face.
still, even 14 years, not enough. grr.
S
Yeah, it's nowhere near enough. He'll quite possibly be out in 4-6 years anyway.
I have been watching Sherlock sleeping. It's partly good - I realise now that even in his sleep he's burning off everything he eats by wriggling so much. Partly still confusing - how does he ever get enough rest?? He wriggles so much!
And am now doing paperwork. Soon John will move and send it all over the floor. Until then, he's a handy shelf.
Am now watching the prelude to the opening ceremonies. The US's official jumpers/sweaters are so hideous that I think even john would reject them.
I hope you get to sleep soon, lestrade.
Ella
Oh, yes Ella. I don't think I've ever SEEN such a loud cardigan! Usually the worst offenders are the pull over sweaters/jumpers. (Though the back is considerably less stunningly bad than the front.)
Overall, the steadily and increasingly and happily wacko British ceremonies were way better than these.
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I'm sorry you were struggling with sleep last night Greg, I hope you got a bit at some point or if not that coffee is readily available today :-)
I hope you all have a good day whatever you're up to :-)
We're watching the snowboarding and they're doing really big jumps and going around and around and I want to do it!
Ouch, Lestrade!
Anonymous are you talking about the football because John says don't talk about it because he doesn't want Lestrade to cry
Sorry, I'll shut up!
Lestrade isn't crying so it's okay and they've won lots of games so maybe it's someone else's turn to win they don't seem to be trying very hard and anyway Mrs N says it's having fun that counts and not who scores the most but I think you do have the most fun when you do score the most
I think you do have the most fun when you do score the most
Sadly true... Sorry, L.
it's fine. I'll just spend half time...curling into a ball and crying on the sofa. No problem. Nothing to see here.
But it only took the other team 18 minutes to score all of their 4 goals and there's still 45 whole minutes left plus time for when they stopped because someone fell over and so really you could easily score 8 maybe 9 more goals and still win if you did the same. Their man who is in charge should tell them to score goals. I prefer watching the people jumping on snowboards anyway and I really want to see the ones sliding down the ice track really fast I want to do that.
Ah, if only if were that easy, Sherlock.
...seems like it is easy if you're wearing red. I might have to turn it off and go out in the sunshine.
We could take a ride somewhere.
Yes, lets. Go for a walk? Although I imagine it'll be more of a paddle if we go out to the countryside...
Sounds good. We can stop and eat somewhere too.
Can we go to a pub I want chips.
Finally a goal to the right side! Not a complete loss then.... well, still a complete loss, but hey. Let's go before Liverpool get it back again!
If there is sunshine, then definitely get out in it! have a good day, lads.
S
I had chips.
I hope they lived up to expectations, Sherlock :)
It would seem that wearing a red shirt didn't do Wales any good ;(
Yes they were good and crispy and Lestrade is a bit happier that another team lost too and it's really windy outside and you can feel it on the motorbikes because it blows you about.
Is it scary to be blown about on the bikes Sherlock?
Ooh, I wish I'd been to the pub and had chips, Sherlock :-)
Lestrade - if all it took was wearing red, this would have been a much happier season for ManU supporters :-p
Glad you had a good afternoon out, gents - apart from a sunny hour or so earlier on, it's been raining pretty much constantly here :-/
Yeah, raining again here...pretty much since we got back.
Sherlock doesn't much like it when it's this windy on the bikes - little hands grip onto me very tight, and he virtually climbs into my jacket with me. But after five-ten minutes he sort of gets used to how the bike moves and relaxes again.
Nameless - should have said wearing red and having a good manager ;) Still, well done Norwich!!
(Is there anyone else who now thinks the scary mountain in the BBC is the Gay Mountain from Channel 4? Too many anthropomorphic mountains ;) )
I think the BBC's mountain would silently disapprove of the flamboyance of the Gay Mountain.
I have enjoyed watching the small amount of the Olympics that I've had time to.
Perhaps we could find time to go skating during half term?
I'm sure we could.
We watched the moguls earlier - then Sherlock attempted to 'ski' down the stairs and nearly flattened John. He may not survive the full olympics. I'm terrified what he'll do when he sees the big ski jumping.
(just feel like it's time to remind you all what an amazing, handsome - only slightly flattened - husband I have. Night all.)
Good night. I'm glad Sherlock is enjoying the Olympics and getting inspired. I haven't had any time to watch them this year, except for a bit of the speed skating I caught while I was waiting for my pizza today.
