WMcD Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 From: The Man Who Was Sherlock Homes. This passage speaks of an experience of Doyle’s father, in Edinburgh, 1869. A life-preserver is a small club or kosh. - - - "He was not soon to forget his first New Year's Eve: when, after a deep solemnity of tea-drinking and religious conversation until midnight, all Edinburgh suddenly arose and got so stupendously drunk that by two o'clock the streets were impassable in a kind of witch's sabbath; and mysterious Highlanders, appearing in hordes out of nowhere, were still dancing reels in Mrs. MacDonald's parlour. - Charles, in some apprehension, had promised to escort two young ladies home. - "My dear sir," said his friend Mr. MacCarthy, calmly producing a life-preserver from his pocket, as though life-preservers were a part of any gentleman's attire like a beaver hat or a pair of tight trousers, "My dear sir, take this. I have another for myself."' - "Hit them, you mean?" - "My dear sir, of course. Crack the skull of anyone who tries to charge us; and I have no doubt we shall see the ladies safely through it." - - - Have a safe night. WMcD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I was gonna make a wise crack about a guy in tight trousers wearing a beaver on his head wacking people about with a couple of life preservers he just happened to have stuffed in his tight pants as he takes his escort home, but it just didn't sound all that funny. Let the drinking begin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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