[HPforGrownups] Re: On the lighter side! (with a touch of Ricardian!JKR thrown in)

[Lenore]

No: HPFGUIDX 172185


>Carol responds:
>Also not British, but I, too, thought of Henry V, only to remember
>later that he's Prince Hal, not Prince Harry, in Shekespeare's "Henry
>IV," "Harry" in that play being Henry Hotspur (no commoner but not a
>prince). I didn't think of the present Prince Harry, nor did I think
>the joke particularly funny, but it did make me wonder whether Petunia
>knew that England has had eight kings named Enery, erm, Henry, more
>than any other name except Edward.

Lenore:
Well, there you are.  I didn't know there were eight! kings named Henry,
I just knew there were more than a few.  If they were all called Harry at
one time or another, that would make it the most "common" royal nickname.

(snipped the history, which I enjoyed)

Carol:
>The Hog's Head
>and the flying boar statues and all the hog imagery (Hogsmeade,
>Hogwarts) always make me think of Richard and make me wonder whether
>JKR is a Ricardian, i.e., a defender of Richard III.

Lenore:
It seems that Sir Francis Bacon's family crest also featured a wild boar--
the type which becomes white in the winter.  I wonder if there is any sort
of connection with Richard III.

On the surface, Richard III looks like another Snape-like figure, especially
as depicted in the Josephine Tey novel where we see a huge gap between
how historians have viewed Richard and the serious lack of indisputable
evidence to back it up.  After reading that book, I've become a bit of
a Ricardian myself.

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Lenore:
I'm tacking this onto the end here since I won't be posting till we all
meet again.

Carol:
BTW, there's a poll at Leaky (which I couldn't access because so many
people were apparently using the site) where you can vote on what to
do with people who spoil the books. The choices include handing them
over to Snape and handing them over to Fluffy. I think Filch is also a
choice (he'd need his whips and manacles to be effective) as is
Umbridge. Too bad they didn't offer "All of the above" as a choice.

Lenore:
Heehee!  I'll vote for that one!

At least we still have our sense of humor. How about:  a few centaurs
and a giant named Grawp to terrify a little sense in them?  Or, how
about having Trelawney read their tea leaves? (eg)  Other ideas?

Lenore (getting punchy now, but wishing we were really in a pub,
all waiting together and sharing our favorite humorous bits)