Muggle technology as a weapon

[Ersatz Harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 137731

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rt11guru" <rt11guru at y...> wrote:
> I think it would be a hoot if Arthur, Hermione, and Harry surprise a
> DE with a weapon or artifact of Muggle technology that the DEs don't
> understand and therefore have no defense for.  It would be doubly
> sweet if it were Lucius Malfoy.
> 
> Guru

I most definitely like this idea, though I'm not sure what element of
muggle technology would work.  A mere weapon doesn't seem like enough;
wizards who can restore splinched legs, for example, seem likely to be
able to handle anything that's plain old destructive.  Besides, it
would be better if a little creativity (and humor) were involved.  But
what?  Superglue?  Maybe airplanes would have to be involved since
Arthur is so curious about how they stay up.

On a related topic, I noticed an instance somewhere in HBP where Harry
used an expression related to muggle technology.  Unfortunately I
didn't note exactly where this occurred.  For some reason, I think the
expression had something to do with VCRs or tapes of some kind,
something like "rewind the tape".  Did anyone else catch it?

Ersatz Harry