My giggle for today

[mafief]

Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village

Some excerpts:

People to avoid
The gardener
Their roses are perfect because of all the people under them.

Anyone with a lot of bees
Oh, you walk around dressed like a fencing ghost and raise eighty thousand little killing machines? Good to meet you.

Comments

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, anybody with a garden is obliged to have a shed with loads of chemicals (ostensibly to kill wasps) which will end up in your drink soon enough.

[smallhobbit]

Clearly I need to write a village murder where the victim is in the pub ... Perhaps the publican flattened by a keg of beer ;)

[scfrankles]

I'm very taken with "xylophones of death" ^________^

[debriswoman]

Fits entirely with Holmes view of the countryside...apart from the “ fine if with a dog” bit, of course...