[HPforGrownups] Re: was Stouffer to be on ABC News ... Nimbus

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 14820

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<<there is a character in her book called Nimbus who is some sort of sky god
and then the Nimbus 2000 in HP.>>

Eh? I always thought that 'Nimbus' was a reference to a sort of clous. The
Something Nimbus, a storm cloud, I think. Since it sounds Latin, I suspect
it may well have been some sort of [lesser] god of clouds in the Roman
panthenon, and it'd make sense to JKR to name a broomstick after him.

Sofie,
delurking with her 2 cents.

Well, let's see ... there are Nimbus boats, Nimbus Records, Nimbus
Technology & Engineering, Nimbus Kayaks, Nimbus Brewing Co., Nimbus
Publishing in Canada, Golden Nimbus, an exporter of dental equipment, (I
wonder if the Grangers get their equipment from them?), a Club Nimbus in
Spain, Nimbus Software, and the list goes on & on & on....

Cumulonimbus Thunderheads

LOW-LEVEL...NIMBOSTRATUS CLOUDS
(Also called nimbus or nimbo)

This is something we all learned in grade school. Hardly a Stouffer
original!

Stouffer is indeed a prepackaged frozen meal, totally inferior to the real
thing: the wholesome, home-cooked, appetizing, appealing, and satisfying
Rowling.

Doreen