Bending the rules in the wizarding world

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 127185


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Emma Hawkes <ehawkes at i...>
wrote:
> 
> I was thinking about the tendency of Arthur Weasley to indulge in 
> rule bending.  There's borrowing the car from work without
permission 
> and there's having Ludo Bagman give his tickets to the quidditch
cup. 
> Any other examples?
> 
> Emma


Sophie:
In GoF, Arthur also hooks the Durlseys up to the Floo Network.  

GoF, Am. Ed., p. 45: 

Arthur: "I had your fireplace connected to the Floo Network, you see
- just for an 
afternoon, you know, so we could get Harry.  Muggle fireplaces aren't
spposed to be 
connected, stritcly speaking - but I've got a useful contact at the
Floor Regulation Panel 
and he fixed it for me."  

For all of Percy's complaints about Arthur's dead-end career in
Muggle Relations, Arthur 
sure has quite a few Ministry connections, doesn't he? :-D