Is there anything in the HP world that bothers you?

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 56524

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "psychic_serpent" 
<psychic_serpent at y...> wrote:

> I don't think relatives of witches and wizards are likely to let 
> anything slip because they know they'd be thought insane if they 
> did.  Memory charms are probably not necessary even if someone does 
> experience a slip of the lip; loud laughter and a cry of, "You 
> aren't taking me SERIOUSLY, are you?" would normally be enough to 
> quell suspicions.  As Hagrid said, many Muggles choose not to see 
> what's right before them.  Even people with ample evidence under 
> their noses may opt to ignore it for their own sanity.>

Ooh!  I just had a thought about this.  When I was a kid at sleep away 
camp, one of my favorite activities was seeing the hypnotist.  Only 
counselors were allowed to volunteer to be hypnotized, and we campers 
watched.  It was amazing!  The hypnotist set it up so that when he 
said certain words, certain people would then have specifically 
designated reactions.  This was real, by the way.

Maybe the WW has set up a spell something like that.  If a Muggle 
relative of a witch mentions "Hogwarts", perhaps a spell is activated 
to make the Muggle and whoever is listening forget what they were 
discussing or suddenly change the topic.  There may be a whole list of 
words that Muggles just can't discuss, but they just don't know why.

--jenny from ravenclaw **********************************