I'm disappointed...

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 104891

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "quigonginger" 
<quigonginger at y...> wrote:
> > David:
>   Why is Nackledirk *never 
> > > mentioned* in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a work 
not 
> > > slow to describe the fauna of out-of-the-way spots?
> > 
> > Geoff:
> > Why should it be? Sounds more like a place to me. A sleepy 
English 
> > village buried in the lanes of Derbyshire with a quiet tea rooms 
> run 
> > by an old lady with wispy hair whose name is Hestia.....
> 
> Ginger deadpans:
> 
> Well, Geoff, I defer to your excellent knowledge of British 
> geography.  You were the one who found Vauxhall Road, after all.


Geoff:
Give credit where it's due. Shaun did a lot of spadework on this - 
and at 12000 miles distance or so....


Ginger:
> But I think the Nackledirk to which JKR is referring is the one in 
> Sweden, near which the Snorkacks are commonly found.  Straight 
horned 
> ones, of course.  The Crumpled horned ones are deep in hiding. 


Geoff:
Out of shame I believe. They were pureblood straight horns but 
stupidly charged Volvos fitted with Side Impact Protection.....


Ginger:
> They 
> live in Norway near the Quirrel family home.


Geoff:
This is the branch of the Quirrell family whose patriarch is Samovar 
Quirrell Esq. They have bushy tails and live on Elven flets up trees.

Geoff (who must thank Kneasy for post 104835 which must be the 
Kneasymail over which I have laughed more than any others!!)