drinking on Sundays

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, "Jen Reese" <stevejjen at e...> 
wrote:
> 
>>The wind is whipping the shutters against the side of the building 
with resounding force, and a driving rain beats down on the roof of 
the Catalogue office. <<

Carolyn apparates into the office on a Sunday afternoon and is 
surprised to find the weather in Theory Bay is exactly the same as 
that in the muggle world. And reports from the Big Bang Destroyer and 
Schloss Kneasy are bad.

>>Barely made it out alive, not to mention nearly starved to death. 
Kool-aid and Ritz crackers with cheese whiz--that's all they had to 
eat!" <<

>>The dipstick in the gin tank was barely registering, supplies of 
cholesterol were nearly exhausted and a nicotine famine loomed.<<

Regrettably, responses from different sections of the catalogue group 
to this crisis could not be more different. Whereas Jen bravely 
stuffs herself with food and then says:

"But I'm going in again as soon as the rain lets up. Load me up with 
some more posts!"

Kneasy merely stuffs his helpless and inebriated house elf up a 
chimney.

Carolyn doles out a new helping of posts for Jen into a special water-
resistant tupperware box, labelling the lid: 42101 - 42200, and slips 
in an extra large bar of Honeydukes chocolate as a reward.

'As for you', she says, watching helplessly as Kneasy settles himself 
down in the most comfortable chair closest to the fire and within 
easy reach of the bottles on the table.. 

'I'd report you to SPEW, except Hermione's too young to understand 
the charge..I suppose you spent yesterday evening with Lucius?'

>From the evil grin on his face, it was hard to decide who might have 
led who astray.