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misterpolly Holmes first appeared in A Study in Scarlet - he and his sidekick must have faded by 1893. Dec 27, 2007
reesetee No. And the fact that it's not weird is...well, it's weird. Oct 18, 2007
chained_bear Is it weird that, when reading the passage, I had exactly the same thought as reesetee? Oct 18, 2007
uselessness *tries to come up with a good pun about the study being elementary*
*fails* Oct 18, 2007
reesetee You know, if you read this the wrong way, it sounds like he leaned so far back that his chair fell into the next room--which was, of course, painted brown. ;-) Oct 18, 2007
sionnach From Wiktionary:
definition: melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; daydream.
usage example:
Finding that Holmes was too absorbed for conversation, I had tossed aside the barren paper, and leaning back in my chair, I fell into a brown study. Suddenly my companion's voice broke in upon my thoughts. — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Resident Patient", 1893 Oct 18, 2007
reesetee Deep in thought (usually depressing thought), no? That's how I've heard it used. Oct 18, 2007
chained_bear I never heard this one before. Can you give a usage example? Oct 18, 2007