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I was horrified by my first glimpse of Holmes next morning, for he sat by the fire holding his tiny hypodermic syringe. I associated that instrument with the single weakness of his nature, and I feared the worst when I saw it glittering in his hand. He laughed at my expression of dismay, and laid it upon the table.

"No, no, my dear fellow, there is no cause for alarm. It is not upon this occasion the instrument of evil, but it will rather prove to be the key which will unlock our mystery. On this syringe I base all my hopes."
- Arthur Conan Doyle (The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter)


This quote taken out of context amuses me far too much simply because it could broadly be taken to be a case of Holmes saying “Don’t worry, old chap. I’ve take some coke now everything’s going to be fine”.

In other news, I received a very polite friending request via pm over the weekend and now that I’ve come round to respond to it I’ve discovered that the sender has their LJ messaging function set to only allow messages from people they’ve already friended or perhaps from nobody at all, since LJ won’t tell me which it is specifically. I’ve no idea what the default setting is since I have mine set to allow messages from all registered users but it does seems just like LJ to have any defaults set to the most awkward option possible.