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WCDT 18-22 Apr 2011 (1906-1910)
akronnick:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 19 Apr 2011, 16:06 ---No, not clueless - just "differently clued".
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....and that's my new avatar text!!!
SirDudley:
--- Quote from: cesariojpn on 19 Apr 2011, 21:03 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 19 Apr 2011, 12:19 ---Given the way Jeph likes to mess with his characters, the next time Marten meets Dora it may be when he's not prepared and in an awkward situation.
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Dora's Diary, June 25th, 20XX: Today I saw Martin for the first time in as many months since the breakup. He was in a dressing room at Hot Topic....
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Hmm...
"July 4th, 20XX: Saw Marten for the first time in a while at the local Independence Day celebration. He was drunk and had a small flag hanging from his crotch...."
raoullefere:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 19 Apr 2011, 17:17 ---True enough, but most of us pick up the clues differently than women. We usually know something's up, but often can't quite put our fingers on it.
It's like Holmes and Watson...
Watson wuld say, "Look, Holmes! Footprints! Someone's been through here!"
Holmes would say that the "someone" was about 6'3", and had injured his left leg ("Note the scraping around the left footprint, and its slight angle.")
Differently clued, indeed!
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On the other hand, while they were thus engaged, Watson would notice the pretty lady that walked by. Holmes would simply see a woman, however many details he conjured up about her history. 'Different' is not necessarily worse.
If you really want to talk about such things, read "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" and compare it to the Watson-narrated adventures to get an idea of what Doyle (not Watson) thought of Holmes.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 19 Apr 2011, 21:50 ---On the other hand, while they were thus engaged, Watson would notice the pretty lady that walked by. Holmes would simply see a woman, however many details he conjured up about her history. 'Different' is not necessarily worse.
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Good point. And it would be Watson who would note that she was "distressed"!
--- Quote ---If you really want to talk about such things, ...
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Naah, I was just trawling for a literary example of the different levels of cluelessness between men and women. I read the whole canon when I was much younger, but can't place the one you mention. Time to dig out the annotated collection, I guess...
But your point is well taken - my wife, when seeing that I'm not my usual smiling self, will oftern launch into an "Omigod, what's wrong?" reaction when it's usually just me being tired at the end of a day. Her emotional radar can be oversensitive!
SJCrew:
--- Quote from: ElvisRevenge on 19 Apr 2011, 10:46 ---I just keep thinking about how happy Hanners was to see Marten come in. She's just the best.
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'tis why she's my favorite character.
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