the Fat Lady

[leb2323]

No: HPFGUIDX 75567

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "katrinawitch" 
<katrinawitch at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dublinaaireland" 
> <fashionmenu at h...> wrote:
> > I was just watching a show called Hamish Macbeth (Scottish show 
> first aired around the late 90's), and one character said, '...it 
> ain't *over* till the fat lady sings!', and it made me ask the 
> question, does the fat lady in the picture frame sing?? I can't 
> remember and am about to scan through 5 books. I've just completed
a 
> search and couldnt find anything relating to this on HP4GU...Has it 
> been mentioned before??
> > D
> 
> Hi D!
> 
> "It Ain't Over...." is an expression dating from the 50's/60's. 
I'm 
> not sure who said it, but I think it's sports-related, and it's
been 
> credited at times to Yogi Berra (a former baseball player who went 
> on to be a commentator).  It refers to the fat viking ladies in old-
> time operas, and I guess it means, "it ain't over till it's over".  
> So I don't think that Hogwarts' Fat Lady sings.
> 
> Kat

Doesn't she get tipsy and sing together with someone from another 
painting who is visiting in her frame during the Christmas 
festivities? I can't remember which year that would have been during 
though so this probably is no help at all.
leb