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You share a birthday month with Sherlock Holmes!
Ever since that Reichenbach incident he hasn’t been the same man you know.

If you as Google about Reichenbach Falls –
Google’s “People also ask” box will helpfully provide the question for you:
“How did Sherlock Holmes died (sic)”

Clearly we need the King’s English version of this Centurion more than ever –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIAdHEwiAy8

And all roads then lead to the Hull and East Riding Museum
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Romani_ite_domun_HER_Museum_6_July_2018.jpg

“… with reference to your letter of the 16th ultimo blah blah blah… ”
~
Yes, Chief Clerk,
Why use a simple one-syllable word when three syllables will do?
~
Next on the bureaucrat’s idea pad:
“… with reference to your letter of the next 16th penultimo blah blah blah…”

https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/the-curious-case-of-a-birthday-for-sherlock/?_r=0

It’s January 6, 1854.

How are you enjoying Birthday May?

Very much, thank you. The weather has cooperated.

Doyle told us that Holmes retired to keep bees in Sussex. In David McDaniel’s 1967 Man from U.N.C.L.E. novel The Rainbow Affair, he (McDaniel, I mean) had fun by having Solo and Illya, the heroes, encounter almost all the classic British crime fiction characters: the Saint, Father Brown, Miss Marple, Dr. Fu Manchu (whom Thrush is trying to recruit; he is not impressed by them), and his daughter. There’s even a brief walk-on by John Steed and Mrs. Peel. Names are never given — it’s up to you to figure out who is who.

Well, at one point Solo and Illya go to consult a certain retired “consulting” investigator who raises bees in Sussex. He’s supposed to be nearly a hundred years old, but is still sharp — one William Escott. That was the pseudonym that Holmes used when he was traveling in America. Brilliant characterization by McDaniel all down the line.

Apparently the fans think it was January 6th but the holiday gets celebrated today. For instance: http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/bio/bio-one.htm

The “evidence” for 1/6 seems a bit scant from the article I read: character quotes 12th Night twice in the books and might have been hungover of 1/7 during The Valley Of Fear. Then again, Holmes was able to deduce from small details, so it’s rather apropos.

Ah, it’s Doyle’s birthday!

Oho! That makes sense!

Changes Zs to esses, huh? So, Holmez retired in Zuzzex?

Ha ha

What I meant to say before I got the boot:

I was listening to a four program salute to Sherlock Holmes on satellite radio (Radio Classics) today, and Holmes and Watson were examining a mysterious note. Holmes said to Watson “There’s something unusual about this paper.” My first thought was, “Elephant shit particles???”

But, sadly, that was not it. It was just unusually thick stock. What a drag.