Strange Things Afoot

[nellypope]

I know the phrase "strange things afoot at the Circle K" was from Bill and Ted, but didn't it come from somewhere else first? I keep wanting to lean towards Sherlock Holmes, but not sure. Can anyone help?

[sandyRoe]

Did Holmes say, 'The game's afoot'? Maybe 'afoot at the Circle K' is an embelishment.

[nellypope]

you have "Now let it work. Mischief, thou art afoot" - Shakespeare. But I want to use the title "Strange things afoot . . " for an exhibition, but I don't really want people associating it with Bill & Ted, the great and almight Google machine hints that it came from Sherlock Holmes and the Red Headed League, but I can't find it!

[Mamyalynne]

//Holmes says – we're glad you came, because strange things are afoot. Yeah, chimes in Wilson, and I've lost all this money! Holmes is like – no, you didn't. You've gotten thirty pounds of pure profit, plus all of this great information starting with "A."//

http://www.shmoop.com/sherlock-holmes/the-red-headed-league-summary.html

[nellypope]

Apparently it was in Sherlock Holmes and The Red Headed League! According to this website anyway: http://www.shmoop.com/sherlock-holmes/the-red-headed-league-summary.html

May well have just answered my own question :-)

[nellypope]

Thanks MamaLynne :-)

[nellypope]

I didn't refresh my browser

[Tilly2]

Mamya, your 'quote' is very difficult to read. What sacrilege. Sir Arthur will be turning in his grave, like.

[Mamyalynne]

You're welcome Nelly.


Tilly,not my quote but from the summary page both Nelly and I linked to -may be couched in the language of the one summarising.

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Mamya. I know it wasn't your language.

[Mamyalynne]

Never, not ever like.

[Tilly2]

Shudder!

[sandyRoe]

This proposed exhibition, it's not to do with footwear, is it?

[nellypope]

Sandy, I just knew someone would think that! :-)
Nope, but it does feature some strange artwork. If any one has any better titles I'm open to suggestions?

Other's I considered were: "Something Wicked this way comes" (but Derren Brown and Harry Potter have used that one. "What lies beneath" - But it's Harrison Ford Movie.