#mailbags

Mailbag 12

11 Jun 2024, aired between Danc & Shos

Have you ever watched the film V for Vendetta? Thoughts?

Did you find a new home for the ants?

What are you favorite MLP characters?

What are the movies John quotes the most?

(For Sherlock) When you first met John, you listed diagnoses you had such as DID and ASD. Care to elaborate [...]?

Which Eeveelution would you like to have as a pet?

If not in England, where would you be interested in living?

Mailbag 13

18 Jun 2024, aired between Danc & Shos

(For Sherlock) What kind of locomotive do you prefer?

Who is your favourite Spice Girl?

Have you and Sherlock ever travelled internationally to solve a case?

Archie, what is your favourite park?

Have you ever smoked cigars?

What is your biggest fear?

Would you rather find 1000 cockroaches or a person in your basement?

You're on a game show and you're given the choice of 3 doors. Behind one door is a car, behind the others, goats. You pick door nr 1, the host opens nr 3, which has a goat, and asks if you want to pick door 2. Should you switch your choice?

Mailbag 14

2 Jul 2024, aired between Shos & Lion

Is John short for Jonathan?

Hypothetically, if I was in front of a body and covered in blood, how would I evade the police?

What time do you typically go to bed?

What type of drunk are you? [...] Also, lightweight or heavyweight?

Opinion on Ritz crackers?

Have you ever worked in retail? Where?

One thing you really want in the flat [...] but reasonably can't have?

What do you call this?

Favourite Greek myth?

Poutine - yay or nay?

What thing keeps you going on hard days?

Favourite historical disaster?

Archie, who's a good boy?

Mailbag 15

23 Jul 2024, aired between Lion & 3stu

Do you play card/ boardgames? What's a favourite? Do you play anything together?

(For John) What was/ is your favourite part about being a medical doctor? [...] +

(For Sherlock) What's your favourite part about being a consulting detective? [...]

When using public transport, do you sit in one specific spot? [...]

(For Sherlock) [...] What sensory toys do you recommend and what are your favourites?

What has been the easiest case Scotland Yard has given you so far? Why?

What are your favourite cereals? Milk or cereal first?

A few people asking about Robert Norbertson.

Nuclear annihilation. How do you guys spend your last day?

Mailbag 16

30 Jul 2024, aired between Lion & 3stu

(For John) How do you feel about the magic roundabout? (For Sherlock) Do you know about it?

When did Sherlock know that a jellyfish was responsible for the death of Harris Stackhurst and Fitzy McPherson? What did he know and when did he know it?

(For John) Food in the army. What's it like? Is it possible that it's better than my school food?

(For John) Did you get booted out of med school for being lazy or was it literally just that hard?

How long does rigor mortis last before decomposition starts to set in? And how accurate is it in determining the time of death?

Advice for younger self?

Mailbag 17

13 Aug 2024, aired between 3stu & Redc

John, do you think Sherlock would make a good criminal?

At some point of a case I think John mentioned cutting some regular chit-chat. Can you release an episode of some cut scenes of you and Sherlock - maybe with Mariana too - chatting?

[For Sherlock] Have you studied mycology for any of your cases or personal interests? If so, what are your thoughts on fungi or mycology? [...]

John, can you give us any updates on any cases?

Sherlock, when you rode that freight train through the night. [...] What was your family's reaction? Did you get in big trouble? Did they not notice you were gone? Did they smile and say 'that's my little adventurer'?

Would you ever consider dyeing your hair, and if so, what colours?

John, do you wear a fanny pack on cases to keep everything in order and have quick access? [...]

Mailbag 18

27 Aug 2024, aired between Redc & Resi

Have you ever hit a vape?

[For John] How did you acquire your four-legged friend? [...]

Favourite joke you've made?

Do any of you have any other podcasts  you listen to?

[For John] You said you liked Band of Brothers, have you seen the Pacific and / or Masters of the Air? If you have, did you like them?

Did you and Kitty Winters ever keep in touch? [...]

Do you believe in soulmates?

Do you feel rechargeable batteries are better than single use? Or do you feel devices that are plug-in rechargeable are better because you don't have to muck about with individual batteries? [...]

What are Mariana's thoughts on the Discord? Is she planning to join?

Who does the housework?

Do you consider yourself an affectionate person?

Out of the different subdivisions of forensic science, anthropology, dactyloscopy, podiatry, toxicology etc etc, which one is / are your favorite and which is / are your least favorite?

Mailbag 19 - Mariana edition p1

24 Sept 2024, aired between Resi & Sign

What sort of music do you most enjoy? [...]

What are your career goals?

Did you have brothers, growing up?

Do you have any fun/ interesting hobbies or talents that you have kept hidden from us?

Bonus: John asks if she likes crime documentaries.

For John: if you had to choose between saving your mic, Mariana and Sherlock, which are you saving?

Would you still love John and Sherlock if they were both worms?

Mailbag 20 - Mariana edition p2

1 Oct 2024, aired between Resi & Sign v1

Why did you move to London?

Do you like Marmite?

For John: Did you keep the wristwatch that Sherlock gave you for Christmas? If you did, how often/ thoroughly did you need to get it washed first?

¿Dónde está la biblioteca?

What adventures do you and Archie get up to?

Thoughts on the European football champion-

Do you Wordle?

What was the case with the worst paperwork?

In one episode, Sherlock closes the door on someone who had something for you. What was that and did you get it later?

Mariana, were you Team Jacob or Team Edward? [...]

Do you guys have library cards?

(For everyone, but mostly John) Do you have an embarrassing memory that keeps you awake at night?)

