Four Humours (wasRe: CHAPDISC: HBP5, An Excess of Phlegm

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 144263

Juli wrote:    
>    Black Bile: Cold and Dry   
>    Blood: Hot and Moist   
>    Phlegm: Cold and Moist   
>    Yellow Bile: Hot and Dry.
>   The only relation I see between Fleur and Phlegm is the winter. 
Fleur is described in the books as beautiful and cold, very much like 
winter. She isn't particularly lovable (aside from her veela-ness), 
she isn't very nice (IMO)... She's pretty cold to me.


Potioncat:
Taking this back to the humorous; of course, it's funny that Ginny 
calls Fleur, Phlegm, but am I missing something? Do British kids use 
the word phlegm? Is there a word play that I'm missing?

In the US the polite word would be mucus and the impolite would be 
snot. So maybe if you didn't like your sister's boyfriend Scott, 
you'd call him Snotty Scotty. Or Snivelus, come to think of it. OK, 
only a select few would use Snivelus.

I'm beginning to think this whole thing is just that JKR likes snot 
humor and has nothing to do with Ancient Medicine.

Well, two can play at this game!
You may have to read this poem out loud to get it.

If you want to kiss your honey,
But your nose is kind of runny,
If you think it's sort of funny,
Well, it's not.

Potioncat, who wasn't always an old lady.