AN: I was going to wait until it got closer to the 14th to post this but I couldn't resist adding the SIP reference and then I remembered that today is the anniversary of their meeting so I just had to...
11:44
I loathe February.
SH
11:45
Okay. Bit extreme don't you think? To hate an entire month?
JW
11:45
On the contrary, I find it rather reasonable.
SH
11:46
Right. And why do you suddenly hate February so much?
JW
11:46
I'd have thought that was obvious.
SH
11:47
Well maybe it is, but I haven't fully recovered from the pub night with Greg...
JW
11:48
As I'm well aware considering I'm in Tesco on my own doing the weekly shopping.
SH
11:48
Stop complaining. I always do the shopping. Once isn't going to hurt you.
JW
11:49
I beg to differ. The cacophony of love ballads and excessive usage of pink just might do the trick.
SH
11:49
Are they using a frankly alarming shade?
JW
11:50
What? Is that some sort of reference to one of those inane movies you forced me to watch the other night?
SH
11:52
No – and Star Wars is not inane! It was something you said during Study in Pink...
JW
11:53
They are too. How am I to know which case you're referring to if you insist on using your ridiculous blog titles as a reference?
SH
11:54
Those inane movies happen to be a cinematic classic. And it was our first case together. I'm surprised you don't remember that.
JW
11:55
Which helps support my theory that 98% of the human population are idiots. I recall our first case perfectly. I merely deleted its honorary title.
SH
11:56
Would you lay off the blog titles please? I've heard it a dozen times.
JW
11:57
And yet you still aren't listening.
SH
11:58
If you start saying "You hear but you do not listen." I will deck you.
JW
11:59
And why would I say that?
SH
11:59
Well you say "You see but you do not observe." All the time
JW
12:00
Do I? Your dramatic nature and love of sensationalism must be rubbing off on me.
SH
12:01
You're calling me dramatic?! That's rich.
JW
12:02
You are dramatic. All the fuss you made about the jar of maggots in the sitting room is a prime example.
SH
12:03
I give up. I'm done with you...
JW
12:04
Sorry to hear it. And just before Valentine's Day. What a tragedy...
SH
12:05
You know what I meant. And that's why you hate Feb isn't it? Valentine's Day.
JW
12:06
If you mean to ask if Valentine's Day is why I hate February, then yes. I have nothing against Feb. I'm not even sure what it is. Forensic Education Bureau, perhaps?
SH
12:07
You're making my headache worse you twat. You know very well what Feb stands for...
JW
12:08
Good. Glad to see you're sharing my suffering, even if it is from a distance.
SH
12:09
Sod off...
JW
12:11
Just purchased a large gaudy paper heart.
SH
12:12
There's got to be a punch-line or something here considering how much you dislike Valentine's Day. Please tell me you don't plan on burning it because that would be a waste of money.
JW
12:13
Don't be ridiculous, John. I'd never do something so childish as to purchase something purely for the purpose of setting it on fire out of spite.
SH
12:14
No? Could've fooled me...
JW
12:15
I intend to decorate with it.
SH
12:16
Who are you and what have you done with the real Sherlock Holmes? And how much would you charge to keep him?
JW
12:17
Hilarious, John. Really, you should consider a career change with such comedic talent.
SH
12:18
I'm the comedian? You're the one who's talking about decorating for Valentine's Day. I'm just waiting on the punch-line.
JW
12:19
The heart reads "Love is in the air." As if it's some form of airborne pathogen. I believe I'll put a Caution sign over it...
SH
12:20
And there it is. Absolutely hysterical. Now can you please get back here with the pain meds and Early Grey?
JW
12:21
Remember the old saying, John "Don't rush a genius."
SH
12:22
The term is "You can't rush genius"
JW
12:23
Close enough, isn't it?
SH
12:24
You know I was just thinking your decoration may not work out quite as you planned.
JW
12:25
What do you mean?
SH
12:26
Well it will say "Caution. Love is in the air." And it will be hanging in our flat. It sounds a tad romantic actually, in a weird way.
JW
12:27
Excellent point. I shall take your advice then and simply burn it.
SH
12:28
That wasn't my advice! And you will not, because now I like the sound of it.
JW
12:29
You like the sound of burning it? I suppose we could take turns with the matches...
SH
12:30
No – I like the sound of using it as a decoration you git.
JW
12:31
Well sorry to disappoint you, John but it's not going to happen.
SH
12:32
And why not? It's true isn't it?
JW
12:33
What?
SH
12:34
That love is in the air in 221B...
JW
12:35
No it's not.
SH
12:35
It isn't?!
JW
12:36
Of course not. It's in our bodies and minds in the form of chemicals and hormones.
SH
12:36
Though I suppose lust could be in the air, as pheromones are inhaled...
SH
12:37
Fair enough. I can work with lust...
JW
12:38
As I'm well aware.
SH
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KP