Mycroft, did you see the articles about the Viking sunstone? I think it would be neat to be able to locate the sun even through clouds or after sunset. http://www.utaot.com/2013/03/06/scientists-think-they-have-found-the-mythical-sunstone-vikings-used-to-navigate-warships/
I am a sentimental sort under a surface sarcasm and love it when either of you remind us how much you appreciate each other.
In other news, I've been watching the snowboarding. (Most of the contestants look like they're barely older than Mycroft.) If Sherlock sees it, I think you should avoid letting him go anywhere near snow for a good long while. Or arm the security detail with splints and inflatable casts.
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The snowboarding is amazing, isn't it? And the snowboarders are all insane. ;) Did I understand correctly that the Brit only trains on an artificial course?! Whoa. (Not to mention that it sounds even more dangerous than on snow!)
The figure skating is quite exciting and lovely, both--it's hard to remember that those ice dancers, as close as the are to each other, are whizzing around on rather sharp knives. (Ditto for the women grabbing those blades and pulling them over their heads!)
Aw, L, thank you for the warm fuzzies! (Do we want to know what flattened John? Nah, didn't think so. ;))
I remember getting myself into trouble more than once because of the inspiration of the Olympics; and that was in the days when the most extreme stuff was ski jumping and luge. We've got an ad that keeps playing here with some olympians who made heroic comebacks. I can't watch it; it kills me every single time I see Dan Jansen hit the wall.
fA - too late. I mean, not that we're going near snow, but that doesn't stop Sherlock throwing himself about like a mad thing.
RR - Not sure. We don't have any ski slopes here - apart from some, sometimes, in Scotland. So everyone here either uses artificial or indoor snowdomes. Both of which are few and far between. And Sherlock flattened John, as mentioned above. He was pretending the stairs were moguls and jumping down them. John was an innocent bystander who, you know, thought they were stairs.
Kestrel - he is looking forward to the skeleton bob the most, he announced. But it does change by the hour ;)
Am I seeing this right??? Our first ever medal on snow? Well done !!!
I REALLY REALLY want to go down a luge thing except I think I want to be on my front like the skeleton and anyway that's a better name or maybe in a bobsleigh but skeleton is still better and it looks like so much fun and I could go really really really fast.
They do go very, very fast!
I just caught up with Jenny Jones winning the slopestyle snowboarding bronze - I love the enthusiasm of the commentators :-)
Sherlock - I saw some of the luge earlier, they're going so fast! But they did seem to be saying that the heavier competitors have a bit of an advantage on this course, because it's got three uphill sections, so the heavier competitors have more momentum through those sections. Personally, you wouldn't catch me throwing myself down on ice-tunnel on a glorified tea-tray on my front, back, or side, I'm not brave enough for that :-)
Nameless - isn't it brilliant? I think it's great for sport when a new sport comes along and does something like that - really makes its mark, I mean, our first one EVER - you can't ever take that away! She must be over the moon.
I'd like to have a go at skeleton bob...just...far more slowly than they go ;)
I've just seen it, wasn't it fab. The first time the sport is included and we win something - what a great way to spike British interest (even if we have to use dry slopes) and it was great fun to watch. I love the way the Olympics brings us all together as it did in 2012. The interview with Jenny when her Mum and Dad came over was just so sweet too.
I don't think I'd be brave enough to do the luge/skeleton either, I'll leave that to you, Sherlock and Greg. :)
They've got the biathlon on TV now, which is an odd sort of sport...
Sherlock has now been banned from jumping for the rest of the night.
Here's a good blog, in the face of what I consider a very nasty piece of journalism:
https://nathanconstable.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/the-journey-not-the-destination/
I respect anyone who competes in the biathlon or any event involving cross country skiing because it is an insane amount of work. I think it would tire even Sherlock out.
Well, I would caution anyone against giving Sherlock a gun. But I think cross country skiing would be great for tiring him out. ;)
Anyone who puts in the insane amount of time and work necessary to perform at Olympic levels of any sport has my respect--but there's no denying that some Olympic sports are really very odd!
That's a very compelling read, L. Do you agree with all of it? (I don't have anything specific in mind, just wondering.)
Broadly, I agree that it's a stressful job, and obviously the cuts don't help, but regardless of cuts, it's always been and is always going to be a stressful job. Some people will always cope better than others. There should definitely be no stigma attached to either getting professional help to deal with that, or taking time off/moving to new departments etc. if that's what's required.
wow, yeah. I think it's nearly impossible for us ordinary folks, who never or seldom deal directly with the kinds of events police officers see on a daily/weekly basis, to properly imagine what that is like. I feel like it's such a gift to have this blog's window into what a little bit of it is like, even considering that we're shielded from so much that is confidential. And I'm so glad you guys have each other, because it seems like you're each able to really support the other, with understanding that goes beyond just a sympathetic ear.
