Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. As they lay down for the night, the fire dwindling nearby, Holmes said: ""Watson, look up and tell me what you see"". Watson said ""I see a fantastic panorama of countless of stars"". Holmes: ""And what does that tell you?"" Watson: ""Astronomically, it suggests to me that if there are billions of other galaxies that have roughly similar stellar population densities as represented by my view, that, potentially, trillions of planets may be as…

Watson and Holmes are returning from the lock-and-key shop where they've ordered an extra apartment key because Watson lost his. As they arrive, Watson bounds up the steps to 221B Baker Street and barges into their apartment as Sherlock Holmes follows him. ""I'll show you my deductions today Holmes!"", he says. ""I can deduce too!"" Sherlock Holmes shows him the only key to the apartment and says, ""What can you deduce from this key?"" Watson examines it. He says: ""The key has a speck of dirt o…

The Case of the Missing Wallet A man walks into the office of Sherlock Holmes. He explains that his wallet has been stolen. He begs Holmes to take the case as he is a poor man, and the money in the wallet was the only money he had. Holmes staunchly refuses. As the man sulks out, Watson turns to Holmes and asks, ""So why didn't you take the case Holmes?"" Holmes replies, ""Because the man is a liar. He is not a poor man as he claims."" Watson, confused, asks Holmes how he could possibly know that…

Sherlock Holmes Looks at the Night Sky Sherlock Holmes and Watson are laying in their sleeping bags looking up at the midsummer sky. Sherlock turns to Watson and asks, ""Watson, what do you see?"" ""Stars and the moon, dear Holmes,"" he says. ""What does it mean?"" Sherlock asks. ""Well,"" says Watson. ""It quite simply means that there are billions of gaseous balls burning millions of light years away."" ""No, what does it MEAN?"" Sherlock asks. ""Well,"" says Watson, ""it means we are in the N…