# Dr Watson????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 20, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075 "2000-08-20T19:32:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075/1 "2000-08-20T19:32:42Z")

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I noticed that Dr. Watson has posted over in GD. He hasn’t been on the board in a while because of some computer problems when the board updated.

Dr. Watson, are you back??? I sure hope so. We’ve missed you.

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**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075/2 "2000-08-20T22:46:42Z")

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Dr. Watson is back? Dr. Watson the erudite, the demented, the urbane? Excellent news, if it is indeed so.

Veb

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075/3 "2000-08-20T23:21:03Z")

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Your PC has Dr watson.

Search your files for ‘watson’ youll find a dr watson. Yep.

Dr Watson is a program on your PC that is useful for diagnosis.

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**Author:** ![SF\_CA\_US](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SF\_CA\_US](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SF_CA_US)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075/4 "2000-08-21T06:53:41Z")

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How did you know that? Are you Sherlock?

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**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075/5 "2000-08-21T07:35:40Z")

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It does appear to be Dr. Watson, although the e-mail is hidden.

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**Author:** ![24KaratGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/cc9497/32.png) [@24KaratGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/24KaratGold)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-watson/30075/6 "2000-08-22T00:00:31Z")

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I don’t think it looks like the same one. The original Dr.Watson is a reg over at Opal’s board ( [http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro](http://fff.fathom.org/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi?action=intro) ), and the profile for that Dr.Watson is different for the one posting in Great Debates. They don’t sound the same to me, either.

Anybody know?

Goldie  
Gentlemen DO prefer blondes – with good reason!