S
It snowed here, AGAIN. (No need to be jealous, Sherlock, it's all an icy slushy, dirty gray mess. Blech.)
That makes perfect sense to me, L, thanks.
Re: Biathlon...
At one time in my life, I wanted to be a biathlete. But it wasn't a women's sport at the Olympics. So I gave up shooting. Gave up skiing when it became clear that the school team wasn't going to take someone who still had (GASP!) wooden skis.
The blog post is very interesting, moderate, and well stated. What a pity that such difficult stuff is being played up for political gain.
I like your new poll, L. Although it does look as if the majority of your readers have limited faith in your abilities to survive.
I think it's easy for commentators to pass judgement when they only see the surface. We expect a lot of our police, nurses etc but it's only when something major happens and it hits the headlines that we're aware of what has been happening. I was talking to my daughter last night and she was saying how often they get child protection cases coming onto her ward, considerably more often that I would have expected.
Ever think someone is so stupid... And then think what does that mean about you for associating with them??
That you appreciate their other sterling qualities?
(Is this a general question, or do you have something/someone specific in mind?)
Sometimes stupid is a relatively benign revelation to have about one of one's associates. There is at least usually no malice in it.
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Someone very specific. Who I do not believe has any redeeming qualities.
Maybe the stupid was powerfully infectious.
Oh dear what's happened Greg?
I hope whatever the stupid person did doesn't make too much trouble for you.
Maybe the stupid was powerfully infectious.
Maybe. Or maybe you were giving the benefit of the doubt and they proved unworthy of it.
formerlyAnon
No trouble yet. Well, nothing much.
Bryan has been arrested.
For what?
Drugs. I don't know the exact charge.
He phoned me. He actually phoned me wanting my help. I still can't believe it.
...Wow. That's... Well, it's several rungs up the stupidity ladder from just the drugs.
You doing okay?
About 95% ok.
That's good. Mrs Hudson's picking up Sherlock since I'm ostensibly working today, but I'm not actually working right now if you want coffee or anything?
Sorry. Unfortunately you remember him before he took the choices for the easy, sleazy path in life. Fortunately you recall quite clearly that he has shown little sign of either compassion or a conscience in many years, while displaying a great deal of selfishness and malice. And nerve. UNBELIEVABLE nerve, to call you!
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...wow, major reality disconnect there.
(Is it wrong that my first thought was "About time"? So long as it doesn't make any problems for you, L.)
Coffee would be good. Should also tell security and Anth about Bry. It's fine while he's in custody, but... If he's been this stupid already then I'd rather be safe.
I will, don't worry. I hope he's not that stupid.
See you soon, love.
Is it wrong that my first thought was "About time"?
Well, RR, if it is, I'm right there with you. Though my actual thought was "YES!" in the exact same mental tone as when one's team scores the winning goal.
Then for a microsecond I felt guilty for having such an uncharitable and vindictive reaction, but I instantly reminded myself of whom I was thinking. Got over it.
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Apparently it's not the first time, which is why he's so worried.
Stupidity like that should be beyond understanding but sadly it really isn't!!
I hope you are not caused too much trouble by him.
I'm hoping that it's done, AnonyBob, and I won't be hearing from him again.
Apparently it's not the first time
God. What a waste of what (by your account) once was and might have remained a productive and worthwhile human. His choice, though.
Hope it is beyond his power to be a nuisance to you over this.
fA
I hope you're right Greg and I hope you enjoyed coffee with your doc :-)
I always enjoy the doc ;)
I don't know what he'll do. He wasn't exactly happy. Hence my slight worry. Not like he's making the best decisions.
What on earth did he think you could do even if you and he were still an item, let alone with the way things finished?
Unreal.
I have no idea.
Maybe it's the shock he needs. But I sort of doubt it.
They should put him in jail
Indeed they should.
Are you going to be watching the Olympics again tonight?
I know, kiddo. But don't waste your energy getting angry about it.
Don't know, RR, I've got paperwork to do.
Re: Olympics. The Swede's t.v. ad commentary on Russia's legal homophobia is surprisingly bound up in notions of conventional beauty. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5pzhmGX1sk
fA
Aaargh. Swedes'
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paperwork will keep you busy I guess Greg, stop you getting up to any mischief ;-)
Sherlock you are right, they should put Bryan in jail and I'm sure if they can they will but sometimes its just not possible :-( Did you have a good day at school? I hope you're having a nice evening :-)
Yeah yeah, no mischief. Quite quiet.
John's giving me those concerned looks again
Still can't believe I'm lucky enough to have him in my life.
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