Ceiling wax / Madam(e) / fanfilm / couplethink

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) <catlady@wicca.net>]

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Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle wrote:

<<  but the reference to "sealing wax" is an echo (rip-off??) of a 
passage from the great Lewis Carroll, author of the Alice in 
Wonderland books. >>

I used Ask Jeeves to find the actual song lyrics, and 
http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/SongUnid/0269E9BB59A971FB48256A
220025645C says: "and brought him strings and sealing wax and other 
fancy stuff."  So I was so confused between the echo and the original 
that I quoted the wrong one, shoes and ships and ceiling wax. 

Matilda Trelawney wrote:

<< Madame in french, bascily means Mrs., so obviously Hooch is 
married to a man with the last name well, Hooch. >>

Well, even in French, adult women are called "Madame" rather than 
"Mademoiselle" when they're the boss, so even Madame Maxime is not 
necessarily married just because she isn't Mademoiselle. And Madam 
Hooch and Madam Rosmerta and Madam Malkin (yes, I checked the 
spelling) aren't in French. I feel confident that "Hooch" is her 
surname, but "Malkin" and "Rosmerta" are given names (Malkin is a 
diminutive of Molly which is short for Mary, and Rosmerta is the 
name of a Gaullish goddess, very appropriately meaning 'great 
provider'), so I suppose it's like Jimmy Carter's late mother being 
"Miss Lillian". 

I'm inclined to think that Madam Hooch's given name is Hieronyma, 
except I can't think how that name could have been made so unpleasant 
to her that she is so firmly trying to rid it from her life ... If 
she'd been named Horacia or Priscilla, such nicknames as Horrie, 
Prissy, and Silly might have had that effect...  

Anise Leinen wrote:

<< I finished a four minute fanfilm of my fanfic, Jewel of the 
Harem. >>

Congratulations! You have every right to be worn out, so get some 
rest!

Tabouli wrote:

<< People make all manner of drastic decisions as a result of their 
sexual relationships. They leave their country and settle far away. 
They cut off their families. They radically change their lifestyles 
and opinions and appearance and religious affiliation and all manner 
of profound personal things. ... (Hmmm. How often do people do such 
radical things under the influence of one of the other three loves? 
Any thoughts?) >>

I dunno if believing in a religion counts as the same as love of God, 
but certainly there are many examples of people doing all those 
things, and dying as martyrs as well, because of their religious 
fervor. Not as many as for luurrvve, but moving to a foreign country 
to marry someone who has a job pays better than moving to a foreign 
country to be a monk or nun with a vow of poverty... 

I can't think of people going quite *that* far for the sake of their 
children, altho' some do move to a foreign country because they think 
it's better for the children; a mother leaves her husband and her 
other children so she can live in a distant city with one child who 
requires a specialized hospital (or specialized athletic training for 
a future Olympian) there...