[HPforGrownups] OOP: Bartender Ideas (WAS Re: OoP Spoilers - Hints left hanging)

[Robert A. Rosenberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 69842

At 19:01 +0000 on 07/08/2003, alexcukier wrote about [HPforGrownups] 
OOP: Bartender Ideas (WAS Re: OoP Spoilers :

>GoF - CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - RITA SKEETER'S SCOOP
>"An excellent point", said Professor Dumbledore. "My own brother,
>Aberforth was prosecuted for practising inappropriate charms on a
>goat. It was all over the papers, but did Aberforth hide? No, he did
>not! He held his head high and went about his business as usual. Of
>course, I'm not entirely sure he can read, so that may not have been
>bravery..."
>
>
>Probably, Aberforth's business is managing a bar, and that is not
>something that Albus is proud of... Of course, he joined the first
>Order of the Phoenix, probably being a spy - he has "professional"
>relationship with some of the worst of wizardry kind at Hog's Head!

While this is possible, I disagree with your equating the word 
"business" in the phrase "went about his business as usual" as 
referencing his job. The usual referent for "his business" in this 
phrase is "His Life/Lifestyle". IOW, The prosecution and the reports 
of it in the papers did not change his Life/Lifestyle - He went on 
and acted as it it never happened (ie: As he did before the incident).