Line #24 DrinkingGame/SherlockHolmes

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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.

Context DrinkingGame / SherlockHolmes