cassiusclae
asked:
do you think think the bomb stopping at 1.29 was a shout out to when John and sherlock met? 29th January? Another 29 in the series
mid0nz-deactivated20170516
answered:

Short answer: YES!

talkstoself

Also 29 people were in on the secret: 25 homeless networkers, Mycroft, Molly and mummy and daddy

mid0nz

Oooh you’re observant, talkstoself!

In case readers don’t know what we’re on about— somebody was signaling the number “29” to Sherlock from the ground at Bart’s. Unfortunately I think this fact has passed on to Easter Egg status for fans since they didn’t capitalize on it in Hearse.

Here are two 29’s in canon:

And

Aaaaaaand as cassiuclae mentions, 1/29 (US) or 29/1 (UK) is the day Sherlock and John met.

mid0nz

Then there’s this from Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde:

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