July 13 - Nature is red in tooth and claw

Jul 13, 2016 20:06

Title: Your Science is Bad and John Feels Bad
Author: Pompey
Universe: BBC
Rating: G
Warnings: small lesson in evolutionary biology
Word count: 100
Summary: Some parts of the human body are less well-designed than others
Prompt: July 13 - nature is red in tooth and claw

John gasped at the sharp and sudden burst of pain in the left side of his groin but grimly hung on to the end of the heavy trunk until Sherlock was well out of the way. Only then did he allow it drop to the floor and himself to curl up in agony. Sherlock made a cry of alarm but John ignored it. He was too busy silently cursing each and every one of his evolutionary ancestors for having endowed their male offspring with testicles that had to descend out of the body, thus leaving them prone to inguinal hernias.

watson's woes, bbc, july writing prompt, sherlock holmes

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