...is it that Sherlock Holmes has a hat, sir? Actually Sherlock Holmes never wore a "dear-stalker" hat: it was a stupid invention of hollywood. No self respecting Londonite would hever consider wearing such a hideaous thing unless he was actually hunting. The original illustrations in Strand magazine for Silver Blaze show him with a deerstalker, long before Hollywood. ...

...How is it that Sherlock Holmes has a hat, sir? Actually Sherlock Holmes never wore a "dear-stalker" hat: it was a stupid invention of hollywood. No self respecting Londonite would hever consider wearing such a hideaous thing unless he was actually hunting. The original illustrations in Strand magazine for Silver Blaze show him with a deerstalker, long before Hollywood. The text ...

... Precisely. And yet Sherlock Holmes has a hat ... How can that be, I asked you first. How is it that Sherlock Holmes has a hat, sir? Actually Sherlock Holmes never wore a "dear-stalker" hat: it was a stupid invention of hollywood. No self respecting Londonite would hever consider wearing such a hideaous thing unless he was actually hunting.

... a hat? Precisely. And yet Sherlock Holmes has a hat, Septic. (What is your evidence that Richo meant his statement in any other way than this.) Actually Sherlock Holmes never woare a "dear-stalker" hat: it was a stupid invention of hollywood. No self respecting Londonite would hever consider wearing such a hideaous thing unless he was actually hunting. Jeff