[Dragaera] Seventeen Steps...

[Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood]

Holmes enjoys explaining things too much to be a Yendi, in my opinion. 
Hawk seems like a good fit. I don't quite see Watson as a Lyorn, though. 
He writes things down, but he's not a scholar.

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Erzsébet of Catspirit Wood
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Johne Cook wrote:
> I would have guess Yendi, but then that wouldn't be obvious, then, would
> it?  ; )
> 
> "(I woke up thinking about Turkish drummers
> It didn't take long - I don't know much about Turkish drummers -
> But it made me think of Germany and the guy who sold me cigarettes
> Who'd been in the Afghan secret police
> Who made the observation
> That "it's hard...
> ...To live"
> 
> Then I was reminded of the proprietor of a Vietnamese restaurant in Quebec
> who used to be head of the secret police in Da Nang - and it occurred to me
> I was thinking about all this stuff to keep from thinking about something
> else... Isn't that just what secret police are all about???)"
> 
> Bruce Cockburn,
> Get up, Jonah, from The Charity of Night
> http://cockburnproject.net/albums/thecharityofnight.html
> 
> On 6/6/08, Chris Olson <Chrisf.Olson at sun.com> wrote:
>> While once more enjoying some light reading (when I'm stressed, I turn to
>> the light stuff--go figure), I observed something which I'd before only
>> seen.  Once more, the Magic Number shows up, this time leading to the
>> World's Greatest Detective.
>>
>> From the Sherlock Holmes story "A Scandel in Bohemia":
>>
>> Watson is asked how many steps there are which lead up from the hall to
>> "this" room (their sitting room).
>> Holmes: "Now, I know that there are seventeen steps, because I have both
>> seen and observed."
>>
>> This amused me, but for some reason did not surprise me.
>>
>> I'm thinking Sherlock Holmes was a Hawklord, myself.  Any other
>> suggestions?
>>
>> :)
>> Chris
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