Holmes and Watson go out camping.
Sherlock Holmes and his good friend
Dr. Watson decide to make a trip to the
countryside and go camping.
In the middle of the night, Sherlock
wakes up Watson and asks him:
“John, look up at the sky. What do you see?”
Watson, still sleepy, slowly arranges his thoughts:
“The… stars? Well, from an astronomical
point of view, I can tell you that North is this
direction and that according to the position of
the Pleiades it must be around two
in the morning, give or take.”
Sherlock: “Go on…”
“Eh… the Milky Way can be seen without aid,
which tells me there is no light pollution –
we’ve wandered pretty far from civilization.”
Sherlock: “What else?”
“There are a few little clouds and a slight breeze
– westward wind, we might be in for
some rain tomorrow.”
Sherlock: “Anything else?”
“Well, the stars seem to be flickering more than
usual, which is only an illusion caused by air
currents in the atmosphere. We could be in
a low-pressure area within the next two days.
That’s all I know — why, what does the sky tell you?”
Sherlock: “It tells me that someone stole our fucking tent!”
