Muggle Sports

[sethrarose]

No: HPFGUIDX 69689

Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 21:19:07 -0000
From: "michaelkgidlow" <Veritas771 at hotmail.com>

>I was reading SS the other night and I came across something that I 
>found a little odd. Those who have grown up in the magical world 
>(like Ron and Wood) seem to be very ignorant of muggle sports        
>(soccer and basketball are mentioned), yet they use common golf 
>balls for practicing Snitch catching in Quiddich. It just seems 
>strange that they would use something so common in the Muggle world 
>and yet not even know about more popular muggle sports. And don't 
>you think that they would have bewitched balls that they could 
>practice with instead of golf balls? Just a thought anyway.

Golf is the closest thing to a wizarding game that Muggles have.  
There is no reason that a little white ball should sail 250 yards or 
more through the air and then be expected to go into a leeetle tiny 
hole, with trees and lakes and beaches in between.  Putting, as any 
golfer will tell you, is a Dark Art.

sethra