A perfect in every detail 1/12th scale miniature of the House. :) Maybe he's commissioning people to make the china for the display cabinets and the soft furnishings and porcelain dolls of the family while he does all the woodwork? And binds minature books in leather etc etc.
(Because I'm a dolls' house enthusiast and I think Mycroft might like Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor.)
Or maybe he's building a 1/12th scale theatre set of one of the Much Ado scenes?
1/12th work is fiddly and delicate and not *heavy* woodwork and I can see it being a Mycroftian thing.
Actually, no. I'm going to go out on a limb and say most americans wouldn't even know those were 'things' which could/should be googled, so this would be a good entry for your series.
The "Dear Jim, please can you fix it for me..." bit from Great Game is a reference to a long-running (1970s to 1990s) TV show, "Jim'll Fix It".
People (mostly children) wrote in to Sir Jimmy Saville asking for him to make their various wishes/dreams come true. The programme aired on a Saturday tea-time. The letters invariably began "Dear Jim, please can/could you fix it for me..." and my Scout troop to eat our packed lunches on a roller coaster, to play "Mimi" in that scene in La Boheme with the "Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen" aria, etc etc etc. Children who appeared on the show also got a medalion on a red ribbon with proclaimed "Jim Fixed It For Me". :D
"Round and round the garden" is a game/rhyme with actions played by an adult on a small child.
"Round and round the garden, like a teddy-bear" -- you draw circles on the child's hand or tummy with a finger.
"One step, two steps" -- you "walk" your fingers to the child's armpit.
"Tickle you under there!" -- um, well, it's obvious, isn't it? :D
Given that Sherlock deleted the solar system, enquiring minds want to know why - when there is so very much pop-culture on which he is blank - he retained *these*. lol
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Date: 2012-06-22 02:06 am (UTC)(Because I'm a dolls' house enthusiast and I think Mycroft might like Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor.)
Or maybe he's building a 1/12th scale theatre set of one of the Much Ado scenes?
1/12th work is fiddly and delicate and not *heavy* woodwork and I can see it being a Mycroftian thing.
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Date: 2012-06-22 02:25 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-06-24 01:32 pm (UTC)People (mostly children) wrote in to Sir Jimmy Saville asking for him to make their various wishes/dreams come true. The programme aired on a Saturday tea-time. The letters invariably began "Dear Jim, please can/could you fix it for me..." and my Scout troop to eat our packed lunches on a roller coaster, to play "Mimi" in that scene in La Boheme with the "Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen" aria, etc etc etc. Children who appeared on the show also got a medalion on a red ribbon with proclaimed "Jim Fixed It For Me". :D
"Round and round the garden" is a game/rhyme with actions played by an adult on a small child.
"Round and round the garden, like a teddy-bear" -- you draw circles on the child's hand or tummy with a finger.
"One step, two steps" -- you "walk" your fingers to the child's armpit.
"Tickle you under there!" -- um, well, it's obvious, isn't it? :D
Given that Sherlock deleted the solar system, enquiring minds want to know why - when there is so very much pop-culture on which he is blank - he retained *these*. lol