Bill's Job and McCarthy

[Simon Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 826

"I rather got the idea that Bill's job was to break any curses that
prevented UNCLAIMED treasure from being retrieved... OR, to break curses on
treasures that would be used to pay debts to the bank."

`Mum, no one at the bank gives a damn how I dress as long as I bring home
plenty of treasure,' [1]
`It's brilliant here in Egypt. Bill's taken us round all the tombs and you
wouldn't believe the curses those old Egyptian wizards put on them.' [2]

I took these to mean that he was involved in obtaining treasure from the
pyramids. The curses that he is breaking are the ones put on the tombs of
the Egyptian pharaohs. [3]

"Do any of you know who Joseph McCarthy is?"

I have heard of him but know very few details. What I do know is from a
friend of mine who has studied American politics in his PPE [4] degree.  It
is odd that the all the Brits on this list at least know the name and are
all saying that they believe that the average person would not. It would
depend on why you wish to use his name Lori. If it is in a fan fiction then
the people on this list are a fair representation of the people likely to
read it and so it is probably ok to mention McCarthy.

Simon

Footnotes
1: Bill to Molly, concerning his ponytail - GoF Ch5
2: Letter from Ron to Harry - PoA Ch1
3: I will let someone else fill in any more details about the Egyptians. I
can remember little from my history lessons (must be over 10 years ago)
about them.
4: Politics, Philosophy and Economics.