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[D~N]

mango, because they rock. although it wouldn't be any time soon (or ever)

(food fight, you know, throwing food at everyone [in a cafeteria])

Do you get caught a lot?

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Yes, I know what a freaking food fight is. I was being silly, of course.

And no, I don't get caught a lot. I am the master in getting away with murder... er... I mean... Ah, forget it. (Can you tell that I was just joking or do I need to put a big j/k) here?

What would you do if your received a severed ear in the post and what do you think it says about you as a person?

[Zythe]

I would say that it was quite an adventure, an adventure of a carboard box in fact, and...

ke, and laying a board across his knee he examined them minutely, while Lestrade and I, bending forward on each side of him, glanced alternately at these dreadful relics and at the thoughtful, eager face of our companion. Finally he returned them to the box once more and sat for a while in deep meditation.



"You have observed, of course," said he at last, "that the ears are not a pair."

	



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"Yes, I have noticed that. But if this were the practical joke of some students from the dissecting-rooms, it would be as easy for them to send two odd ears as a pair."



"Precisely. But this is not a practical joke."



"You are sure of it?"



"The presumption is strongly against it. Bodies in the dissecting-rooms are injected with preservative fluid. These ears bear no signs of this. They are fresh, too. They have been cut off with a blunt instrument, which would hardly happen if a student had done it. Again, carbolic or rectified spirits would be the preservatives which would suggest themselves to the medical mind, certainly not rough salt. I repeat that there is no practical joke here, but that we are investigating a serious crime."



A vague thrill ran through me as I listened to my companion's words and saw the stern gravity which had hardened his features. This brutal preliminary seemed to shadow forth some strange and inexplicable horror in the background. Lestrade, however, shook his head like a man who is only half convinced.



"There are objections to the joke theory, no doubt," said he, "but there are much stronger reasons against the other. We know that this woman has led a most quiet and respectable life at Penge and here for the last twenty years. She has hardly been away from her home for a day during that time. Why on earth, then, should any criminal send her the proofs of his guilt, especially as, unless she is a most consummate actress, she understands quite as little of the matter as we do?" 



"That is the problem which we have to solve," Holmes answered, "and for my part I shall set about it by presuming that my reasoning is correct, and that a double murder has been committed. One of these ears is a woman's, small, finely formed, and pierced for an earring. The other is a man's, sun-burned, discoloured, and also pierced for an earring. These two people are presumably dead, or we should have heard their story before now. To-day is Friday. The packet was posted on Thursday morning. The tragedy, then, occurred on Wednesday or Tuesday, or earlier. If the two people were murdered, who but their murderer would have sent this sign of his work to Miss Cushing? We may take it that the sender of the packet is the man whom we want. But he must have some strong reason for sending Miss Cushing this packet. What reason then? It must have been to tell her that the deed was done! or to pain her, perhaps. But in that case she knows who it is. Does she know? I doubt it. If she knew, why should she cal the police in? She might have buried the ears, and no one would have been the wiser. That is what she would have done if she had wished to shield the criminal. But if she does not wish to shield him she would give his name. There is a tangle here which needs straightening to." He had been talking in a high, quick voice, staring blankly up over the garden fence, but now he sprang briskly to his feet and walked towards the house.



"I have a few questions to ask Miss Cushing," said he.

	



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"In that case I may leave you here," said Lestrade, "for I have another small business on hand. I think that I have nothing further to learn form Miss Cushing. You will find me at the police-station."



"We shall look in on our way to the train," answered Holmes. A moment later he and I were back in the front room, where the impassive lady was still quietly working away at her antimacassar. She put it down on her lap as we entered and looked at us with her frank, searching blue eyes.



"I am convinced, sir," she said, "that this matter is a mistake, and that the parcel was never meant for me at all. I have said this several times to the gentlemen from Scotland Yard, but he simply laughs at me. I have not an enemy in the world, as far as I know, so why should anyone play me such a trick?"



"I am coming to be of the same opinion, Miss Cushing," said Holmes, taking a seat beside her. "I think that it is more than probable--" He paused, and I was surprised, on glancing round to see that he was staring with singular intentness at the lady's profile. Surprise and satisfaction were both for an instant to be read upon his eager face, though when she glanced round to find out the cause of his silence he had become as demure as ever. I stared hard myself at her flat, grizzled hair, her trim cap, her little gilt earrings, her placid features; but I could see nothing which could account for my companion's evident excitement.

Was that what you wanted?

Was that what Wolf wanted?

[D~N]

no.

(i know, i was fighting sarcasm with sarcasm)

do you understand sarcasm a lot?

[Chukchi Husky]

No, because of Asperger's Syndrome...

Have you heard of it before?

[D~N]

i think so once.....

what diseases/illnesses do you have?

[Vazor]

I'm way too homicidal. *kills DN* I'm not sure there's a pill for that, though.

What's the thing you hate the most? (aside from DN, obviously)

[D~N]

vazor

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really, it's my little sister and/or REALLY bad songs.

What's your favorite candy co.?

[NightStar]

Wanka

*swigs back a pack of nerds like a drink*

Aaahhh



What are you wearing?

[D~N]

clothes....

what did you do last summer? (even though i already know...)

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Well, if you know, why don't you tell me?

(There, answer and question all in one).

[D~N]

i just did "I know what you did last summer"
yeah...that book sucks.
Are you forced to read crappy books over the summer because of school?

[Gabe Puratekuta]

Nope. I've been out for three years.


Is there such a thing as pure love?

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Nope. Love is merely an emotion that can be induced by chocolate. It's all a small cherub, but let's not get into that.

How do you explain yourself?

[D~N]

a simple guy that is obsessed with video games. and tennis.

What is your hat size?!

[Vazor]

Something between 2 and 2 million.

What is your favorite kind of pancake?

[D~N]

plain, to much stuff ruins anything.

what is your SHOE size?

[Vazor]

9. Oh yeah.

How will you spend your summer vacation?

[Chukchi Husky]

I'm going on holiday for two weeks at the beginning of August to Pembrokeshire...

Do you have a faulty console?

[Hana-Nezumi]

Faulty? Well, my DS has a pixel that's always the wrong color and my GBA SP has a broken multiplayer port.

What is your favorite song?

[FalconZero]

"Am I Blue?" by Ricky Nelson.

What's your favorite show?

[Zythe]

Charmed. I guess. stfu.

What's your favourite show?

[Chukchi Husky]

I don't watch television...

What's your favourite band?

[Vazor]

Well, my favorite's probably Led Zeppelin, but I also love Pink Floyd, The Who, Queen, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Green Day, Rush, The Doors, Styx, Yes, The Beatles, Deep Purple...oh I love all rock!

Of all the bands I mentioned, what's your favorite?

[Chukchi Husky]

I like all those, except for Green Day, and I never heard Styx...

What do you eat most?

[FalconZero]

Er... rice, I guess. :Linksweat

What would be your most favorite PC game?

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Hm, the last game I ever played for the PC was "Black or White". It's good, I guess, but I much preferred Alpha Centauri or Civilization II: Call to Power.

Now, what is your favourite dish that requires the use of politicians as an ingredient?

[Vazor]

Bitch Casserol. The main ingredient is Hilary Clinton.

What's your favorite place to be in the whole world and why?

[Wolf O'Donnell]

Wherever you are and I'm sure you know the reason why.

Where do you believe in and why? (No, that isn't a typo, I really do mean, where).

[D~N]

kansas, because there's a twister coming.

hu r u?