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So APPARENTLY, when one is working in the community garden and one’s flatmate cuts himself on a piece of glass in the soil, it’s “insensitive” to say, “Go bleed on the compost; it needs the nitrogen.” —SH
Haha! You might start with, “Are you okay?” —DMH
And THEN talk about nitrogen? —SH
If it’s John, yes. Others might be less… understanding. —DMH
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It’s not just gardening. Apparently “Stop bleeding, you’ll contaminate the crime scene” is also considered rude, despite being perfectly sound criminological advice. —SH
Sound advice, yes, but they’ll ignore that if they’re already cross. —DMH
So… “Here’s a tissue; you wouldn’t want to leave your DNA at a crime scene” would’ve been better? —SH
We’ll work on it. ;) —DMH
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Are you in the lab? I’m afraid I might require a stitch or two. —SH
You didn’t tell someone not to bleed on the crime scene again, did you? —DMH
No. —SH
Well, not precisely. —SH
I might have casually mentioned to Anderson that blood loss impairs cognitive function and one must be careful when operating with such thin margins… —SH
Oh, Sherlock! I’m home today but I have a suture kit here. I’ll meet you in my garden. —DMH
You keep your kit in the garden? —SH
Nope. You get to donate some nitrogen to my compost bin! —DMH