L.O.O.N. Membership

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23115

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> 
> L.O.O.N. MEMBERSHIP: I can't quite recall the criteria for LOON
> membership.  Am I at least an honorary L.O.O.N. by virtue of being 
the
> List Owner?  <g>  If that's not enough, I do get credit for being 
the
> first person to point out the ancestor/descendant error in CoS.  Is 
that
> enough?  Just curious if I could be adding the L.O.O.N. designation 
to
> my sig!
> 
> Penny
> List Owner, member of the Magical Mod Squad, Captain of the H/H 
Ship ...
> and possible L.O.O.N.

There have been several recent inquiries about L.O.O.N. membership.  
The requirements for membership, as stated in a previous message, are:

<<...an entrance exam consisting of 2 questions.  For the first 
question, you will be locked in a small room with only a desk, a 
chair, and a computer with no Internet connection.  You will type 
out, verbatim, one full chapter of one of the four Harry Potter 
books, which we will pick at random.  For the second question, you 
will write an essay, a minimum of 10 pages long, on "Obvious Errors 
Made by J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter Books." At least 2 pages of 
this essay will be dedicated to a discussion of the evidence, both 
pro and con, for JKR's claim that there are 1000 students at 
Hogwarts.  The entrance exam is waived for anyone maintaining a 
website with more than 100 pages of information on the HP books, or 
for anyone who has written a treatise of over 50,000 words with a 
title such as "Who Harry Potter is Really In Love With – Cho, 
Hermione, Ginny, Ron or the Firebolt.">>

Penny, I would say that your shipping efforts entitle you to a 
waiver.  I am sure I have read at least 50 thousand (if not 50 
million) words about how and why Harry and Hermione will fall in 
love.  Besides which, you started this group...who could doubt that 
you are a L.O.O.N.?

--Joywitch, who thinks she may be LOONier than ever