Sherlock Fic: Captain Stall
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capt_facepalm who DOUBLE DOG DARED me to write it. Furthermore, while this idea came to me via Top Gear, I am sure this delightful fic by arnie1967 had something to do with the direction it took. :-D
Captain Stall
“So… four times.”
Sherlock rolled his eyes.
“Sherlock?”
“You didn’t…”
“I finally parked it for you, and I didn’t stall four times.”
“Well, I’ve never reverse parked before.”
“You’ve never… didn’t someone teach you?”
Sherlock coughed.
“What?”
“Hmm?”
“Sherlock!”
“James May.”
“You had driving lessons from James May? How… is that why you hate Top Gear?”
Sherlock started texting.
“Sherlock… you didn’t learn from Top Gear, did you?”
“If you insist on watching that rubbish when I’m in the room I can hardly help observing.”
John snorted and opened the morning paper.
“Hang on! Sherlock, do you have a driving license?”
great_tales. I would like to credit capt_facepalm who DOUBLE DOG DARED me to write it. Furthermore, while this idea came to me via Top Gear, I am sure this delightful fic by arnie1967 had something to do with the direction it took. :-DCaptain Stall
“So… four times.”
Sherlock rolled his eyes.
“Sherlock?”
“You didn’t…”
“I finally parked it for you, and I didn’t stall four times.”
“Well, I’ve never reverse parked before.”
“You’ve never… didn’t someone teach you?”
Sherlock coughed.
“What?”
“Hmm?”
“Sherlock!”
“James May.”
“You had driving lessons from James May? How… is that why you hate Top Gear?”
Sherlock started texting.
“Sherlock… you didn’t learn from Top Gear, did you?”
“If you insist on watching that rubbish when I’m in the room I can hardly help observing.”
John snorted and opened the morning paper.
“Hang on! Sherlock, do you have a driving license?”
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Date: 2012-02-25 11:00 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-25 04:47 pm (UTC)I still think it's hilarious that he drove at all...
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Date: 2012-02-25 12:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-25 04:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-25 03:01 pm (UTC)I am already imagining that with all the publicity the boys were garnering in ASiB, Top Gear would have surely invited them to be the Star(s) in a Reasonably Priced Car.
Thanks for this! :)
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Date: 2012-02-25 04:09 pm (UTC)HOLMES [feet up and eyes closed]: And I don't see why all this publicity. Anyone with half a brain could see that he's a former Formula One driver who has stopped probably because of drinking problems, and has been coerced into coming here and wearing that ridiculous...
CLARKSON: That's it! I'm done with this [stomping away] Hammond, you're up!
HOLMES: [evil glare at Hammond]
HAMMOND: [deer in the headlights look] J-James?
MAY: Oh, I'll do it.
HOLMES: [smug face]
MAY: So, Sherlock, how was your experience driving the Ford Fiesta?
HOLMES: [sitting up] Well, James, it was pretty interesting...
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Date: 2012-02-25 04:22 pm (UTC)CLARKSON: All right, who'd like to see Sherlock's lap?
WATSON: Me! ME!
HAMMOND: (more Bambi eyes) Uh...
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Date: 2012-02-25 09:48 pm (UTC)Very, very cute fic. Thanks for sharing (and thank you for reccing my fic too!).
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Date: 2012-02-25 10:05 pm (UTC)Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the fic. (I LOVE yours. I almost felt bad to have a Sherlock-without-license fic after reading it, because yours was so funny!)
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Date: 2012-02-25 10:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-25 10:36 pm (UTC)(And, now that I (and the world at large) know that DOUBLE DOG DARE works on you... )
Muahahaha!
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Date: 2012-02-25 10:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-02-27 02:13 am (UTC)Though, incidentally, the only reason it was Sherlock driving and not John?
Martin Freeman doesn't have a license.
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Date: 2012-02-27 03:17 am (UTC)I did know about the real life reason, but I think that in the story John MUST have a license... So I imagine that Sherlock took over just because he's a control freak. :-P