what surprised you the most?

[Martin Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 23858

> Message: 18
>    Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 22:19:28 -0000
>    From: "Kavitha Kannan" <catsrock at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: what surprised you the most?
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> I didn't remember any connection between Sirius and dog.   
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Me neither, until this was brought up. But here it is: Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, and part of stellar constellation "Canis Major", which means The Big Dog. Assuming that the dog in question is black as the night sky (at least compared to the stars of which it is bordered) it all makes perfect sense.

And oh, I will have to go with the Scabbers-Pettigrew-line as the thing that surprised me the most, followed with the fact that Gryff actually _failed_ to win the Q-cup the first two years.


Martin (keep watching the skies!)