[HPFGU-OTChatter] Why are we discussing food, asks Morsel Crusty

[Neil Ward]

Morsus said (BTW, is this a real name: Morsus Crustum?  If so, *big*
apologies for making a joke out of it...I couldn't resist ):

> *big eyes* Riiight. I'm totally lost. Chocolate? It's wonderful. Why are
we
> discussing food, of all things? Just curious. Oh, and Heidi - that last
> e-mail was really weird...the lawyer thing at the bottom....strange....

I think there are two OT topics that always got a lot of airtime on the main
HP list: food and UK vs US words, so it's no surprise that we're having this
feast over here.  In the interests of cultural discovery, I love this sort
of thing and I am always happy to witter on about food or word origins.
Also the potential for flaming is low, unless we're talking about Dee's
biscuits.  I enjoy hearing about other countries too: Christian's Norwegian
angle on things, for example, is always interesting (even when covering
train fittings!).

Both topics usually arise from confusion about something in one of the HP
books, but in this group, we are taking it to another level.  I'm reminded
that we need to put up a list of borderline HP-related topics that should be
discussed here (there is one, actually - it includes things like "my HP
merchandise collection").

I imagine we will move on to other things.  However, we are for now,
officially, "The Stepford Wives on Acid".

Neil

I will also note, in Moderator tone, that we should only skip the OT section
of the netiquette file.. <g>

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