Fan fiction in general was: MOVED from MAIN - "sequels" to the classics

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
ol responds:


Carol: 

> who loves the expression "Oh, stocking tops!" and wonders
> whether it's Geoff's own invention

Geoff:
I think I did pinch it from somebody else but I used to use it in 
the classroom as one of those comments which 'sir' used to 
defuse a heated situation; the pupils couldn't rerally get angry
over that. Another was to say to somebody being either stupid 
or confrontational "Do stop being a silly prune!" That almost 
always made growls turn into chuckles....

Some of my old pupils with whom I am still in contact, remind 
me of these little gems from time to time.