Chocolate Frogs (and Warlocks)

[rhosyn4u]

No: HPFGUIDX 67973

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rhosyn4u" <a4annielauss at m...> 
wrote:
> Lupin: Dumbledore's " 'been voted out of the Chairmanship of the 
> International Confederation of Wizards... they've demoted him from 
> chief Warlock on the Wizengamot... and they're talking about 
taking 
> away his Order of Merlin, First Class, too.' 'But Dumbledore says 
he 
> doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the 
> Chocolate Frog cards,' said Bill, grinning" (OoP, pg. 95).
> 
> Ha ha, Dumbledore being dismissive, funny, and quirky again! Good 
> comic relief! ... Or is it?
> 
> Call me crazy, but I have a hunch there's something to those 
> Chocolate Frog cards. We've just discovered that the portraits in 
> Dumbledore's office act as a spies; why not Chocolate Frog 
pictures? 
> Think of the spying/communication potential! There must be 
Chocolate 
> Frog cards in over half of the wizarding houses in England. And 
that 
> kind of quirky, creative networking fits Dumbledore (and JKR) like 
a 
> glove, IMO. Chocolate Frogs (and candy in general) has played a 
part 
> since the beginning of the series... and, IMO, Dumbledore's little 
> crack in this book is a clue. 
> 
> ~rhosyn =)

Heh, heh, me again. Forgot my P.S. so.....

P.S.! I was under the impression that a Warlock is different from a 
Wizard. Harry sees "wild-looking warlocks" on his first trip to the 
Leaky Cauldron, along with wizards, witches, etc. If so, how can 
Dumbledore be "Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot?"