Well, the butterbeer is certainly less alcoholic than the firewhiskey. (Hermione gets all "You. Are. A. PREFECT!" when Ron considers seeing if they can get served firewhiskey, but there isn't any problem with them drinking butterbeer.)
Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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***SPOILER ALERT***
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2007 8:22:03 am PDT #2493 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Sue - Aug 21, 2007 8:24:18 am PDT #2494 of 3301
hip deep in pie
Whereas Ginny jumped Harry the first moment she could ...
Totally.
JZ - Aug 21, 2007 8:25:07 am PDT #2495 of 3301
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
For some reason, I've always imagined butterbeer as a sort of butterscotch/root beer hybrid, all foamy and rich and spicy and alcohol-reminiscent without actually being alcohol. The color of cream soda, but with a very dense Guinness-like head. I've never seen it or tasted it (obviously, on account of the not existing), but I feel certain I'd recognize it in a second if I ever did.
Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2007 8:25:29 am PDT #2496 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
There's lots of flower names. Lily, Petunia, Narcissa, Lavender, Pansy
Kathy A - Aug 21, 2007 8:25:45 am PDT #2497 of 3301
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Don't forget about the firewhiskey and wine drunk in DH, in addition to the mead in HBP.
I just read a drabble at Sugar Quill that had Neville learning from one of his students that the kid has a cousin named Neville (his aunt was a sixth year who fought at the Battle of Hogwarts). He, of course, being Neville, was flabbergasted at the tribute.
megan walker - Aug 21, 2007 8:26:52 am PDT #2498 of 3301
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
There's lots of flower names. Lily, Petunia, Narcissa, Lavender, Pansy
Feeling even more stupid by the minute.
Hil R. - Aug 21, 2007 8:26:57 am PDT #2499 of 3301
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Doesn't Dobby's wife get drunk on butterbeer, though? Would seem to indicate at least a little alcohol content.
Trudy Booth - Aug 21, 2007 8:27:01 am PDT #2500 of 3301
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Winky gets trashed on butterbeer. One of the kids says (roughly) "but that's not very strong stuff" "It is to a house elf"
So there's something to it.
Dana - Aug 21, 2007 8:27:23 am PDT #2501 of 3301
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Poor Dobby.
Ailleann - Aug 21, 2007 8:32:47 am PDT #2502 of 3301
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I want a Petunia II and Lily II going to school together fic. RIGHT NOW.
Wrod. And yet, I want Lily II to be a vicious bitch and Petunia II to be a sweetheart. Because I'm... like that, apparently.