Dumbledore's Bridge (was: Dumbledore's Philosophy (was MAGIC DISHWASHER...)

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 81791

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> 
> wrote:
>  
> > Thanks for enlightening me; very considerate of you. I think that 
> > both Dumbledore and I would be lost on that one, not being 
resident 
> > in the US. If he comes to the UK, perhaps Mundungus could sell 
him a 
> > pig in a poke.
> 
> 
> Take care, Sir! Or it will be wet towels at dawn! True Brit here!
> It's not  just the Brooklyn Bridge, there was that misguided 
American
> who bought London Bridge thinking it was Tower Bridge.  Now
> re-erected in Utah, I think.


Geoff:
Yes, I know about that one. If I had a pound for every time I crossed 
London Bridge before it was flogged, I wouldn't be badly off.

However, your suggestion of sucker because I didn't buy into your DD 
theory was a bit much!




 Kneasy:
> I don't take any of DD's statements at face  value. This one falls 
into
> the same category as all the rest.
> 

Geoff:
I don't accept that Dumbledore is a total liar. It goes against the 
fact that he is someone who is trusted by a huge number of people. If 
he was so unreliable, why should anyone listen to him?

OK, I agree that he is not 100% truthful. Point me to a human being 
who is......

We all embroider the truth from time to time or are economical with 
the truth; sometimes we perceive it differently to others because of 
our judgements - reminds me of the fact that witnesses to something 
like an accident always produce different accounts. Again, to use 
that marvellous Churchill phrase, we are all at times "guilty of a 
terminological inexactitude" or as I would put it, "You're telling 
porkies"!

Put it another way. Give me a choice between LV and DD and I know 
which way I'd be inclined to go.