Inappropriate charms on a goat

abergoat adescour at pirl.lpl.arizona.edu
Wed Sep 20 14:11:01 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 158513

Cassy wrote:

> Sorry for the off-topic, but I can't help remembering
> the scene from one Soviet tale, where a head of some
> Magic Research Institute was accidently turned into a
> goat. So his deputies were conducting an experiment to
> determine if he was able to continue to fulfill his
> duties. They decided to give the goat some cabbage and
> if he ate it, it would mean that he was just an animal
> ruled by instincts and if he refused it, it would mean
> that he can make an "act of will", so to say. The goat
> ate the cabbage, but the most loyal deputy interpreted
> it as a token of their leader's despise for their
> testing methodes. The goat stayed in charge of the Institute.

Abergoat:

Ah, someone with a sense of humor! I'm going to squirrel 
away your message - definitely fun. Given book seven is
bound to be dark, humor will be needed. I think the idea
that Mundungus is afraid of a goat is hilarious.

Almost as good as Vernon and Petunia at Grimmauld Place. No
wonder Harry will chose to go back to Hogwarts.

Abergoat








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