Molly and the twins (Re: Am I the only one)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 96055

Alshain wrote :
> About the twins' income sources, I'd just like to add that they were 
> doing quite well with the Canary Creams in book four (Harry noticed 
> how people were turning into canaries all over the place) and earned 
> lots of Galleons on the fireworks in book five.

Del :
We don't know how much *profit* they are making on those items,
though. They'll need a comfortable profit marge to live off their joke
shop.

Alshain :
> I wouldn't make the analogy with teenagers who spend all their time 
> playing video games, the twins are rather more like those who spent 
> their evenings and nights in front of the computer, created original 
> software and in the end creating their own OS, while their parents 
> complained that their kids didn't get out more or grounded them from 
> using the computer.  

Del :
Or you could see them as those kids who play in rock bands and make a
bit of money as teenagers. There are quite a few of those, but how
many become rock stars ? For one U2, I'll bet there are at least 100
teenage bands with no future.

Alshain :
> Lots of geniuses had only the most basic school training, Edison for 
> example. Einstein's teacher never thought he'd amount to much. 
> Neither does an education automatically mean that you are going to 
> get a good life.

Del :
But those are the *exceptions*, not the rule !! We simply can't expect
Molly to sit back and *hope* that her kids are going to be the Edison
and Einstein of joke items ! Molly wants *security* for her kids, she
knows what being a poor grown-up is like, how could she not want the
Twins to follow a more traditional but much safer path ?

Del