Identity crisis

mooseming jo.sturgess at btopenworld.com
Thu Jul 10 07:12:26 UTC 2003


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dradamsapple"
<dradamsapple at y...> wrote:
> Well, I decided to post this to this group as I think we may have a 
> variety of interesting answers.
> 
> I was recently shopping when a store clerk noticed my HP logo on my 
> key chain.  She was very excited to tell me that her mother was an HP 
> fanatic as well, (and she was not that young either; yeah to older HP 
> fans!)  In the course of conversation, she mentioned that her mom was 
> an"HP trekkie" (?sp) Well, I reminded her that "trekkie" came from 
> Star Trek, which she recognized and acknowledged, but proceeded to 
> ask me, "Well, what do you all call yourselves?"  I just stood there, 
> speechless, and as I'm not really quick on the comeback, just 
> said "Uh, Potterites?".
> 
> So, does anyone have anything better than this?  (I seem to have this 
> mental picture of all of us standing in clay pots, like mandrakes, 
> screaming that we want more H/D!  Cassie and Rhysenn, where are you?)
> 
> Any thoughts?? 8)
> 

Well there's the descriptive "Potties"
Or then from Hogwarts the inclusive "Warties"
Or more laterally, from HP as in sauce "Saucies"

So maybe Potty warty saucies?

Jo
> Anna . . .(who wishes she will live as long and mentally stable as 
> Stanley Kunitz (again, sp?), an American Poet Laureate)





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