You know your "Sherlock" obsession is bad when...

[Carol the Dabbler]

I have an unpleasant impression that Martin used to be typecast as an idiot.

Not really. He was so incredibly good as Tim in The Office that people kept wanting him to play similar characters in their productions, and he kinda got typecast as the nice, normal guy in a crazy world.

 

If a person's gonna be typecast, though, that's a pretty good niche with lots of roles available. And Mr. Freeman has managed to gradually stretch the envelope so that if he's still being typecast, it hardly shows.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

When person A has an idea that would make a great fanfic, person B says do it & I'll give you a treat, person A politely declines, and you all of a sudden have some ideas and start writing it instead.  All the while deciding to lengthen a current fanfic series that was just about done.

[sfmpco]

...when you change your Twitter profile pics to reflect Sherlock/London and a certain mood...

[J.P.]

The elderly lady which whom I share my room in the clinic has an old foldable Motorola cellphone. In PINK. Does it still mean that I am obsessed?

[Carol the Dabbler]

Yes, it does.  (You're the one who noticed it.)

 

How long will you be incarcerated, J.P.?

 

[Van Buren Supernova]

So I was in this peaceful setting and thinking, " It's so peaceful....isn't it hateful?"

 

(And I swear peaceful means peaceful to me, nothing hateful at all!)

[J.P.]

So I was in this peaceful setting and thinking, " It's so peaceful....isn't it hateful?"

 

(And I swear peaceful means peaceful to me, nothing hateful at all!)

 

... if you quote Sherlock even if you mean the opposite. :P

 

Carol, they intend to let me go on Friday. Took my first walk today. It's painful only when I move, but still there are three holes in my belly and a titanium clip that will stay inside. First step into becoming a borg? 

[Carol the Dabbler]

Good God -- all that for a crummy gallstone?!  :o

 

[J.P.]

At least they are small holes. Laparoscopy/keyhole-surgery. And the stone multiplied since the last time I looked. Which means I could get into trouble very soon if it wasn't fixed now. Just hope I don't get any unwanted after-effects, like wound infection or such.

[Carol the Dabbler]

Don't even type about such things!   

 

I understand the three holes for laparoscopic surgery -- but if you don't mind telling, what is the titanium clip for?

 

[Boton]

You know your Sherlock obsession has permanently altered the way you filter the world when certain segments of his Best Man speech about poisoning or asphyxiating people go on repeating loop in your mind on the day that 23 of your best co-workers get "laid off" to remedy a budget deficit caused by higher-up administration....

 

It is a grim, grim day where I am  :(

 

I find it very therapeutic, on such days, to rerun some of Sherlock's words to Anderson in my head while nodding and smiling at annoying coworkers or clients.  Very soothing to be thinking "you lower the IQ of the whole street," and "face the other way, you're putting me off."

 

In a related note, I occasionally hear Mr. Boton muttering darkly about "goldfish" while he's reading political news.

[Van Buren Supernova]

I find it very therapeutic, on such days, to rerun some of Sherlock's words to Anderson in my head while nodding and smiling at annoying coworkers or clients.  Very soothing to be thinking "you lower the IQ of the whole street," and "face the other way, you're putting me off."

 

In a related note, I occasionally hear Mr. Boton muttering darkly about "goldfish" while he's reading political news.

It is indeed therapeutic, although mostly I use short version "moron" "idiot"

 

Lol at Mr.Boton!

 

I used goldfish term a lot before watching Sherlock, but only to refer forgetful behavior,

apparently according to Mycroft they are stupid too...poor goldfish..

[J.P.]

The forgetful fish was blue (Dory(sp) in Nemo) :D

 

Carol, the clip is to close the bile duct. Didn't know about that, thinking they stitch or glue it.

I just hope I won't set off alarms at airports... But I doubt. I have enough metal in my teeth already.

 

Well, getting old s***s.

[sfmpco]

A horse named Sherlock...

 

http://www.independent.ie/sport/sherlock-home-and-hosed-31325638.html

[Carol the Dabbler]

Carol, the clip is to close the bile duct. Didn't know about that, thinking they stitch or glue it.

I just hope I won't set off alarms at airports... But I doubt. I have enough metal in my teeth already.

 

Well, getting old s***s.

 

I still think it beats the alternative!  :D

 

Maybe they used a clip in case you're ever foolish enough to make another gallstone -- they could just unclip you, remove the stone, and clip you back together.

[J.P.]

In that case they should better use a zipper or some velcro. But: no gallbladder - no stones. Until they decide to grow somewhere else.

 

... obsession is bad when I wish Mycroft would come to visit and get me an extra room. Or at least order to close that damned street.

[T.o.b.y]

Don't even type about such things! :comp:

 

I understand the three holes for laparoscopic surgery -- but if you don't mind telling, what is the titanium clip for?

Sorry for answering a question asked of another person, but it's to close off the cystic bile duct and the little blood vessels that had to be cut through to get the gall bladder out.

 

J.P., I hope you get better soon and all goes well. Just if you should notice anything wrong, don't keep it to yourself for fear of not being discharged before the weekend. That always backfires... As for strategic pessimism, I do that all the time, so I can't really protest against it. Just as long as you don't lie awake worrying about all the complications that could theoretically occur.

 

I have an idea for a little Sherlock-related challenge. If I can manage to start a new thread on my phone, I'll post it - might keep you entertained for a few minutes.

[Carol the Dabbler]

OK, I didn't realize they'd removed your gall bladder, thought it was just the gallstone.  So yeah, you presumably won't need to go through that again!

 

T.o.b.y, do you happen to know why they'd use a metal clamp instead of stitches or superglue?

 

[J.P.]

Well, apparently Mycroft intervened and said them to let me go home today.

It feels okay, the only minor annoyance is that I will have to give myself injections against thrombosis. That can be fun...

 

I only wish Myc would say hello, even if his intervention was only a call. :(

 

Gosh, I guess, I really need to go home...
 

[Carol the Dabbler]

How long will you need to keep doing the injections?  I've received a fair number of injections, and I've also administered a few -- but those were not the same injections.  Are they giving you something like an epipen (auto-injector) to make it easier?

 

[Arcadia]

Just dropping by to say "Hi JP!" and glad to hear they're letting you go home. I hope Mycroft at least provided a car. Get well soon!

[J.P.]

Hi back.

 

 

I hope Mycroft at least provided a car.

 

Yep-p. A car and a driver - disguised as an average German cabbie. But I suspect he might have been a relative of Angelo.

 

Home, sweet home... In the end I don't have to make more holes in my skin. They gave me one shot on the way and said not to stay in bed all the time. I even might risk a little walk tomorrow. I'm really surprised how well it all went, it is so different from how I felt after a similar keyhole surgery back in the nineties.

 

But now enough talking about me. Back to the obsession.

[SherlockedCAMPer]

You know you're obsessed when you try to incorporate a conversation about a surgery with various things related to Sherlock.

 

 

There, we're back on track.

[Boton]

You know you're obsessed when you try to incorporate a conversation about a surgery with various things related to Sherlock.

 

 

There, we're back on track.

 

You know you're obsessed when, in the context of the discussion about said surgery, you find yourself (for the second time in a week...) wanting to suggest that the person involved turn the situation into a fan fic and use it to whump one of the characters.  (JP?  You've got plenty of time to write while you heal..... ;) )

[J.P.]

Nah... I'm not a sadist. And for the best part I was blackout-ed anyway, so I cannot even act as a technical adviser for others. :P They didn't even give me real drugs.