Granger Progress Report, etc

[carolynwhite2]

--- In HPFGU-Catalogue at yahoogroups.com, Sean Dwyer <ewe2 at a...> wrote:

> Catalogue stuff:
> 
> Is there a point in retaining 1.7.2? There are at least 20-30 posts 
droning on
> about a subject I thought long-settled. It appears to be irrelevant 
(certainly
> in reference to Granger, whose birthday is known, and noone these 
days doubts
> she is the same age as the boys), but was a kindred subject to the 
major
> discussion about the British school system, which is so mind-
numbingly obtuse
> it made my hangover worse.
> 
> Groggily rising, the penguin looked dazedly around at the 
incredible profusion
> of paper, 

<snip allegations of dozing by senior members of staff>
 
Gently rubbing his
> aching beak, the penguin stumbles off in the the rising morning, 
desperate for
> a Berocca....
> 

Brisk note from the Editor in Chief re drinking on the job:

MEMO
Alcohol, though near essential for even contemplating this task is 
not recommended when approaching any of the under-age characters. Not 
only will you probably be arrested in the US of A, but you will start 
to wonder if you even give a damn whether any of them make it to the 
end of the series. This is a slippery slope, as constantly 
demonstrated by m'learned friend, counsel for the prosecution, Mr 
Arrowsmith.

Furthermore, it will cause you to question whether perfectly 
legitimate, if LOON-like questions really matter. Trust me, there is 
no question too small or unimportant that a member of HPfGU has not 
not addressed it at considerable length, with supplementary file 
submissions, follow-up questions and hysterical counter-argument.

Even suggesting that old arguments about the character's ages are now 
supposedly sorted out by JKR's website statements is blasphemous. 
Besides you are not dealing with that section..or the one on the 
British school system. Maybe keep a handful of the better written 
ones in the Hermione section for posterity, but try not to read them 
too closely, for the sake of your own sanity.

Suggest hair of the dog and a snooze in the sun - all possible in 
sunny Oz, although it is snowing here.

Have you thought that OD-ing on Weasleys may have driven you to drink 
in the first place? 

Yours sympathetically
Carolyn