The Poppy Clan

[thestuffedalligator]

I’m going to level with you. I have listened to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for most of my life. We were a country music household, this was a staple of my childhood along with Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and that one Chipmunks country album.

I have no idea what “Fire on the mountain run boys run/The Devil's in the house of the rising sun/Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough/Granny does your dog bite no child no” means and at this point I’m too scared to ask.

[dementian]

For once I can be of assistance.

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

Mountain Whippoorwill (aka How Hillbilly Jim Won the Great Fiddler's Prize)

[thestuffedalligator]

I’m going to level with you. I have listened to The Devil Went Down to Georgia for most of my life. We were a country music household, this was a staple of my childhood along with Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, and that one Chipmunks country album.

I have no idea what “Fire on the mountain run boys run/The Devil's in the house of the rising sun/Chicken in the bread pan picking out dough/Granny does your dog bite no child no” means and at this point I’m too scared to ask.

[dementian]

For once I can be of assistance.

Each of the lyrics comes from an old-time hickory song for fiddles, and is a lyric from that corresponding song.

"Fire on the Mountain" --> "Fire on the Mountain, run boys run"

Fire On The Mountain - Fiddle Player POV

"The House of the Rising Sun" --> "The Devil's in the house of the rising sun"

House of the Rising Sun

"Ida Red" --> "Chicken in the bread pan peckin' out dough"

Ida Red - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

"Granny Will Your Dog Bite" --> "Granny does your dog bite? 'No child, no'."

FTC #149 Granny Will Your Dog Bite

And for your furthered education, The Mountain Whipporwill.

Mountain Whippoorwill (aka How Hillbilly Jim Won the Great Fiddler's Prize)

[the-big-mood]

SqueezeIt introduce their new “Color Changing Squeezit” 📺 (1996)

[ruinedchildhood]

[rockonmyfriends]

Okay but the Big Bad Beetleborgs ad

[taurzza]

sun-God

[blessedbethelovelygods-deactiva]

I find storms and bad weather very comforting. It reminds me of the gods, especially Zeus. In fact, there's a storm happening where I live right now. Not much damage has happened, just a few fallen trees, but the sound of the wind comforts me. It reminds me of Father Zeus, and I enjoy it.

[doorstoplord]

Hey y’all wanna see the worlds most appropriately unhinged phantom of the opera as it came up on my FYP?

[juju-fisher]

Watch carefully, it's subtle.

[ruffboi-mags]

I literally just spent 2 minutes with my head on my desk weeping with laughter holy shit

[fyeahmyths]

“I destroyed a man and a city or two so what? Permanence is overrated, it is because it is fleeting That life is beautiful. You would do me a disservice in dismissing me Pour another cup, come closer, Don’t let me hear you call me ‘just’ the god of drunks. The girl in the bathroom, sobbing out her story The boy on the dance floor, glitter on his hips and fire in his blood Yes, these are mine. Who would not call them divine? It is only them that understand how to look at the world. Wine doesn’t soften, it sharpens Peels away lies and mistruths Until the truth is bare and naked And it is here it looks most distorted. People want to like what they see the truth never looks like what they think it will. Emotions are ugly, unfettered creatures Ungainly, insensible, furious - it is why I love them so, why I bring them to the fore Like a fever to a cheek. I never cared for the type of beauty That required me to hide.”

— Dionysus (a.v.p)

[beekeeperspicnic]

When people tell me that they think it's out of character for Sherlock Holmes to have retired to keep bees in my game:

[beekeeperspicnic]

Incidentally if you haven't watched this recording, it's very interesting!

There are various quotes in it that you might have come across before as evidence that Conan Doyle REALLY HATED his own characters - he calls the phenomenon of Sherlock Holmes as "monstrous growth" and calls Watson Holmes' "very stupid friend", for example.

What you don't get without hearing his voice and seeing the video is that he's quite jolly and giggling when he's saying those things.

Also he says "woof woof" to his dog <3

[moroniccats]

Woof woof champ

[skeletor-n-a-meatsuit]

Let's play a game called

"Flatmate or Boyfriend?"

I was listening to the Sherlock & Co podcast last week (The Sign of Four – Part Three) and I was dumbstruck by this particular part:

Context: John is talking to Mary (yes THAT Mary) about how his life has changed from when they were supposed to meet up last year and didn't.

Transcript of the above:

And later on in the episode she asks him out and they go on a date. But.. I don't know how she didn't interpret this as John talking about his boyfriend.

This sounds like a boyfriend. I've asked LGBT+ friends and straight friends. Men, women, nonbinary friends. They all say this is overtly gay.

