Is yours limp or firm? (was Re: Will Viktor Krum be one of the deaths ...)

[Tim Regan]

No: HPFGUIDX 120475


Hi All,

No, this isn't spam offering cheap Viagra, it's a post about 
handshakes in the HP books. Way back in post 115500 Alshain asked ...
>>> Has anyone ever made a list about the people who Harry has 
shaken hands with? I have this little pet hypothesis that the 
handshakes are code for "Don't forget this person, you'll see them 
again." <<<

Right, my LOON subscription is overdue so here are all the 
handshakes I can find, prefix by book number and chapter number.

1, 4 Hagrid : Harry
1, 5 Unknown in TLC : Harry
1, 5 Doris Crockford : Harry
1, 5 Quirrell : Harry
1, 5 Doris Crockford : Harry
1, 6 Draco : Harry (failed)
1, 7 several Ravenclaws : Terry Boot
1, 7 Percy : Harry
1, 15 Harry and Hermione : Charlie and his colleagues
1, 15 Hagrid : Ronan
2, 4 Lockhart : Harry
2, 10 Flint : Wood
2, 15 Ernie MacMillan : Harry
3, 3 Fudge : Harry
3, 9 Diggory : Wood
3, 13 Wood : Roger Davies
3, 15 Flint : Wood
3, 22 Dumbledore : Lupin
4, 5 Charlie : Harry
4, 5 Bill : Harry
4, 8 Fudge : Harry
4, 8 The Bulgarian team : the Bulgarian minister for Sport and Fudge
4, 13 Muggle policeman : Mad-eye Moody (failed)
4, 15 Karkaroff : Dumbledore
4, 36 Sirius : Snape
4, 37 Krum : Harry
5, 3 Lupin : Harry
5, 19 Angelina : Montague
5, 23 Arthur : Harry

This gives us a list of: Arthur, Bill, Charlie, Charlie's 
colleagues, Doris Crockford, Draco (failed), Ernie MacMillan, Fudge, 
Hagrid, Krum, Lockhart, Lupin, Percy, Quirrell, unnamed TLC 
witch/wizard as all the witches or wizards who have tried to shake 
Harry's hand. Anyone see a connection or an omen?

Here's the full list of quotes:

1, 4
"True, I haven't introduced meself. Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys 
and Grounds at Hogwarts."
He held out an enormous hand and shook Harry's whole arm.
Hagrid : Harry

1, 5
"Always wanted to shake your hand -- I'm all of a flutter."
?? : Harry

1, 5
"He remembers!" cried Dedalus Diggle, looking around at 
everyone. "Did you hear that? He remembers me!" Harry shook hands 
again and again -- Doris Crockford kept coming back for more.
Doris Crockford : Harry

1, 5
A pale young man made his way forward, very nervously. One of his 
eyes was twitching.
"Professor Quirrell!" said Hagrid. "Harry, Professor Quirrell will 
be one of your teachers at Hogwarts."
"P-P-Potter," stammered Professor Quirrell, grasping Harry's 
hand, "c-can't t-tell you how p- pleased I am to meet you."
Quirrell : Harry

1, 5
"Must get on -- lots ter buy. Come on, Harry."
Doris Crockford shook Harry's hand one last time, and Hagrid led 
them through the bar and out into a small, walled courtyard, where 
there was nothing but a trash can and a few weeds.
Doris Crockford : Harry

1, 6
He turned back to Harry. "You'll soon find out some wizarding 
families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go 
making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there."
He held out his hand to shake Harry's, but Harry didn't take it.
Draco : Harry (failed)

1, 7
"Boot, Terry!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws 
stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them.
???s : Terry Boot

1, 7
Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall. He took 
off the hat and walked shakily toward the Gryffindor table. He was 
so relieved to have been chosen and not put in Slytherin, he hardly 
noticed that he was getting the loudest cheer yet. Percy the Prefect 
got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins 
yelled, "We got Potter! We got Potter!"
Percy : Harry

1, 15
Charlie's friends were a cheery lot. They showed Harry and Hermione 
the harness they'd rigged up, so they could suspend Norbert between 
them. They all helped buckle Norbert safely into it and then Harry 
and Hermione shook hands with the others and thanked them very much.
Harry and Hermione : Charlie and his colleagues

1, 15
"Oh, it's you, Ronan," said Hagrid in relief. "How are yeh?"
He walked forward and shook the centaur's hand.
"Good evening to you, Hagrid," said Ronan. He had a deep, sorrowful 
voice. "Were you going to shoot me?"
Hagrid : Ronan

2, 4
The crowd parted, whispering excitedly; Lockhart dived forward, 
seized Harry's arm, and pulled him to the front. The crowd burst 
into applause. Harry's face burned as Lockhart shook his hand for 
the photographer, who was clicking away madly, wafting thick smoke 
over the Weasleys.
Lockhart : Harry

2, 10
As they walked out onto the pitch, a roar of noise greeted them; 
mainly cheers, because Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were anxious to see 
Slytherin beaten, but the Slytherins in the crowd made their boos 
and hisses heard, too. Madam Hooch, the Quidditch teacher, asked 
Flint and Wood to shake hands, which they did, giving each other 
threatening stares and gripping rather harder than was necessary.
Flint : Wood

