Gobstones Club

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 136544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Madam Marozi <madam_marozi at y...>
wrote:
> 
 
> Marozi:
> 
> "Gobstones Club" sounds like the nerdiest possible
> extracurricular activity that Hogwarts has to offer. 
> You're right, it doesn't even have the intellectual
> arrogance of Chess Club.  Honestly, I think JKR was
> basically trying to communicate that Snape's geekitude
> was hereditary. I don't think it usually works that
> way in real life, but the Prince DNA evidently carries
> some sort of uncool gene.

actually, I think the game of Gobstones must be pretty cool in the WW
world - Harry wanted to buy a solid gold set and there are signs that
gobstones is played throughout the school - old sets and such.  I
think Gobstones is like poker - it is cool to know how to play poker,
look at the programs on TV that show a bunch of people playing poker.
 Was Eileen a nerd?  Don't know.  Is Snape a nerd?  Yes.  But once you
become an adult, those lines between geekdom & the *cooldom* become
very blurred. I was a nerd in highschool - I am the height of kewldom
in my nieces & nephews. who are teens right now.  

colebiancardi