The Baker Street Journal

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So one of the things I just wanted to call out as far as the addictive personalities here, with Watson in particular, It seems as if there is some family affliction.

Robert S. Morgan in The Puzzle of the Bullpup.

And just by way of reference, Morgan's piece, The Puzzle of the Bullpup, appeared in the Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual in 1956.

This was also quoted by William S. Baring-Gold in the original publication.

Annotated Sherlock Holmes.

Exactly.

And then Thomas Tully in the Baker Street Dispatch, he suggested that Watson was only keeping the dog temporarily.

And then Carol Woods in a curtailed report on a dogged investigation in the Baker Street Journal said, said that Watson misidentified his pet dog.

It wasn't a dog at all.

But the first episode of the month means it's time for the Morley Montgomery Award-winning episode.

This is a recounting of a piece in the Baker Street Journal that was good enough to win an award for being the best article ever.

And the year in this case is 2012.

And the article appeared in the autumn 2012 edition of the Baker Street Journal, volume 62, number 3.

It's by our late friend Peter Calamai from Canada.

wrote Why He Isn't Sir Sherlock Today.

And if only Gordon Lightfoot were alive to make a song about it.

We'll skip that one.