1 | Take a drink every time: |
2 | * Holmes figures out the mystery immediately but withholds the solution from Watson (and the reader) until the most dramatic possible moment. |
3 | * Holmes talks about eliminating the impossible. |
4 | * Holmes breaks the law in the pursuit of justice. |
5 | ** Holmes lets the culprit off. |
6 | * Somebody [[HaveAGayOldTime ejaculates]]. |
7 | * Holmes and/or Watson refers to any unrecorded case. |
8 | * Holmes complains about the police being incompetent, or snarks at them for their incompetence. |
9 | * Holmes has a good laugh at the skewed account in the press. |
10 | * Conan Doyle makes an obvious continuity error. |
11 | ** Contradictions of Holmes' stated knowledge gaps in ''A Study In Scarlet''. Sips for this one. |
12 | * Holmes sends Watson off to investigate something-or-other, gives him no instructions whatsoever, and then berates him for doing it all wrong. |
13 | * The client, or the object of the client's concern, dies after the investigation begins. |
14 | * Holmes indulges in a bit of gratuitous high culture. |
15 | * The killer is an animal. |
16 | * The twist is that nobody actually got killed. |
17 | ** The twist is that nobody actually committed a crime at all, by the laws of the era. |
18 | * The SherlockScan tosses in an [[SherlockCanRead obvious observation]] for chuckles, e.g. "Er, you're still wearing your Masonic pin." |
19 | * When Holmes has the chance to show off his boxing abilities, take a vodka. |
20 | * The case prominently features someone fleeing a dark past overseas. |
21 | * When the story goes off on a British jingoist tangent, have some Tokay. |
22 | * Have a brandy whenever a) there is a more-than-token gesture toward Watson being a physician, or b) Watson's status as a physician is flagrantly ignored. This is a lot less frequent than you'd suppose, but it comes in handy for publication-order marathons. |
23 | * These words are all worth a sip: |
24 | ** Singular |
25 | ** Significant |
26 | ** Transparent |
27 | ** Elementary |
28 | ** Extraordinary |
29 | ** Tragedy |
30 | ** Halloa! |
31 | ** Dear me! (This one can be upgraded to a full drink as needed.) |
32 | * Someone complains about England's divorce laws. |
33 | * Someone says something in another language and doesn't translate. |
34 | * Holmes plays the violin. |
35 | * Holmes complains about women being a mystery. |
36 | * Holmes is a terrible housekeeper. |
37 | * Watson (or anyone else) has trouble saying no to Holmes. |
38 | * Someone is given alcohol because they fainted or nearly fainted. Have another drink if it's not clear where the alcohol came from. |
39 | * The persian slipper is mentioned. |
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