[HPforGrownups] Kashrut / Languages / Merchandise / Flavors

[Simon Biber]

No: HPFGUIDX 6693

Please don't send any more of there, I have five copies already.

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From: "Catlady" <catlady at wicca.net>
To: "HP4G" <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Kashrut / Languages / Merchandise / Flavors


> Meredith Wilson wrote: The only other thing I'd check is what she's
> eating. (snip) and if [Hermione}'s eating a bunch of bacon and sausage,
> she's not Jewish, or at least not keeping Kosher.
> 
> Anyone who is eating any of the meals in the Great Hall is not keeping
> kosher, at least not according to the rules. They're not eating any
> meat, as no one even claims that it was slaughtered according to kosher
> laws. They're not eating any dairy products, as no one even claims that
> the utensils etc used with the dairy products were never ever used with
> meat. If they're picky, they're not even eating vegetables in case the
> vegetable was cooked in a pot that had been used for both meat and dairy
> (probably at different times).
> 
> Personally, I have never gotten any impression that Hermione is of
> Jewish ethnicity (which I am, altho' not of Jewish religion) and I
> *have* gotten an impression that her parents the dentists were
> Caribbean-born and she probably has some black ancestors.
> 
> Joywitch wrote: Why are we Americans so pathetic when it comes to
> learning other languages?
> 
> I've heard that the British are almost equally pathetic about learning
> languages. Perhaps there is something about the English language such
> that learning English as a first language does permanent damage to the
> language learning areas of the brain?
> 
> Heidi Tandy wrote: Also in the store, but not on the website, were the
> Big Sticker Book and these 2 very cute little books which are on
> keychains  - one was a photo album for wallet sized pictures, and the
> other was a tiny diary
> 
> When I trudged through a WHOLE SHOPPING MALL, I found the Big Sticker
> book and the little keychain books, not at any of the stores advertising
> / licensing HP merchandise, but at Card Fever (kind of like a Hallmark
> shop but not Hallmark). They had 3 of the little books (the other was an
> address book) and the photo album's title was FAMOUS WITCHES AND WIZARDS
> and I am kicking myself because I can't remember the titles of the other
> two. As for the book of bumper stickers, I had looked at only the first
> three stickers when Tim asked me if if included MY CHILD IS AN HONORS
> STUDENT AT HOGWARTS SCHOOL so I handed it to him so he could check. He
> told me that it didn't.
> 
> I bought a Quidditch board game to send to my goddessdaughter on the
> other side of the country for Yule and Tim bought her a Beanie Kid with
> an *adorable* witch costume. As the game was destined to be a prezzie, I
> didn't open it to see how it works.
> 
> Voicelady told us of the flavors of Bertie Botts' Beans: the four icky
> flavors in the bag are black pepper, grass (I experienced those two in
> an unmarked bag a few months ago), horseradish and, believe it or not,
> booger.  And new flavors coming next year are dirt, mustard and
> (eeuuuch) vomit.
> 
> This reminded me of an ad I once saw for perfumes that are supposed to
> be comforting smells for the wearer, which included flavors like Grass,
> Dirt, Tomato, Whisky, Pipe Tobacco, Funeral Parlor.... I remembered that
> the brand name was Demeter, so while typing this, I web searched and
> found:
> http://www.fp1.com/shopping/demeter/demeterhome.html   homepage
> http://www.fp1.com/shopping/demeter/scents.html  list of flavors
> http://www.fp1.com/shopping/demeter/attitude.html  this is weird
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