History Funny / SherlockHolmes

* This exchange from "The Valley of Fear."
--> “I say, Watson,” he whispered, “would you be afraid to sleep in the same room with a lunatic, a man with softening of the brain, an idiot whose mind has lost its grip?”
--> “Not in the least,” I answered in astonishment.
--> “Ah, that's lucky,” he said, and not another word would he utter that night.

* In The Noble Bachelor, Lord St. Simon rather pompously asserts that no doubt Holmes has never had a client of his particular station in life before. Holmes genially agrees, and remarks that he’s descending — his last client was the King of Sweden.

** This exchange gets a small CallBack in a later story, where a Duke comes in looking to hire Holmes to find ''his'' lost love, then brags that Holmes has "probably never had a client such as me." To which Holmes replies "Actually, this is a step ''down'' for me. My last client of this sort was a ''king.''"

--> '''Holmes looking like a disappointed parent:''' {{Beat}} "Yes."

* Holmes' LastSecondWordSwap in ''The Adventure of the Norwood Builder''. "Arrest you! This really is most grati—most interesting. On what charge do you expect to be arrested?" Even funnier when you try to picture the look on his face (it isn't described so you've got free rein here)...

* The opening paragraphs of "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual," where Watson describes how Holmes lives, saying that he himself is no neat freak, but

* In "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Watson and Holmes find the body of someone killed by the hound. Naturally both are horrified. Then Holmes looks at bit closer and starts dancing about and laughing about the man having a beard. Turns out it's the body of Mrs. Barrymore's criminal brother - much to Holmes and Watson's relief, who had assumed Sir Henry was the one who had been killed.

* In "The Six Napoleons", Lestrade is waiting in the sitting room for Holmes and Watson to return, looking bored out of his mind...until he catches sight of the papers on the table beside Holmes' chair and so nonchalantly starts to finger through them...and while this is going on Holmes watches him through the half-closed doorway, waves Watson over so that he can see, and then Holmes and Watson quickly duck back down the hall and "enter" loudly, giving Lestrade the chance to stop snooping and act all innocent when they come in.

--> '''Holmes looking like a disappointed parent:''' ".....Yes."

* In "The Cardboard Box", Mrs. Hudson takes the aspidistra plant after cleaning up, causing Holmes to yell, "MRS HUDSON! How dare you take me aspidistra!" which Mrs. Hudson answers back, "I do dare!"

* In the third episode, the one dedicated to Milverton, how Watson gets offended because Holmes got disguised to find out how to break into the house of the titular blackmailer, and locks himself in his room. Holmes continues the conversation calmly, and Watson opens the door occasionally to respond, only to close it again.

* Any time they laugh together could qualify as this, maybe because of the explosive laughter of Linianov.

* In the same episode, how bad of a thief Watson turns out to be. He leaves his handkerchief and one shoe behind, not to speak of the mud prints that he noticed just before Milverton entered, and that he then procedes to clean frantically, so desperate at the end that he uses his own saliva. And right after Holmes had called him a born thief, too.
* Anytime they laugh together could qualify as this, maybe because of the explosive laughter of Linianov.

* Anytime they laugh together vould qualify as this, maybe because of the explosive laughter of Linianov.

* In the third episode, the one dedicated to Milverton, how Watson gets offended because Holmes got disguised to find out how to break into the house of the titular blackmailer, and lovks himself in his room. Holmes continues the conversation calmly, and Watson opens the door to respond, only to close it again.
* In the same episode, how bad of a thief Watson turns out to be. He leaves his handkerchief and one shoe behind, not to speak of the mud prints that he noticed just before Milverton entered, and that he then procedes to clean frantically, so desperate at the end that he uses his own saliva.

** This exchange gets a small CallBack in a later story, where a Duke comes in looking to hire Holmes to find ''his'' lost love, then brags that Holmes has "probably never had a client such as me." To which Holmes replies "Actually, this is a step ''down'' for me. My last client of this sort was a ''king.''

** Extra points too for stelath scatology: castor oil is a laxative.

** Holmes's response when the astonished neighbour rushes into the apartment saying, "The goose, sir! The goose!"
--> '''Holmes:''' Eh? What of it, then? Has it returned to life and flapped off through the kitchen window?

* At the start of The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet the client is described as approaching 221b while waggling his hands in the air, leaping and running in great agitation. As soon as he arrives at the flat, having nearly torn the bell from the wall, and sits down he immediately jumps up again and starts banging his head against the wall. Holmes and Watson have to wrestle him into a chair, Holmes patting his hand and soothing him like an upset child.

* After hearing the constable, Holmes and Watson head home and Holmes takes a break from working on the case.
--> '''Holmes:''' And now for lunch, and then for Norman Neruda. Her attack and her bowing are splendid. What’s that little thing of Chopin’s she plays so magnificently: Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay.

--> '''Constable:''' I made my report at the office.
--> '''Holmes:''' ''(produces a half-sovereign from his pocket.)''
--> '''Constable:''' I shall be most happy to tell you anything I can.

* The constable who found the body is in bed and not especially keen to speak to Holmes... until the latter produces a half-sovereign from his pocket.
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