More On The Clock Says 'Mortal Peril'

[bboy_mn]

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "interstate999" <mikezitz at c...> wrote:

Mike Zitzmann Said: 
> Ok more on this clock thing.
> 
> They are 8 positions for the hands of the clock to be in. 7 
> positions make some kinda of sense except one.
> 
> Home, School, Work, Traveling, Lost, Hospital, Prison, Mortal Peril.
> 
> The one that I find curious is not Mortal Peril, but Prison.
> 
> .... edited .....
> 
> Mike Zitzmann
> Hammond, LA.

bboy_mn comments:

PRISON-

Yes, it says Prison, but I wonder if it doesn't mean 'arrested' or
'under arrest'; currently being held by the authorities.

Certainly, you don't need a hand to tell you someone is in prison. The
arrest, the trial, the prison sentence might all be better clues to
the state of affairs.

So, while it definitely does say Prison, I still have to assume that
the real intent is to say the someone has been arrested or is being
detained by the authorities.

Now LOST on the other hande seems very abstract. If Harry and Ron are
wondering around Hogwart's castle going 'I'm sure that classroom is in
this part of the castle somewhere', does that qualify as lost? 

If you don't know where you are, but are still sure that you can get
to where you want to go, does that qualify as lost? (Ladies, how many
times have you heard your man say, 'I'm not lost, I just don't know
where I'm at.' Guys will never admit that they are lost. Women, on the
other hand, have little sense of adventure. They always want to stop
and ask for direction. We're MEN, and real men don't ask for help,
thank you very much. [in case it didn't come through, that was humor])

Or perhaps, when it goes to LOST, it means you are lost forever, the
next step after Mortal Peril. 

I do agree though that PRISON in the specific litteral sense, seems a
bit odd. 

bboy_mn