How did Mary drum up the courage to ask John out after this? Because he sounds completely taken.

[poppyclan01]

Solid take, 100% respect the interpretation and also I wanna try finding a genuine answer because I'm Aro and love friendship. I've seen this post frequently and think it's a fun question!

I think this specific aspect of their relationship is something vets can relate to more than most others. A lot of their relationship was based in having similar experiences after coming home from deployment due to a horrific event. They lost the life they had before incredibly suddenly, not to mention the standard way that lots of vets feel aimless or uncertain when they come back home.

I interpreted this conversation as being focused on getting out of your rut, out of your depression, and into a new life after your old one stopped supporting you or being safe. John went from having army buddies and purpose, as well as having something that connected him to his dad, to being totally alone and couch surfing in London. Mary on the other hand also tried to follow in her army dad's footsteps, fell in love, and then was a POW. Unsurprisingly these chains of events can cause some mental Uh-Ohs in the average bear.

So, yeah! I think they were talking about a more Grand Scheme sense of belonging and fulfillment, and how that's hard to come by. They were starting to explore how Mary could create her own new life and meaning in this weird little Podcast Guy and his funky friends. Not to mention how obviously interested John was in Mary.

TL;DR - It's not gay to find emotional fulfillment, security, and a reason to live in your friends

[granadahvlmes]

I've been listening to the Stephen Fry narration of the original Holmes stories and it's just... so good. You can tell he's having an absolute ball reading to you and that makes it so much fun to listen to.

Stephen Fry reading Sherlock Holmes stories : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

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[moroniccats]

I immediately accidentally skipped to “his long, thin fingers”

[valarhalla]

YMCA in Akkadian (Ancient Babylonian), as written by Gilgamesh's exasperated tourism minister trying to attract more gay guys to Uruk to keep Gil distracted from politics:

.

Eṭlū!- Young men!

Lā tuštamarraṣā- Do not, do not be troubled!

Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said, young men!

Lā lā taṣallalā- Do not, do not lie down!

Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said young men!

Šunu ina ālim- You are in a town,

Bēt bēt šikārim ḫanbā- Where taverns sprout luxuriously,

Eṭlū!- Young men!

Ina ālim alkā- Go to the city,

Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said young men!

Bēt kaspī ul tīšâ- When you do not have money,

Annikīam tuššabā- Here you can dwell,

Bēt napṭirim nīšu- We have guest-houses,

Itti awīlī umtallâ- They are filled with men….

.

Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!

Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!

Ziquratum elâ! Purattum amrā!- Climb up the ziggurat! See the euphrates!

Šikārum ṭābum šitâ!- Drink fine beer!

Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!

Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!

Amuḫḫūni šaqû! Ziqnūni ītebbū! - Our walls are high! Our beards are shiny!

Nuppušātunu!- You are allowed to breathe [relax]

.

Eṭlū!- Young men!

Eṭlū šimeanni!- Young men listen to me!

Aqabbi, eṭlū! Agana šimeanni!- Young men! Come on, listen!

Aiālam terrišāšu- You desire assistance,

Shū ali īde- This I know for certain!

Šārqum wērum ul ninaddinkunūti- We will not sell you poor copper,

Eṭlū! Ālum ša Uruk bani- Young men! The city of Uruk is beautiful!

Aqabbi eṭlū! Bālātka tezzibši!- I said young man! Leave your pride behind!

Nušallakkunūti- We cause you to go,

Ina Uruk alkā!- Go to Uruk!

Ūmum anniam iseddūkunūti- Today they will help you…

.

Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!

Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!

Šarrum šitpiṣā! Ittmalûšu ṣālā! - Wrestle the king! Fight with him!

Ittīšu mekkê mēlilā!- Play ball with him!

Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!

Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!

Ziquratum elâ! Purattum amrā!- Climb up the ziggurat! See the euphrates!

Šikārum ṭābum šitâ!- Drink fine beer!

.

Eṭlū! Bilītkunu īde! - Young men! I know your burdens

Amtaraṣ! Ina šinigī- I was unwell, in my village,

Ātanaḫ! Erēšum ezzēr- I was tired, I hated plowing,

Awīlum ana yâšim iṭeḫḫe- A man to me approached,

Inūšu! Awātum awânim- Then! Words were said to me,

Šumašu, Sîn-lēqi-unninni- His name was Sîn-lēqi-unninni!

Ina Uruk alkā! Iqabbi ana yâšim- Go to Uruk! He told me,

Ina Uruk awīlī ūterrešū- In Uruk men are needed…

.

Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!

Wašābum ṭāb ina - The living is good in,

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K!

