Monstrous odds

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No: HPFGUIDX 96317

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" <quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> 
> All right, Kneasy, what are the odds on the runespoor? (FB p. 36 US)
> 
> Granted it is an African creature, but with all the Parseltongue 
> action in the books, who knows?
> Left head (Harry) is the planner.  It decides where to go and what to 
> do.
> Middle head (Ron) is the dreamer.  It can lose itself in imaginings 
> for days.
> Right head (Hermione) is the critic.  It evaluates the others "with a 
> continual irritable hissing."  
> The right head's fangs are poisonous, and often the other two band 
> together and bite off the right head.  
> 

Runespoor? 80:1.
Assuming  that the Hermione head hasn't been bitten off, that is.
100:1 if it has, 'cos Harry couldn't organise a booze-up in a brewery.
Dead loss, that lad. Has all the planning potential of Aunt Aggie's budgie.
Does the first thing that comes into his head - and it never works right.
Ron dreams OK, but it's mostly about Quidditch and I don't think that
Roonspoors play Quidditch, so it'll be a bit limiting for him. 

Besides, never trust tales that come from a country that changes it's
name. When I was there it was Upper Volta; didn't see any three-
headed snakes either, but since it's in the book I'll not make a fuss.

Now if you want a nice little earner at long odds I can offer a Manticore
at 50:1. Interesting beast, it's name is almost an anagram of 'romantic',
so it should go down well with the SHIPpers. They'll back anything.

Kneasy