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Think about what, whether or not they were lovers, or if being gay is okay.

I couldn't care less about the first question and gay is fine with me. How about you?

Ditto.!!



[QUOTE]Think about what, whether or not they were lovers, or if being gay is okay.

I couldn't care less about the first question and gay is fine with me. How about you?[/QUOTE]

It wouldn't surprise me.

hoppy;1270032 wrote: It wouldn't surprise me.I've thought about it but never went any further than that.

Ahso!;1269993 wrote: Think about what, whether or not they were lovers, or if being gay is okay.

I couldn't care less about the first question and gay is fine with me. How about you?


Ditto your response :guitarist

They were fictional characters, so the reader is open to interpret them any way he/she wants.

The same has been said about the equally fictional Bert & Ernie and Batman & Robin.

It's nearly a certainty that Arthur Conan Doyle never intended his characters to be homosexuals, and since they are after all constructs of the author's imagination, the answer to the question is "NO".

Or are you speaking only of the characters as portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in the film about to be released?

Renee22;1269989 wrote: I was told that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were lovers what do you think?


Its a trick question ?

It could have been "Were they married ?"

Doesn't mean to each other does it ?

Dr. Watson got married during the stories.

Renee22;1270093 wrote: Let me just say this.

someone told me that Iam not saying that.

my feelings about gay people is this I really like them.

if I have hurt anyone about what someone told me then Iam very sorry.:-6


That makes no sense to me at all and I'm here to tell you I've read plenty of confusing posts in my time here..:wah:

I doubt anyone was offended by the question. I wasn't. I'm just not fond of this recent penchant for re-engineering fictional characters.

(Except for making Boomer and Starbuck women in the "re-imagined" "Battlestar Galactica"; that rocked. )

flopstock;1270097 wrote: That makes no sense to me at all and I'm here to tell you I've read plenty of confusing posts in my time here..:wah:


I think I understand. It is not her saying they were gay. Someone else said that.

I can see him... Shekel we kids called him - in his deerstalker cap and tweed cape, chomping on his meerschaum pipe and striding manfully over the dastardly moors pursued by the hounds of hell and only pausing to do an occasional line or play the DevilsTrill sonata on his strad.... Ahhhhh so much more romantic than Heathcliff. And the good doc kept the home fires burning, supervised the housekeeper who made their cups of tea, wrote in his journal and probably relaxed with some finepoint embroidery.

Like Bert and Ernie they were just good friends. Maybe very good friends.

Welcome Renee - of the short sharp Thread Title. Is there a pattern in these threads???? Perhaps houndstooth? Basil Rathbone would know... pant pant pant

Peg;1270099 wrote: I think I understand. It is not her saying they were gay. Someone else said that.


Well Duh!:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl



Once you say it I see it! I'm asking you first next time..:wah:

Ahso!;1269993 wrote: Think about what, whether or not they were lovers, or if being gay is okay.

I couldn't care less about the first question and gay is fine with me. How about you?


surely Watson, you cant believe that?:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

chonsigirl;1270091 wrote: Dr. Watson got married during the stories.


Oh yeah, that means he's surely not gay...:yh_eyerol

yes they were gay

and it started of as a fruit fetish

holmes says it in all his films

lemon entry my dear watson :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:-3:-3:rolleyes::D

Renee22;1269989 wrote: I was told that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were lovers what do you think?


Does that mean that any two flatmates sharing a flat are gay-are students sharing accommodation with several mates all gay, are female students living in sorority houses, which I gather is a kind of dormitory, having lesbian orgies every night?

I'd ask your friend why he/she is so obsessed about things like that.

There seem to be a few people in FG similarly obsessed.

AussiePam;1270429 wrote: There seem to be a few people in FG similarly obsessed.


I haven't noticed anyone "similarly obsessed" with accusing people of being gay. Perhaps I'm missing posts...

farmer giles;1270287 wrote: yes they were gay



and it started of as a fruit fetish



holmes says it in all his films



lemon entry my dear watson :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:-3:-3:rolleyes::D
OMG! :yh_rotfl

I nearly peed myself.

abbey;1270440 wrote: OMG! :yh_rotfl

I nearly peed myself.


thanks pam and abbey i know my sense of humour is a bit strange but i thought that was a cracker

elementary my dear watson

lemon entry get it folks :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Renee22;1269989 wrote: I was told that Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson were lovers what do you think?


It is the most outrageous calumny, I can't for a moment think what gave rise to the notion.

farmer giles;1270457 wrote: thanks pam and abbey i know my sense of humour is a bit strange but i thought that was a cracker

elementary my dear watson

lemon entry get it folks :rolleyes::rolleyes:


Again, lucky it wasn't a pineapple. Good to see you Jimbo!! Post away and don't let the bast&^%s grind you down, as we say in Oz.

OOOOOH grinding and pineapples in the same thread... not to mention outrageous calumny... Nasty.. :sneaky:

farmer giles;1270287 wrote: yes they were gay

and it started of as a fruit fetish

holmes says it in all his films

lemon entry my dear watson :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:-3:-3:rolleyes::D


:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Renee22;1270093 wrote: Let me just say this.

someone told me that Iam not saying that.

my feelings about gay people is this I really like them.

if I have hurt anyone about what someone told me then Iam very sorry.:-6


You like gay people? Why, because theyre gay? I like some gay people but not because theyre gay but because I like them as people. I could say the same about Russian women, dogs, and heterosexuals. I dislike people from the same groups as well.

Just the thought I had when I read your statement.

AussiePam;1270473 wrote: Again, lucky it wasn't a pineapple. Good to see you Jimbo!! Post away and don't let the bast&^%s grind you down, as we say in Oz.

OOOOOH grinding and pineapples in the same thread... not to mention outrageous calumny... Nasty.. :sneaky:


thanks again pam :-4

i dont come on as much as i'm busy with other stuff and i dont find the garden much fun anymore its gone all serious again

i would never stay away to avoid people all the people that have said nasty stuff behind my back are on ignore anyway :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

these things go in circles one day i will log in and wisey,spot,abbey,hoppy your good self,chezzie and all the funny people will be on good form and the place will be a riot oh and barman might say something funny too the tosser :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl