Ralph's Preserver

[alexpie at aol.com]

>Ok, come on, you can't just launch yourself into a newsgroup with a drop 
dead >comment like that!!!  No really you can't it's just not done!  Explain 
yourself young >woman (or man - she says being careful.... Ba being a 
peculiarly genderless >mnemonic)
I know I shouldn't have, but it was too good a line not to toss in!  It is 
true, however.  My friend Irma (yes, I'm serious) works in the neighborhood 
in which "The Chambermaid" (starring RF and J-Lo) is being shot.  She stood 
next to Ralph, also waiting to cross Park Avenue.  He looked in the wrong 
direction for oncoming traffic and walked out in front of a truck.  She 
yanked him back.  I'd (and she'd) like to say he fell in love at first sight, 
but all she got out of it was a mumbled "thank you."
  Ba is short for Barbara (turns up in English novels of the '40s and '50s 
occasionally). I rarely use it but, on the HP Book List, I used Barbara.  
Suddenly, there were four other Barbaras.  Ditto for Barb.  I refuse to 
retreat to a single, lonely letter...
  Now, to render this post relevant...Much as I'd love to see Colin Firth in 
just about any part whatever, I think he's generally a bit too beefy for 
either Sirius or Lupin.
Ravenclaw Ba