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Elementary, my dear Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, purportedly told of a time when he climbed into a taxi in Paris.
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Before he could utter a word, the driver turned to him and asked,
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"Where can I take you, Sir Arthur?" Doyle was flabbergasted.

He ask...

TIL Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a series of short stories about crimes committed by landscapers

He collectively referred to them as *Holmes and Gardens*.

A man walks into a bookstore...

...and asks the proprietor if he has any books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

“Unfortunately, I suffer from a condition that makes me violently ill whenever I see one of his books, making me unable to carry them in my store.”

Stunned, the customer sputters, “You don’t mean...”

The ...

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Patty the Irishman was drinking at his favorite watering hole...

When George the bartender looked up, "Patty it's closing time, get yer ass home Elaine is going to have your head!"

"Oh I know, I know."

Patty got up, and immediately fell down. He crawled to the door, pulled himself up on the handle and fell through the door to the sidewalk outside. H...

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An Irish man, Mr. Halligan, went drinking with his buddies every Friday night...

and on this particular Friday night Halligan and the boys decided to have a contest to see who could make the best drinking toast.

They went around the room saying their toasts, when finally it came to Mr. Halligan who thought he may have a winner.

"May we all spend the rest of our liv...

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A grammar book walks into a bar

* An Oxford comma walks into a bar, where it spends the evening watching the television, getting drunk, and smoking cigars.

* A dangling participle walks into a bar. Enjoying a cocktail and chatting with the bartender, the evening passes pleasantly.

* A bar was walked into by the pass...

Comic-Con Mysteries Panel

A friend of mine went to Comic-Con in San Diego a few years back, and attended a panel on mystery books and movies. Authors and actors there, a large panel, nearly 20 people. Most of the cast of the Sherlock Holmes movies and a few Agatha Christie adaptation were there. One of the audience members a...

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