Was there a night where both the Baker Street boys, Sherlock and John, kept you up all night due to them being noisy insomniacs?

Mailbag 2

30 Jan 2024, aired between Redh & Glor

If you could make a Spotify playlist for each other [...] what would some of the highlights be?

Has Sherlock ever hit a vape? What flavour?

(For Sherlock) Do you have a favourite classical piece or a favourite composer?

(For John) If you were an animal, what animal would you be? +

What kitchen appliance would you be?

Sherlock, what kinds of biscuits are the best?

Favourite supermarket, Tesco or Sainsbury's?

What is the story behind the theme tune?

Mailbag 3

13 Feb 2024, aired between Glor & Soli

If you go to Subway, what do you usually order?

If you guys want another pet, what animal would it be? 

Favorite case you’ve solved so far?

(For Sherlock) Any specific reason you started smoking a pipe?

Does Archie get human food? Who feeds it to him?

(For Sherlock) Do you have any piercings? If you don’t, do you want any? Which ones?

(For Sherlock) Your deductive skills, was it a talent you were born with or a skill that you developed [...]?

(For John) Has your mother finally listened to the podcast? If yes, what does she think of it? 

The flowers on my orchids are gone, but the plants themselves are thriving. [...] Will the flowers ever come back?

(For John) Any funny memories from your childhood that you’d like to share with us?

Mailbag 4

27 Feb 2024, aired between Soli & Cree

Favorite tube line?

How do you both know Stamford?

Do you believe in ghosts?

(For John) Did you suffer any hearing loss during your army days?

Dogs or Cats?

Favorite musical?

Did you feel bad for Violet Caruthers?

How many languages do you know?

(For Sherlock) Have you seen any of the fan content?

Does the fingerprint in your logo make an ‘S’ and is that deliberate?

What’s your spice tolerance?

Multiple questions about John describing a woman as ‘tasty’.

(For John) Thoughts on ranch dressing?

Does Sherlock have any tattoos?

What is your advice about dealing with a noisy flatmate?

Mailbag 5

12 Mar 2024, aired between Cree & Reti

Who has been your favourite client so far?

John, which football position do you prefer?

What superpower would you have?

Favourite book genre?

Favourite hobbit characters?

(For John and Mariana) Are you partial to karaoke? If so, what songs?

Sherlock, would you still love Watson if he was a worm?

John, will you make a tumblr?

How many cases have you not published on the podcast? [...]

(For John and Sherlock) How do you keep your bedroom? Are you more organised or messy? [...] 

Dream jobs as kids?

Did Sherlock share a room at home or in school? How about you, John?

Mailbag 6

19 Mar 2024, aired between Cree & Reti

(For Mariana) ¿Cómo es vivir con John y Sherlock? ¿Tienen hábitos que te molestan?

Where is Mariana from?

Did you bury Ratthew?

(For Sherlock) Why do you like maps?

(For all) What was the moment you realised your job was right for you? +

What has been your favourite moment with Sherlock & Co?*

Could we let Sherlock choose a question?

Favourite tube stations? Over and/or underground. 

How is Violet doing? Has she ditched Zach yet?

(For John) Do you have the mic running majority of the time just in case something happens? Or do you have a bit of a spidey sense [...]?

(For Sherlock) Do you know every tube station with a toilet?

* They didn't actually answer this one.

Mailbag 7

16 Apr 2024, aired between Silv & Reig

No questions. They got distracted by a possible shoplifter.

Mailbag 8 

23 Apr 2024, aired between Silv & Reig

Dr Watson, do you have a favourite pigeon?

Do any of you have any siblings?*

Favourite fictional detective?

Height?

What do you look like?**

Sherlock, how do you cope when you think you aren't real?

John, do you have any collections?

How frequently are you on cases? Are there more cases than there is downtime or viceversa [...]?

(For John) How did Waterfalls become your toothbrushing song? Do you have songs for any other routines?

If Carol Watson's phone number was an amount of money, how much money would you have-

Would you rather have toes as long as fingers or fingers as long as toes?

Sherlock, have you ever thought about keeping bees? + 

John, have you ever rode a horse?

Sherlock, what's your favourite stim ever or at the moment?

Favourite museum in London?

Favourite hot beverage? What food would you eat for a week straight? +

If you could travel to one moment in the entire human past, which moment would it be?

Favourite place to visit?

Opinions on Pirates of the Caribbean? 

Apart from the violin, what is Sherlock's favourite orchestral instrument?

Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or a hundred duck-sized horses?

Worm question, other way round: Would John still love Sherlock if he was a worm?

* Sherlock wasn't actually in the room so only John answered.

** They don't answer that. 

Mailbag 9

30 Apr 2024, aired between Silv & Reig

Tesco meal deal of choice? + What are your nightly routines?

Hogwarts houses?

(For Sherlock) How did you start helping the police with investigations?

Did John do any writing of fiction beforehand, or journaling?

(For John) Is Guinness your main poison or are you partial to anything else?

(For Sherlock) [...] What is the highest thing you have or would plan to climb?

Bonus: "And why were you climbing outside my window that time?"

(For Sherlock) Were you ever stunned by police incompetence?

Trolley problem, but it's five people against your roomie. Do you pull the lever?

(For John) If you were to face Sherlock as an opponent in either chess, go, or poker, which game do you think you would have the best chance of winning in?

Mailbag 10

14 May 2024, aired between Reig & Iden

John asks Sherlock how he pronounces "scone".

Do you have a favourite memory?

Did you have any 'phases' in your adolescence or young adulthood?

What was lockdown for you?

Did you ever get caught, as a kid, doing something you were not supposed to? And if so, what was it?