Muumuus? Kilts? Wah? (WAS Re: Humour)

[aldrea279]

No: HPFGUIDX 40583

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "c_voth312" <divaclv at a...> wrote:

> One of my favorites--mostly because it caught me completely off-
guard-
> -is the part during the QWC in GoF, with the wizard in the muumuu 
> (can't recall his name) refusing to wear pants because he "liked to 
> feel a nice breeze around his privates." :-o  Besides conjuring up 
an 
> amusing yet rather disturbing mental picture, I was simply 
surprised 
> that Rowling got away with it! (Given that it takes very little to 
> p*ss off some parents anymore)
> 
> ~Christi, who plays in the SCA and so knows a few guys who go about 
> in kilts, perhaps for similar reasons...

And then, Pam said:

>>If the wizard were wearing a real kilt (rather than a pleated skirt 
made of some tartan lookalike fabric) then it will generally be too 
heavy to be lifted by a mere gust of wind. Absolutely no need for 
disturbing pictures - mental or otherwise.>>


Um...in my copy of GoF, the wizard was wearing a flowery night 
dress.  Does it actually say kilt/muumuu in the copy ya'll have, or 
what?

~Aldrea, wondering if this is another one of those translation things.