Saturday, 19 December 2020

The new Moriarty

 


If only Dickens had written Sherlock Holmes and if only Bea had been alive at the time, Professor Moriarty might have been called, Reichenballs.

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21 comments:

  1. Carruthers19 December 2020 at 05:18

    I'm a bit of a Trekkie. One of my favourite stories in Start Trek Next Generation is when the computer is asked to create a character who can outsmart the android, Data. It comes up with a 3D, computer generated Professor Moriarty. He's even cast to look like the Sidney Paget illustration.

    Do I remember reading that Sidney Paget was asked to illustrate the stories by mistake and that the publishers had meant to ask his brother?

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    1. Rachel Phillips19 December 2020 at 05:21

      You had better ask Willie. I'm sure he'll look it up for you.

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    2. Tom Stephenson19 December 2020 at 06:27

      I don't know without looking it up and, as Rachel says, that's not my job.

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    3. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=19 December 2020 at 06:48

      Altogether, Sidney Paget did some 356
      published drawings for the Sherlock Holmes
      series...
      His brother Sidney Paget received a letter
      sent to him by mistake, it should have gone
      to another brother, Walter Paget..
      There were three bothers in all..and ALL
      illustrators..
      Walter Paget also did 233 illustrations for
      non-detective stories..!

      Dr Who..I have'nt watched any of the repeats,
      never liked any of the actors playing him! :(
      I'm strictly a Tom Baker fan..and he was, and
      still is..voted the best Dr Who ever..!
      When l came to this country in 73, l w3as married
      then, my wife was a seamstress/knitter/crafter etc..
      She had a bin liner full of wool offcuts, l asked
      her what she was gonna do with them, cut a long
      story short..she knitted me a Dr Who scarf..18ft
      long..the right length..AND..l still have it,
      AND l still wear it..! :)
      Love the old Dr Who's..You can keep the new ones..!
      Would'nt give'em the time of day..! :(

      Well..Liverpool finished up winning 7~0 so..l'm
      gonna have a beer..! :o).

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    4. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=19 December 2020 at 06:52

      Sorry..meant to say..Sidney got the letter
      by mistake..it should have gone to his
      brother Walter..Sorry!
      Do l get a weeks notice now..?

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  2. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=19 December 2020 at 05:39

    HeHe! Now! Now! :).
    Pretend yer a pair of curtains..
    And 'pull' yourself together..! :).

    Reichen in German means pass..so l
    suppose you could interpret his name
    to pass the balls..sort of a 'round'
    about way of answering the question..!
    Not that it matters..but in Italian it
    would be..Passaggio..!
    As Holmes describe Moriarty...
    The "Napoleon of crime"...

    Must get on..in the middle of the Palace,
    Liverpool game..Liverpool three up..Whey~Hey!

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    1. Iris19 December 2020 at 06:57

      Honestly, WILLIE, I don’t know what we did here without you for so long! You are a fountain of knowledge or a master googler! This now combined with Tom’s always interesting posts, I have just put in a lifetime subscription to both of you!

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    2. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=19 December 2020 at 07:29

      Thankyou Iris...
      Fountain of Knowledge or Master
      Googler..About 50/50..! :o)

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    3. Tom Stephenson19 December 2020 at 08:50

      Willie has his own blog Iris: http://williewine.blogspot.com/
      but he feels more at home here. I find things for him to do every day.

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    4. Britta19 December 2020 at 11:03

      Thank you for mentioning Willie's blog - as I share his passion for pink I became a follower - but am so unsure whether we stay in a pink time warp? 2008?

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    5. Iris19 December 2020 at 14:16

      I will check out his blog. Good of you to give him little odd jobs. A man likes to stay busy. 😀

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  3. The Weaver of Grass19 December 2020 at 06:10

    This goes totally over my head (and all other parts of my anatomy) - I tink Iam far too innocent for all this nonsense.

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    1. Tom Stephenson19 December 2020 at 06:25

      Don't worry Weave. Nobody would understand it unless they read a comment that Bea left on my post about radio plays. Her typo made me laugh.

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  4. John Going Gently19 December 2020 at 10:50

    Everyone should have their very own willie

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    1. Tom Stephenson19 December 2020 at 15:32

      'Everyone needs a willie in their lives' is what she who must be obeyed said.

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  5. Joanne Noragon19 December 2020 at 17:29

    Tank Gott I failed German in college and left my interest on the desk when I left.

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    1. Tom Stephenson20 December 2020 at 04:19

      I know how to order food and drink in Germany.

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  6. thelma19 December 2020 at 23:31

    Gosh a real live living encyclopaedia on your blog called Willie. Now as we are typing away in space, is Willie real or a very clever intellectual robot, maybe Hal ;)

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  7. WILLIE...! =(^..^)=20 December 2020 at 01:12

    Ah! Can l just explain summat about my Blog..
    Back in 2008..l was given an old PC..and
    Ally a friend who went school with my daughter,
    said.."Willie, you must have a Blog". "Blog?
    Blog? Blog?"
    So..To cut a very long story short, she interviewed
    me, and together plus photos, over three hours, my
    Blog came about..so, l am the the original author
    of it..though over the years, and since l learned
    to copy/paste l added/took away a few things..

    I have been nagged..nagged..and nagged..about posting,
    or even starting a new Blog..But! No! I've always
    decided against it..!
    So l enjoy just a few Blogs, like this one, and especially
    this one, as most people on here seem to interact with
    each other..which l feel that's what blogging is ALL about..

    So Britta..Yes! I've always been in a pink time warp..! :o).

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  8. Bea21 December 2020 at 09:21

    Bwahhhaaaahhhaaa! A slip of the fingers and...voila!

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