tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post4350357584870559105..comments2024-03-29T08:39:13.121-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Summer of Sherlock: The Greek InterpreterSherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-28041565983005881022014-07-02T13:53:13.145-05:002014-07-02T13:53:13.145-05:00To be fair, 'average lifespan' included a ...To be fair, 'average lifespan' included a high infant mortality rate. Once you made it past puberty, you had a good chance of living into your 70's. Mycroft could still have keeled over, it's hard to say for sure; he *did* share Sherlock's genes, which tend toward an 'iron constitution', so he could have been like one of those 100-year-old chain smokers. <br /><br />Maybe Watson called Mycroft, who figured out Sherlock was faking, and so declined to visit, with an 'I'm busy, he'll be fine' excuse (understanding that little bro has his reasons). Watson, ever the cheering squad, declined to mention Mycroft's appalling behavior. Yep, that's now my head canon.<br /><br />Korina, running back to Lurker Land...<br /><br />PS Discovered you on IHOSE and have been following ever since. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-2552528795658391032014-06-20T16:15:28.811-05:002014-06-20T16:15:28.811-05:00One comment in one book has Mycroft Holmes going d...One comment in one book has Mycroft Holmes going down with the Titanic - which does not fit your theory - but is more poignant than him flopping over from a bad heart or diabetes! I'll stick with that one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02817835170661422604noreply@blogger.com