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[lagattalucianese]

No: HPFGUIDX 144077

Catlady:
>
> La Gatta Lucianese wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143566 :
> 
> << For some reason, from the first moment I met Sirius, he 
absolutely
> made my skin crawl, especially when Harry proposed moving in with 
him.
> I'm not sure why, but on mature reflection I have my suspicions. 
He's
> a Black, after all... >>
> 
> He's a dog, after all, and we are cats.
> 
Maybe it's the fleas...
> 
> Btw, a_svirn quoted in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143737 :
> 
> << Arabella Figg does a roaring trade in cross-bred cats and 
> Kneazles >>
> 
> Why would anyone want to buy a cross-bred cat/Kneazle? If you want a
> beautiful, lovable cat to adore, you can adopt one for free lots of
> places. If you want an animal that can detect unworthiness and help
> you find your way home, why not buy a pureblood Kneazle? 
> 
Sometimes the sum is greater than the parts. For example, you can get 
extraordinary black cats when you cross a moggie with a Siamese.
> 
> Carol wrote in
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/143578 :
> 
> I am pursuaded by whichever listie pointed out that it was the
> Entrail-Expelling Curse invented by Urquhart Rackharrow, 1612-1697,
> according to the caption of his portrait on the wall of Arthur's 
ward
> at St Mungo's in chapter 22 of OoP. What does it mean about 
wizarding
> society if the known inventor of a Dark Curse has his portrait on 
the
> wall of St Mungo's?
> 
For the same reason Muggles have photographs hanging up in the Post 
Office?
> 
...
> 
> Colloquially, releasing ghosts from this world so they can go can on
> to the next is called 'laying ghosts'. I don't know if Potterverse
> ghosts can be released (maybe by throwing themselves through that 
Veil
> in the Department of Mysteries) but since CoS I have hoped that it 
is
> possibly because Myrtle is such a miserable ghost that I hoped she
> will be laid.
> 
Judging from the latest movie, she's certainly working on it. ;D
>
...

--La Gatta