Ziquratum elâ! Purattum amrā!- Climb up the ziggurat! See the euphrates!

Šikārum ṭābum šitâ!- Drink fine beer!

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Eṭlū!- Young men!

Addāniqa tallkānim- Please come

Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said, young men!

Inam anniam ezêršu- I hate this job…

Aqabbi, eṭlū!- I said, young men!

Anāku ānḫāku - I’m so tired….

Bēt bēt šikārim ḫanbā- Where taverns sprout luxuriously,

Taḫaddâ ina - You’ll have fun in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA! - U-R-U-K!

(Šarrum lillam ina - The king is an idiot in

𒌋𒊏𒌋𒅗 U-RA-U-KA!- U-R-U-K…)

Ao3 link

[annoyingcat413]

There haven’t been any weird sounds at the end of adventures in the last three (iirc) but there was the glitch when his name (moriarty’s) was mentioned. I maintain my belief that moriarty hacked into John’s google drive and he’s the first one to listen to every audio and he modifies the audio.

Thinking about one of the sounds that probably was a waterfall it would be really creepy is he already planned everything that will happen in Switzerland

[poppyclan01]

Ooh, yes!! I started playing around with the audio (just in case they actually wanted us to play with this stuff) and

1) found that the weirdness at the end of Wisteria Lodge was the final verse of Itsy Bitsy Spider played pitched down and reversed (and the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again)

2) Found Jack Diddly in the second glitch. It just sounds like two solid bips. My current idea is that, if this continues, it may be the start of a Morse Code (two dots = I) or it's just a little nod for Sherlock to pick up on when trying to identify his Spider. If folks are right and we're getting Moriarty sooner rather than later, I vote for the second idea.

Also, on the topic of *how* The Spider has access to the audio before publishing, remember in the Blanched Soldier how Mariana told Sherlock to upload the file, but John stepped in and stopped them? He told them that they actually need to email the file to someone that works for the podcasting company and they'll upload it. I think whoever they're sending the files to either works for or is The Spider and they're the ones tampering with the files!

[tiger-moran]

Sort of a spoiler for The Priory School...

So in The Priory School part 2, just before they find the blood, there was that section with strange underwater noises, and it ended abruptly with what kind of sounds like someone shouting or screaming underwater.

I just realised that that same sound is in the first part as well. In between the opening music and the theme park scene in part 1, there's a section with the underwater sounds and there's odd music and other sounds in it (I think those are actually from the theme park scene, just really distorted), but it ends abruptly with what also sounds pretty much like someone screaming underwater, before it goes into the theme park scene and Mariana speaking.

There are more underwater noises in part 3 too but I don't think there's a screaming sound in that though.

I kind of thought they were going to explain those underwater noises by saying John fell in the water or something but they didn't. I know the wider context of this has got to be 'the creators are really fucking with us now with all this water stuff' but in the context of 'this is all meant to be stuff John has actually recorded or edited in himself', it doesn't really make sense, what those sounds are. I can buy him maybe adding in some underwater sound effects for ~atmosphere~ but not something that sounds basically like someone screaming under the water and possibly even drowning, that seems too morbid and disrespectful (to Heidegger) for John. So, what if it's something Moriarty has edited in to toy with them again? But then Moriarty can't know how the conflict with Sherlock Holmes is going to end so why would he edit in underwater screaming/drowning sounds specifically? I guess maybe it's one of those things that just isn't really meant to make any sense but especially now I've noticed this same noise is repeated and doesn't seem to have been explained still, it's a little bit unsettling.

[poppyclan01]

100% I need to know where this audio came from!! Great job spotting the first episode's scream too!! Could you remind me where the sounds were in ep. 3?

[poppyclan01]

Just finished the Priory School! Spoilers ahead!! But also questions I'd love feedback on

I'm really curious about that underwater scream we heard in the second episode, when John and Mariana are next to the water just after Archie starts sniffing around the boat. We hear water gurgles, some soft music in the background, and then either someone taking three steps or knocking three times? Then that scream.

I see two paths, but I can't figure out which is most likely. Either John added the section at 33:09 as a reference to Heidegger waking up under water after having been beaten and drowning which seems a bit macabre, but maybe that's the vibe he was after, or it's something else?

Again, maybe I'm flipping rocks and getting surprised by the worms, but adding in a cut off, terrifying scream before we even know there's a body, let alone that Heidegger is innocent, feels off and a weirdly grotesque thing for John to do to a man. Not to mention I don't think we have confirmation on if Heidegger died from drowning or being beaten (let me know if this is a mistake).

