CHAPDISC: HBP17, A Sluggish Memory

[Randy]

No: HPFGUIDX 153153

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Hagrid" <aussie_lol at ...> 
wrote:
>
> ---  AnitaKH <anita_hillin...> wrote:
> >
> > CHAPTER DISCUSSIONS: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 
> Chapter 17, A Sluggish Memory
>

SNIP SNIP


> ~aussie~
> Times change. Laws change. (eg, in GOF, flying carpets were legal 
> before but illegal now) So if Tom has the ring at this age, where 
> did he learn the Unforgiveable curse from? 
> 
> Was it part of school study schedule then as it still may be in 
> Durmstrang now? It could have been taught the same way Barty Couch 
> Jr / Mad Eye Moody impersonator did. 
> 
> The MOM may have passed a law since Tom's time making then 
> Unforgivable instead of just Dark Curses.
> 
> Or would Nocturn Alley have books on "Unforgivable Curses: 101" 
> and "The Idiot's Guide to Horcrux"
> 
> After all, he didn't want DD with him when he first explored 
Diagon 
> Alley to buy his school books.
> 
> Aussie
>


I bet Tom Riddle got a subscription to fabulous "GRIT" magazine and 
saw the advertisement. 

"Hey kids ! Be the first on your block to make a Horcrux!"  

It was right next to the ad for Sea Monkeys!

Randy

PS If you know what I'm talking about, you are old too!