The foggy future

[Vicki Merriman]

No: HPFGUIDX 527

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Peg Kerr <pkerr06 at a...> wrote:

> the rest of the staff doesn't seem to respect Prof. T. very much 
(Steve
> noted Prof. McGonnagal's sniffy remark to Hermione that it's a VERY
> imprecise branch of magic).

Professor McGonnagal showed that she had a sense of humor during the 
year 3 Christmas dinner.  After Trelawney goes through her, "I 
predicted myself having dinner with you" and "oh no, there are 13 at 
table"  Professor McGonnagal offers Professor Trelawney a bowl of 
food and says "tripe?"  Trelawney wasn't so "in tune with the 
universe" that she didn't notice the insult.

It was SO obvious, but I thought it was really funny anyway.

> (Interestingly, there's another group in the series that have the 
same > orientation, the centaurs.
>  Note that they irritate Hagrid ("Ruddy stargazers!") as much as 
Prof. T.> irritates Ron, Harry>  and Hermione. )

I hadn't thought about that.  It will be interesting to see what JKR 
does with the centaurs.  They have to show up again sometime, one 
would think.

> (Another note: I wonder what Snape thinks of Prof. T? He's such an 
enigma I
> wonder if he would like or loathe the idea that his course is 
predestined.
> I suspect he would loathe the idea.)

I suspect he agrees with Minerva.  "Tripe, anyone?"

Vicki