[HPforGrownups] Re: help! urgent plea HP for Prez?

[Neil Ward]

No: HPFGUIDX 7428

> ** > Quidditch match against Slytherin......they make a banner
> ** > to encourage Harry, does PS have it say "Harry Potter for
> ** President?"
> ** > if so, President of what?

> President of the class?  I don't know...

I've lost the origin of this thread, but I thought I'd chip in anyway:

In the UK, saying "Somebody-or-other for President!" is just a turn of
phrase, used supportively - as in the case in question - to imply "this
person is SOOOOOO good/talented/sexy we are electing him/her to an imaginary
presidential office" or ironically, as in, say, "Percy Weasley for
President!"  Its use in this way may have originated from the fact that the
President of the USA is regarded as the world's most powerful leader and,
therefore, closest to being Ruler of the Universe (including Florida).

There's a frightening thought.

Neil

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