Oh, thank you, blooms84! Considering how much you've made me laugh with your Mystrade stories, I'm happy I could return the favour for once! :-D

I'm glad you love utterly confused Alec (not to mention the lines relating to the boathouse Channel crossing), which is something that just seemed to come about when I started writing out this bizarre little parody. I'm flattered you think this reads like a Python sketch because I absolutely LOVE Python! :-D