2, 15
Professor Sprout set them all to work pruning the Abyssinian 
Shrivelfigs. Harry went to tip an armful of withered stalks onto the 
compost heap and found himself face-to-face with Ernie Macmillan. 
Ernie took a deep breath and said, very formally, "I just want to 
say, Harry, that I'm sorry I ever suspected you. I know you'd never 
attack Hermione Granger, and I apologize for all the stuff I said. 
We're all in the same boat now, and, well -"
He held out a pudgy hand, and Harry shook it.
Ernie MacMillan : Harry

3, 3
And with a last smile and shake of Harry's hand, Fudge left the room.
Tom now moved forward, beaming at Harry.
Fudge : Harry

3, 9
The Hufflepuffs were approaching from the opposite side of the 
field, wearing canary-yellow robes. The Captains walked up to each 
other and shook hands; Diggory smiled at Wood but Wood looked as 
though he had lockjaw and merely nodded.
Diggory : Wood

3, 13
"Wood, Davies, shake hands," Madam Hooch said briskly, and Wood 
shook hands with the Ravenclaw Captain.
Wood : Roger Davies

3, 15
"Captains, shake hands!" said Madam Hooch.
Flint and Wood approached each other and grasped each other's hand 
very tightly; it looked as though each was trying to break the 
other's fingers.
Flint : Wood

3, 22
"Good-bye, then, Remus," said Dumbledore soberly. Lupin shifted the 
grindylow tank slightly so that he and Dumbledore could shake hands. 
Then, with a final nod to Harry and a swift smile, Lupin left the 
office.
Dumbledore : Lupin

4, 5
Harry had never seen before, though he knew immediately who they 
must be: Bill and Charlie, the two eldest Weasley brothers.
"How're you doing, Harry?" said the nearer of the two, grinning at 
him and holding out a large hand, which Harry shook, feeling 
calluses and blisters under his fingers. This had to be Charlie, who 
worked with dragons in Romania.
Charlie : Harry

4, 5
Bill got to his feet, smiling, and also shook Harry's hand.
Bill : Harry

4, 8
They had met before, and Fudge shook Harry's hand in a fatherly 
fashion, asked how he was, and introduced him to the wizards on 
either side of him.
Fudge : Harry

4, 8
One by one, the Bulgarians filed between the rows of seats in the 
box, and Bagman called out the name of each as they shook hands with 
their own minister and then with Fudge.
The Bulgarian team : the Bulgarian minister for Sport and Fudge

4, 13
Arnold Weasley, who was charged with possession of a flying car two 
years ago, was yesterday involved in a tussle with several Muggle 
law-keepers ("policemen") over a number of highly aggressive 
dustbins. Mr. Weasley appears to have rushed to the aid of "Mad-Eye" 
Moody, the aged ex-Auror who retired from the Ministry when no 
longer able to tell the difference between a handshake and attempted 
murder.
Muggle policeman : Mad-eye Moody (failed)

4, 15
"Blooming, thank you, Professor Karkaroff," Dumbledore replied. 
Karkaroff had a fruity, unctuous voice; when he stepped into the 
light pouring from the front doors of the castle they saw that he 
was tall and thin like Dumbledore, but his white hair was short, and 
his goatee (finishing in a small curl) did not entirely hide his 
rather weak chin. When he reached Dumbledore, he shook hands with 
both of his own.
Karkaroff : Dumbledore

4, 36
"I will settle, in the short term," said Dumbledore, with a bite of 
impatience in his voice, "for a lack of open hostility. You will 
shake hands. You are on the same side now. Time is short, and unless 
the few of us who know the truth do not stand united, there is no 
hope for any us.
Very slowly - but still glaring at each other as though each wished 
the other nothing but ill - Sirius and Snape moved toward each other 
and shook hands. They let go extremely quickly.
Sirius : Snape

4, 37
Krum shrugged. He held out his hand as Fleur had done, shook Harry's 
hand, and then Ron's. Ron looked as though he was suffering some 
sort of painful internal struggle. Krum had already started walking 
away when Ron burst out, "Can I have your autograph?"
Krum : Harry

5, 3
'Never you mind, you just keep your wand out of your back pocket!' 
growled Mad-Eye. 'Elementary wand-safety, nobody bothers about it 
any more.' He stumped off towards the kitchen. 'And I saw that,' he 
added irritably, as the woman rolled her eyes towards the ceiling.
Lupin held out his hand and shook Harry's.
'How are you?' he asked, looking closely at Harry.
Lupin : Harry

5, 19
'Captains, shake hands,' ordered the referee Madam Hooch, as 
Angelina and Montague reached each other. Harry could tell that 
Montague was trying to crush Angelina's fingers, though she did not 
wince. 'Mount your brooms . . .'
Angelina : Montague

5, 23
Mrs Weasley did not seem entirely satisfied with Mr Weasley's 
answer. As her husband leaned over to shake Harry's hand, she peered 
at the bandaging under his nightshirt.
Arthur : Harry

Cheers,

Dumbledad.