12 uses for Dragons Blood (Some TBAY)

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 83131

> Aussie:
> 
> > Hermione recites the 12 uses of dragon's blood in her first year at
> > Hogwarts, so I doubt there is any weapon grade use for it.

Amanda Geist wrote:
> [with a *poof,* a plume of purple smoke appears. Amanda emerges from 
> it, waving the smoke away and coughing. Her T-shirt reads "My Other
> Personality is a L.O.O.N., Too"]

A huge, dark shadow appears, seemingly out of nowhere, behind Amanda. 
Light glints off some formidable claws and fangs as it looms near. A 
hairy arm extends towards Amanda that, seemingly noticing something, 
turns and a gasps of surprise is drawn from her lips

"Grey! Damn, you gave me a scare"

"And rightly so, my dear 'Manda. In you haste to put on that t-shirt, 
you seem to have forgotten to check your sources. Now, I cannot have a 
LOON citing canon wrong, can I? Lets see, according to the recordings 
of the Safe House microphones in this place, you said:

> Citation, please? To my recollection this doesn't appear anywhere in
> the books."

PS, ch. 14:
"It was hard to relax with Hermione next to you reciting the twelve 
uses of dragon's blood..."

> The only mention of it is on the "Dumbledore" Chocolate Frog card.

Unfortunately, no. I hope this doesn't get you thrown out of LOON.

> We know the 12th use is oven cleaner, which comes from a JKR
> interview (San Francisco Chronicle, 30 October 1999, interview), but
> nowhere have I ever heard of a complete list. If you've seen one, 
> please let us know where. Lexicon Steve will want it.
> 
> ~Amanda, L.O.O.N.*

Notice that Aussie didn't say that he had seen the list, but that since 
Hermione was studying in first year, none of those uses were going to 
be dangerous. I disagree - I think at least a couple of them are 
probably as components of magical spells or poitions of extremem 
potency, but really we don't know one way or the other at this point.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf, nitpicking the nitpicker