Doomed. Doooooooomed!

[extemporanea]

So much for the good intentions, such as the road to Hell is paved with. Allegedly. Went to bed early on Friday night in a spirit of Sid-appeasement, couldn't sleep because the nice cleaning lady is in the rising phase of her "put too much softener in the washing up" oscillation, and my sheets made me itch. (I shall remonstrate gently with her on

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Softeners

[first_fallen]

Which one do you use? I also have teh Sensitive Skin but I find the PnP Green range and the Woolies Eco range to be ok. Don't get the one made with Soy extract, though, it makes your clothes smell of soya oil. Bleugh. The Woolies Baby one is nice.

Re: Softeners

[extemporanea]

Eco ranges are a good thought, thanks! I'm generally fine if I avoid Sta-Soft and certain flavours of the Sunlight range. The Sunlight Classic one is fine if Margaret doesn't stick too much in. Hopefully my Eevul Sneak Dilution will help. But I'll give the Green range a try.

[dicedcaret]

Is Holmes' celibacy a necessary and consistent part of the character, or was this a reflection of ACD's Victorian morals or the rules for the genre and market he was writing for at the time?

[extemporanea]

"It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have placed himself in a false position. He never spoke of the softer passions, save with a gibe and a sneer. They were admirable things for the observer--excellent for drawing the veil from men's motives and actions. But for the trained reasoner to admit such intrusions into his own delicate and finely adjusted temperament was to introduce a distracting factor which might throw a doubt upon all his mental results. Grit in a sensitive instrument, or a crack in one of his own high-power lenses, would not be more disturbing than a strong emotion in a nature such as his." ("A Scandal in Bohemia

[dicedcaret]

Thank you :) For the sagacious analysis, relevant quotations and, above all, not mentioning postmodernism.

[extemporanea]

In retrospect, your original comment was clearly an essay question for the Victorian Gothic seminar I plan to run next year. Score!