“Drat!” said Watson. “I thought you were onto something there Holmes, but since young Daniel introduced this new-fangled ‘software’ as he calls it, I see the post counts are no longer reliable.”
“You see, Watson” said Holmes. ”You see, but you do not observe.”
"Quite so, I'm afraid" admitted Watson, "but the fact is that fellow who resorts to dreadful language when anyone dares to challenge him does not only have 30 posts."
"We can only pity that he lacks the vocabulary to express himself in a civilised manner" said Holmes, "but we won't concern ourselves with that misfortune now or he may delete his most recent post. You have arrived at an opportune moment to engage in some observation."
"What do you imagine has occurred?", asked Watson
"I don't imagine, Doctor. I deduce from data. It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has sufficient data. I leave that to the usual suspects", said Holmes, little knowing his expression would be used by the makers of moving pictures in the next century. "We shall observe and deduce."
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