So, I have a female friend who's being courted by a male acquaintance of hers. She's on the fence about this guy, thinks he's a good guy but isn't quite ready to take the plunge yet. She's also a big fan of Sherlock, and she told me how the guy's been asking if she wants to go see the new Sherlock movie with him.
Yesterday she posted a Facebook status about how much she enjoyed the Sherlock movie. There were also photos. So I went into Sherlock mode and sent her a series of messages.
"Your Facebook photos include one with you standing next to a Sherlock poster. You're in the photo, but it's not a selfie, ergo you were there with someone."
"You're wearing a sweatshirt with the Cambridge University logo on it; you first met this guy at Cambridge, therefore Cambridge has a special significance for the two of you."
"In one of the photos, you're holding a shopping bag with what appears to be small stuffed bear in it, the ribbon around the shopping bag's handle would appear to indicate it's a gift."
"So, you're at the movies with someone, someone who gave you a stuffed animal as a gift, and it just so happens there's a special someone who's been asking you to the movies, and who you met at Cambridge. You're at the movies with him, aren't you?"
And then after I sent the messages, I noticed she'd tagged her sister in the Facebook status. There was also another photo (near the end of her uploads, so I didn't see it initially) of her buying the stuffed bear, from a shop that apparently had ribbons on their bags as part of the design.
I'm bad at Sherlocking.