[HPforGrownups] Brit-Speak: Drop-Kicking the Students

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 69602

In a message dated 7/11/03 7:50:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bboy_mn at yahoo.com writes:
> In Britain, a 'punt' is a flat bottomed boat usually propelled by a
> long pole. So Filch wasn't drop-kicking students across the swamp, he
> was taking them by boat. 
> 
> But the image of Filch kicking student over the swamp is still hilarious.
> 
> Just thought I would pass that along.

Oh!  That makes alot more sense to me now!  Thanks for clearing it up!  I was 
still under the impression that Filch was kicking kids across the swamp.  
Hey...imagine how much Filch would enjoy that!  It would be like the "good old 
days" when Filch could torture the students!

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~


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