“Gawd, I Miss the Screams”* ( was No Sex, Please)

[grannybat84112]

No: HPFGUIDX 83427

June disabused me of my naive notions:
> >>  
> > > ** Le Vice Anglais is the french being rude 
> > > about the fact that the stripes on the old school tie  
> > > are often matched by the stripes on the old school bottom.
> > 
> > Rep striped pants? That's something I haven't seen on the PBS 
> > mysteries. Yet.
> 
> We're not talking about pants here...  "Le Vice Anglais" and 
> enthusiasm for it is believed to originate from the fine old school 
> custom of corporal punishment (caning).

Well, there you go. This proves my point in another thread about 
missing the nuances of another culture when one's knowledge comes 
secondhand thru the media.

I found it EXTREMELY interesting that Dumbledore does not allow 
corporal punishment of any kind at Hogwarts. Detention in the 
Forbidden Forest? OK. Falling five stories from your broom to the 
ground during a Quidditch match? That's part of the game. ...But so 
much as lay hands on a student to shake her, and polite, gentle Albus 
pulls out his wand.

Whether he likes the junior Malfoy or not, Dumbledore must have been 
seriously steamed at Fake!Moody for bouncing FerretDraco against 
those stone floors. (And I was so hoping JKR would show us the 
Headmaster' reaction when he found out about Umbridge's bloody 
fountain pen.)

Grannybat
*Yes, I know that's a quote from TCMTMNBN1. 
It's still perfectly in character for Filch.