Dear SHians,

Mention has been made on occasion about the 2 sports Holmes excelled in - jiu
jitsu (oft-debated, I know) and expertise in single-stick fighting. I believe
practitioners of all martial arts perform exercises on a regular basis to keep
themselves in shape and I have no reason to believe Holmes was an exception,
despite no mention being made of it by his chronicler. Like Siva says, it is
possible Dr. Watson was a late sleeper and Holmes had finished his exercises
before he awoke.

Further, contrary to what the cartoons say, Mrs. Hudson was supposedly a good
housekeeper and cook. As to what she served, it decidedly must have been a
typical British meal. Let us also remember that those were the times when
pollution had not reared its ugly head as much as it has now.


Sridhar

r_sivasub <no_reply@...> wrote:
the adventures are narrated through the eyes of dr watson. is it
possible that the good doctor never saw holmes exercise; on many
occasions it is said that holmes was up and about, even to the extent
of having had a long walk, when dr watson awoke.






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