[HPforGrownups] Re: Introducing the HP4GU Contest

[Hallie Usmar]

No: HPFGUIDX 18100

Maybe I should explain - I was leaving the exam for the weekend when I'd be 
able to answer it.  I do intend to do it - but I have a lot of school work 
right now, and much as I hate to admit it, school is more important than HP.
Hallie


>From: meckelburg at foni.net
>Reply-To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Introducing the HP4GU Contest
>Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 06:51:52 -0000
>
>Hi,
>It'll be fun to have a contest every week!
>however, I am still waiting for your answers to the last one- the
>DADA-Ecam. For those, who missed it, you find it Messages
>
>#17862 + #17863
>
>Hey, all you HP- obsessed! Capable of nitpicking on half-senteces( I
>know it's fun<g> but not even able to answer a few simple questions
>about DADA- Lessons?(hey, don't take this seriously!)I thought you'd
>do better! 5 answers with more than 1200 obsessed members is close to
>a catastrophe (spelling?).
>Or was the test so boring, you decided to ignore it? Don't! If you
>didn't like it, please post why, off-list! I have to know what went
>wrong, to make it better next time
>Sorry if this is OT
>Mecki
>
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>Neville's aim was so poor that he kept accidentally sending much
>heavier things flying across the room - Professor Flittwick for
>instance.
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>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., joym999 at a... wrote:
>
> > Welcome to The HP4GU Sort-of-Weekly Contest, known also by its full
> > name:  The Invitational, Magical, Exciting, Weekly, All-Smarty's
> > Tournament Extraordinaire!  In order to make HP4GU a more fun and
> > exciting home, especially for those of us who have absolutely no
> > lives outside of it, I have (with the Moderators' permission)
>decided
> > to inflict upon you a weekly, non-competitive yet hopefully amusing,
> > contest.
> >
> > This contest will consist of a variety of different activities which
> > I think you will all enjoy.  Some of the contests will be written or
> > designed by yours truly, but I am hoping that the rest of you will
> > contribute puzzles or contest ideas as well.  All contest ideas
> > should be sent to the contest email address, which is
> > HP4GUCon at a...  Remember, the contest is non-competitive, so there
> > are no winners or losers (well, no winners anyway).
> >
> > There will be a new contest every week, I hope, or almost every
>week,
> > anyway.  There will be 3 types of contests: puzzles, creative
> > contests, and speculative contests.  Puzzles consist of crosswords
> > and other word puzzles, anagrams, trivia questions, etc., so if
> > you've written one of these please send it to me!  Creative contests
> > will consist of things like poetry-writing (more fun than you think,
> > really!).  Speculative contests will consist of asking people to
> > theorize about an unknown aspect of the Harry Potter universe, such
> > as the recent thread on "What happens to the Hogwarts Express the
> > rest of the year?"
> >
> > This contest is for fun only.  There are no winners, no prizes, no
> > trophies, no glory, but also no losers, no shame, and no hurt
> > feelings.  Friends don't need to compete with one another, right?
> > Right!  And don't forget to send those lists of trivia questions,
> > word search puzzles, or other brilliant ideas to me at
> > HP4GUCon at a...
> >
> > The Rules are posted below, and will be repeated each week when a
>new
> > contest is posted.  I will also file the rules in our files section,
> > along with a contest archives (space permitting).  The first contest
> > will be posted this Friday.
> >
> > The Rules
> > 1.  Contest responses should be sent by email to the contest email
> > address, which is HP4GUCon at a...  RESPONSES SHOULD NOT BE POSTED
> > TO THE LIST.  Anyone posting responses, especially puzzle answers,
>to
> > the list will be disqualified from participation in that contest,
> > sent a howler, turned into a toad, sent to Azkaban, AND forced to
>eat
> > bubotuber pus. SO DON'T POST RESPONSES TO THE LIST.
> >
> > 2.  Contests will be posted on Fridays.  Responses should be sent by
> > email to HP4GUCon at a... by midnight Tuesday night.  For puzzle
> > contests, both the correct answers and a list of everyone who
> > submitted a correct solution by the deadline will be posted on
> > Wednesday (or Thursday at the latest).  For creative and speculative
> > contests, all responses will be posted, although I might just post a
> > random sampling if there are a real lot of responses to a particular
> > contest.
> >
> > 3. ANSWERS SHOULD NOT BE POSTED TO THE LIST.  I know this is also
> > rule # 1, but I can not stress it enough.
> >
> >  Joywitch M. Curmudgeon
> >
> > P.S.  There is a little tiny contest imbedded in this post.  Did you
> > find it?  If so, let me know by sending email to HP4GUCon at a... and
> > NOT BY POSTING IT TO THE LIST.
>

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