[HPforGrownups] PoA 1-2 - Muggle Places -one more Scot

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17986

Amy Z wrote:
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> >--At first I thought that perhaps in his fascination for Muggles
> >Arthur might have gotten a telephone for the Burrow, but on second
> >thought I'm not sure that this is possible.
>
>I bet it would work (Hogwarts is a special case; also, think of all
>the mixed Muggle/wizard households), but it would involve all sorts of
>things Arthur doesn't remotely know about--calling up the phone
>company, using credit cards, having Muggle post, etc.  As of GF they
>don't have one, 'cause Molly uses the village phone to order the
>taxis.

Agree - and re Ron's shouting - if it was (as is likely) an old-fashioned 
red phone box, they are pretty solid, and would muffle the sound quite well.

>Steve wrote:
>
> >So where does that word "Eeylops" come from? Anyone have an idea?
>
>No idea, but the associations for me are Eeyore and Cyclops.  What
>purveyors of owls would have to do with gloomy one-eyed donkeys is
>anybody's guess.
LOL!  I love this!  My guess would be it's an old English surname, or 
place-name.
>
>While we're on Muggle places, I have a question for anyone familiar
>with King's Cross:  would platform 9 3/4 be outdoors or in?  I always
>pictured it as the underground, but finally noticed that there are a
>lot of owls hooting through the mist in GF 11.  So part of it at least
>is
>aboveground.
All the platforms at King's X are above ground, with the end nearest the 
barrier being under a very high roof and the other end in the open air.
>Amanda wrote:
>
> >Scrooge McDuck. Considering him with Scotty, I'm amazed you guys get
>any
> >credibility at all.....
>
>Oh, man, I'd forgotten about him.  The accent aside, he is a very
>nasty stereotype--the cheap, rich Scot.  Someone please tell me Disney
>has retired him.

*Rich* Scot??  Not too many of those...(nor mean i.e. cheap ones either) I 
suppose Disney was thinking of Andrew Carnegie :)
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