something fun to talk about

[catherine at cator-manor.demon.co.uk]

No: HPFGUIDX 16092

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> Hi everybody!
> A few weeks ago I was posting constantly, but then I became 
incredibly 
> busy at work (doing the yearbook for my students) and (sad to hear 
> about other abandoned kittens, Naama) rescuing a tiny kitten I 
found 
> under a car behind my school.  Anyway, I'm on vacation this week 
and 
> have lots of time to analyze my dear Harry Potter for hours and 
> hours...
> 
> Okay, I had a silly topic to ask about.  What is the funniest scene 
or 
> line/lines in any of the HP books, in your opinion?  I found the 
> Ton-Tongue Toffee scene hilarious enough to re read several times 
the 
> first time I sat down with GoF, but my mom thought it was mean and 
> didn't like it much.  There are many lines that make me laugh out 
> loud.  In fact, when Dumbledore, in SS, told Harry he once tasted a 
> vomit flavored Bertie Bott's, that was when I officially fell in 
love 
> with HP.
> 
> Any responses?
> 
> --Jenny fr

it's already been discussed ad infinitum last week, but at the moment 
(and this changes regularly) my favourite is:

"What's that?" said Ron, pointing at a large dish of some sort of 
shellfish stew that stood beside a large steak-and-kidney pudding.
"Bouillabaise," said Hermione.
"Bless you, said Ron.
"It's French," said Hermione,"I had it on holiday, summer before 
last, it's very nice."
"I'll take your word for it,"said Ron, helping himself to black 
pudding."

It's not just the "bless you" it's the whole idea that Ron prefers 
black pudding (which is mainly pig's blood) to a fish soup.

Catherine