Why does sherlock say vatican cameos

I was briefed on it when I worked with the British Coldstream and 2nd Rifles. The guy named think really isnt thinking at all. Because it was founded in ROME, and when the Christians took over, [the Romans] simply adopted the New religion and renamed the gods and goddesses to saints and Mary [Mother of God] according to their tradition.

All rights reserved. Register Login. Vatican cameos This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it. Guest except its not far-fetched. That's what it means and where it is from. Mods, i ed the wrong user on the first pass, please delete the other. It's pretty hard to find a definitive answer, but it looks like it is code for "Duck! And it's aimed only at Watson as he's the only one to react at the phrase.

But Conan Doyle never wrote a story about it. Well, that's what I mean by "it looks like". There's no explication given in the episode. And it isn't a reference to a previous one. For what it's worth, I've asked the writers on Twitter. We'll see if they answer. It's possible that the untold case of the Vatican Cameos, as referred to in The Hound of the Baskervilles, somehow involved ducking to avoid gunfire, an event that Holmes was hoping was memorable enough to illicit the response in Watson that it did.

This fits the situation as the safe was booby-trapped. See also: bbc-sherlock. Show 4 more comments. Having been in the military, Dr. Watson understands Sherlock's meaning and does indeed duck. This might well be true, but I'd love to see a proper explanation of how and why the code was invented. I've seen this answer a lot on Yahoo! Answers and on Tumblr. It's even the top explanation on Urban Dictionary.

However, I've yet to see a corroborating source for it. Any chance you could add one? The phrase was a signal for everyone duck out of the line of fire. Irene looked down, which was another hint for Sherlock. All emotions, and in particular love, stand opposed to the pure cold reason I hold above all things. He would never be seen in his shirt sleeves.

So a suit jacket and waistcoat are in order. Molly Hooper also had a blog during the first season. This is a modern adaptation from Doyle's original stories, where John published accounts of his life with Sherlock Holmes in The Strand magazine. Even that was a bit of meta-fiction since The Strand was where Doyle published his detective stories.

Despite his general distrust of women, Holmes developed a great admiration for Adler, keeping her photograph in a drawer and only referring to her afterward as "The Woman," for she eclipsed all other females.

Some fan websites have wrongly stated that the phrase is military slang from World War II.