[HPforGrownups] the H/H kiss and HP entering the English language.

[Heather Edmonds]

No: HPFGUIDX 8459

My first post of 2001, Happy New Year everyone. Its great to be back after
my long absence.

I asked my 14 year old sister (who is UK based and attends a mixed
comprehensive school for all those who are debating whether attitudes to the
kiss are partially based on culture and or home country) whether that kiss
meant anything and she said and I quote "Of course it does. You don't just
kiss any old boy, people would think you were a slag or something. Hermione
must really, really like Harry." I enquired further as to whether she meant
in a friendly or romantic way and was informed in very sarcastic tones "I
meant she fancies him. You don't kiss your friends except at New Year and
even then you don't kiss the boys!"

I incidentally am evidentally a slag in her view as I do kiss my friends
male and female and I certainly kissed all my male friends at new year and a
LIthuanian man I'd never met before, somewhat reluctantly but as he was
friend of a friend and it seemed impolite and inappropriate to refuse.

Finally Harry Potter seems to be entering the national ccnciousness,
yesterday I visited my rheumatologist he told me that my injured shoulder
required more time and patience to heal and when I expressed disgust at this
verdict he commented "I'm afraid I'm not in the Harry Potter business. There
are no magic wands in this branch of medicine." I bet Madam Pomfrey could
heal severe whiplash in less than the six months he predicts.

I could not decide whether to laugh or push him through his consulting room
window. You will be pleased to hear I decided an assault charge would not
look good on my CV so I laughed and asked him if he'd read the books. He
said his grandson had forced him to listen to HP& PS on Radio 4 on Boxing
Day and it wasn't half bad so he thought he might read them now.

Heather