Death Eaters = Blue Meanies?
Every nightmare I have that doesn't revolve around academic failure or public nudity is about that thing. In fact, once I dreamt that it attacked me while I was late for a test and naked.
Willow ,'The Killer In Me'
The Buffista Book Club: the Harry Potter iteration
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tommyrot - Aug 09, 2007 11:38:05 am PDT #2395 of 3301
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
DavidS - Aug 09, 2007 12:11:44 pm PDT #2396 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Fred Weasley got most of the good lines allotted to the twins, so I reckon The Author never intended him to survive, alas.
I figure she knew long in advance that Fred had a deathmark on him, and so kept giving him the best lines as an apology.
victor infante - Aug 09, 2007 12:14:36 pm PDT #2397 of 3301
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
What would William Gibson's be?
Harry Potter and the Cyberpathic Leather Boys.
Hil R. - Aug 09, 2007 9:29:57 pm PDT #2398 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
British word question: how does one pronounce "skiving"? Rhymes with diving, or rhymes with giving?
buffysmglover - Aug 09, 2007 10:42:47 pm PDT #2399 of 3301
Tim Cox - Buffy: Anya, that thing you created burst through solid pavement and ate her dog.
Anya (anguished): Oooh, puppy!
diving I believe
billytea - Aug 10, 2007 12:38:58 am PDT #2400 of 3301
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Yep, diving.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 10, 2007 3:23:53 am PDT #2401 of 3301
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Death Eaters = Blue Meanies?
Wait, so:
Harry = John (got to be with those glasses)
Hermione = George (the smart one)
Ron = Paul?
Neville = Ringo?
DCJensen - Aug 10, 2007 5:17:04 am PDT #2402 of 3301
All is well that ends in pizza.
Neville = Ringo?
The guy who got dumped on a lot, but was better than people expected? Yep.
Sparky1 - Aug 10, 2007 5:42:29 am PDT #2403 of 3301
Librarian Warlord
The NYT has some excerpts from the counterfeit Harry Potter books circulating in China, which are hilarious: [link]
DavidS - Aug 10, 2007 6:15:45 am PDT #2404 of 3301
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
British word question: how does one pronounce "skiving"? Rhymes with diving, or rhymes with giving?
See now if you wee a Bananarama fan you wouldn't have to ask since they had an album out titled Deep Sea Skiving where the wordplay would've given it away.