Hart, knowledge and RENEPEP's

[Simon Branford]

No: HPFGUIDX 1409

"I have the Oxford Encyclopaedic English Dictionary and it confirms the
second of your definitions.  Stag usually (but not necessarily) refers to an
adult deer with antlers. Buck is the male of a number of animals, including
deer."

In giving out these deer definitions I forgot the most important one of the
lot to me.

Hart: Male deer - usually referring to a male red deer of 5 or more years.

"I'm amazed at the knowledge of this club's members.  There was a mention of
Schrdinger's Cat and suddenly half our members were revealing convincing
expertise in quantum mechanics."

It never ceases to amaze me the knowledge known by people in this group.
When I have a question there always seems to be plenty of people able to
answer.

"Why the Blood Baron is bloody, nobody wants to know, but he also fits the
Slytherin image of violent menace."

It is not that people do not want to know; it is that no one is willing to
ask. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington says that he has never asked (PS Ch7),
in reply to a question from Seamus.

"For instance, why does Nearly Headless Nick have a his 500th deathday party
in CoS after telling Harry he hasn't eaten in nearly 400 years in PS?"

I think the most convincing argument that I have seen is that the can eat
but have no need to. This fits with the comments Sir Nicholas de
Mimsy-Porpington makes at the first feast. Which solves the mystery of the
administration of the Mandrake Potion to Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington.

Simon

PS: And when will we get petrol again?

PPS: Has anyone worked out the significance of the definition of hart?