A matter of Victorian hat etiquette for those of you not in the know.
In the morgue when Watson is talking to Hooper… he ‘doffs’ his hat when he ‘outs’ her. (taking the hat off the top of his head slightly in a salute).
Please bear in mind that this was ONLY done to ladies. Men nodded to other gentlemen, never doffing hats at all – it would have been considered an outrage!
“Between gentlemen, an inclination of the head, a gesture of the hand,
or a mere touching of the hat is sufficient; but in bowing to a lady,
the hat must be lifted from the head.” (x)I grinned mightily in the cinema when I saw this 🙂
I always see that Tumblr post where people talk about having a timer that counts down until you meet your soul mate. But to be honest if I were to have something that leads me to my soul mate I don’t think id want a timer i’d want a compass.
I like the idea of being able to see the needle of the compass move around as my soul mate goes to the grocery store maybe thousands of miles away.
I like the idea of people taking a year off work to follow the little needle hoping that if they keep going they can find there other half.
Imagine widows whose compass needles are grey and broken and spin around and around continuously looking for there other half.
Imagine aromantic’s whose needle points at themselves or don’t have one at all or maybe they do but its blue and points at there friends when there close by.
Imagine polyamourous people with 2 or 3 needles on there compass and there big decision is trying to figure out which one to follow first.
Imagine parents worriedly looking at there childs compass that spins around day in and day out and they breathe a sigh of relief the day it stops spinning and starts pointing with determination to some hospital somewhere.
Imagine people going to shake hands and realizing that there needles are pointing diligently at each other and just laughing and smiling awkwardly at each other.
Imagine a being able to watch your needle move and follow someone who you love, who you never met, who you vow to one day meet.
