Comments on: Samizdata quote of the day

By: Rich Rostrom

Rich Rostrom — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 05:11:35 +0000

NickM: the boy is no guttersnipe – he’s the child of Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai Smith. Mrs. Smith was giving him a bath when Holmes and Watson came by. Two shillings was a lot of money to give a six-year-old child – about equal to ten pounds today.

BTW, my name is Rostrom. That’s my sore toe. Please don’t tread on it.

By: veryretired

veryretired — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 03:45:35 +0000

If a person actually lived a thousand years, swallowing a pleasant liquid might be the only pleasureable capability left…

By: Michael Jennings (London)

Michael Jennings (London) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:29:14 +0000

We have faced this important issue on Samizdata before, of course.

By: NickM

NickM — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:07:52 +0000

JP wants a Martini. Quelle surprise!

Is Rich Rostrum riffing on Conan-Doyle. Holmes bribes a guttersnipe for info in “Sign of Four” by offering the kid a shilling. So Holmes asks if there is anything the young street Arab wants more than a shilling and the answer comes back, “Two Shillings”. Holmes of course obliges and the case is brought to a conclusion.

By: RAB

RAB — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:48:17 +0000

What beer? They’ll have banned it again by then.

By: Michael Jennings (London)

Michael Jennings (London) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:52:18 +0000

I have become less of a wine person and more of a beer person as I have got older. Not sure quite why or how, really.

By: Johnathan Pearce

Johnathan Pearce — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:41:32 +0000

Martini?

By: Rob Fisher (Surrey)

Rob Fisher (Surrey) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:40:55 +0000

Tman: on Mars, too, preferably.

By: John Galt

John Galt — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:47:36 +0000

∞ Beers

By: Rich Rostrom

Rich Rostrom — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 03:07:59 +0000

Two beers?

By: Tman

Tman — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 02:18:12 +0000

I hope by then I can get a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster instead of a beer.

Nothing wrong with beer, I’m just sayin’.