And then that audio from episode one of Benjamin Duke interrogating Jim, where did that come from? John and them met Duke at the school, but he'd already known about what Jim did and had spoken to him about it which means the recording we hear happened before this meeting. Was there a recorder in Duke's house that he didn't know about? No way he would have had that chat on record.

Where did these segments come from? Did John add them or are they another addition from our "mystery" editor?

[tiger-moran]

They said Heidegger had bitemarks on him so I think maybe Reuben killed him by setting the dog on him first and then beating him to death. I definitely got the impression he was already dead anyway when he was put in the water and he wasn't meant to have drowned.

(I actually just posted about that weird underwater scream too, that confuses me too, especially as it's also in part 1)

(Where exactly is the part with Benjamin Duke interrogating Jim? I can't remember anything like that.)

[poppyclan01]

The interrogation with Jim is at the very start of episode one, where an American voice (labeled Duke in the transcript) is asking what "you" did just before it cuts to his interview. The person sobbing isn't labeled in the transcript, but since we now know what Jim did and that Duke considers him "a pussy" I'm willing to bet he was the one being spoken to.

Also, I agree I got the vibe that Heidegger was dead before being thrown in the water, especially since I think John said his head was bashed in, but vibes aren't proof and you could theoretically survive a good bashing...

(also thanks for using the spoiler tag! I didn't know about it, I'll add it to my original post!)

[poppyclan01]

Just finished the Priory School! Spoilers ahead!! But also questions I'd love feedback on

I'm really curious about that underwater scream we heard in the second episode, when John and Mariana are next to the water just after Archie starts sniffing around the boat. We hear water gurgles, some soft music in the background, and then either someone taking three steps or knocking three times? Then that scream.

I see two paths, but I can't figure out which is most likely. Either John added the section at 33:09 as a reference to Heidegger waking up under water after having been beaten and drowning which seems a bit macabre, but maybe that's the vibe he was after, or it's something else?

Again, maybe I'm flipping rocks and getting surprised by the worms, but adding in a cut off, terrifying scream before we even know there's a body, let alone that Heidegger is innocent, feels off and a weirdly grotesque thing for John to do to a man. Not to mention I don't think we have confirmation on if Heidegger died from drowning or being beaten (let me know if this is a mistake).

And then that audio from episode one of Benjamin Duke interrogating Jim, where did that come from? John and them met Duke at the school, but he'd already known about what Jim did and had spoken to him about it which means the recording we hear happened before this meeting. Was there a recorder in Duke's house that he didn't know about? No way he would have had that chat on record.

Where did these segments come from? Did John add them or are they another addition from our "mystery" editor?

[beekeeperspicnic]

I'm a mole now!

[moroniccats]

Awwwwwwwww

[poppyclan01]

Congrats on your transition!

[losttranslator]

me when people ask me how to say "I don't care" in french

(description:)

The IASIP meme of Charlie Kenny gesturing wildly at a conspiracy board, with the second picture added to his papers - the second picture being a table with 7 columns classifying an exhaustive number of ways of saying "I don't care" in French, based on how common, vulgar and funny they each are.

Column 1: Socially acceptable and common: -Je m’en fiche -J’en ai rien à faire* (*less formal variation of “Je n’en ai rien à faire” which still belongs to this category)

Column 2: Vulgar and common enough to not be shocking: -Je m’en fous -(J’en ai) rien à foutre

Column 3: More vulgar, and common with a ‘teenage’ connotation: -(Je)* m’en tape -(Je) m’en branle -(Je) m’en balec’ -(Je) m’en bats les couilles -(J’en ai) rien à battre -(J’en ai) rien à branler -”Balec’” (* omitting “je” is frequent and makes the expression even less formal)

Column 4: ‘Familiar’ (only somewhat vulgar, completely informal) and uncommon enough to be considered somewhat funny: -J’en ai* rien à carrer -J’en ai* rien à cirer -Je m’en tamponne (le coquillard) -Je m’en balance -J’en ai* rien à péter (* can be replaced with “Je n’en ai rien à …” to give it a formal connotation, in which case the expression belongs to category 6)

Column 5: Socially acceptable and uncommon/formal enough to be considered funny: -Je m’en contrefiche -Je m’en soucie comme d’une guigne -J’en ai rien à fiche

Column 6: Vulgar and uncommon, somewhat formal: -Je m’en contrefous

Column 7: Socially acceptable and very uncommon / very formal, enough to sound snobbish (and therefore a bit funny): -Peu m’importe -Il m’importe peu -Je n’en ai cure -Je ne m'en soucie guère