I was fairly sure that his particular blend of pipe tobacco featured opium quite heavily.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 13:27, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Not so.
In fact, in the story where he goes into the opium den, he remarks to Watson (who is suprised to see him there) something along the lines of 'I'll bet you are thinking I have added opium smoking to my list of vices you so very much dispprove of'...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 13:28, Reply)

Indeed.
The internets tell me morphine yes, opium no.

Therefore he would have been even more of an insufferable cock than I thought.

OH YEAH, BACK ON TOPIC.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 13:29, Reply)

Wanker I may be,
but a literary one, nonetheless.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 13:37, Reply)

I applaud your honesty and self-awareness.
Heheh.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 13:49, Reply)

*grins broadly*

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 7 Dec 2009, 13:50, Reply)