Possibly, I'm Insane

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Sherlock says that baking is just chemistry and so he and Oliver have a whole plan to make crime-scene gingerbread men.

“And women,” Oliver adds. “Women can be murderers, too.”

John wonders if he should be proud of this feminist lesson from Oliver.

In retrospect, John realizes it was foolish of him to pop down to get a cuppa. He’s only gone a few minutes but he comes back to a flat filled with smoke, Sherlock darting around opening windows.

Oliver sits sadly with the remains of his gingerbread men. “They’ve been reduced to ashes.”

“It’s an arson,” John suggests.

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“E is for electrolyte,” Sherlock told Oliver. “That’s a substance that dissociates into ions in solution and acquires the capacity to conduct electricity.”

“I highly doubt that is what it says in the book ‘A is for Alligators,’” remarked John.

“I’m not telling him E is for elephant,” Sherlock said. “That’s nonsensical.”

John supposed it was predictable when, months later, Oliver pointed to a picture of an elephant and exclaimed, “’lectrolyte!”

“That’s an elephant,” Lestrade said.

“‘Lectrolyte!” Oliver repeated stubbornly.

“Electrolyte, Ollie,” Sherlock said, “very good.”

Lestrade said, “Is it worth it to argue about this?”

“No,” said John immediately.