Working mothers, was Did the Slytherins come back

[doddiemoemoe]

No: HPFGUIDX 182082

Montavilla47 wrote:
  Any objection I have to Molly's moment of triumph over
Bellatrix is not that she suddeny acquires mad dueling skillz, but
 that she unwittingly (she is, after all, ignorant of Muggle 
culture), starts quoting Ripley in Aliens. It's just jarring is all.
> >
> Thanks! I thought I was the only person who did NOT like the line.
> Susan
> 
> Lynda replied: That makes sense. At least at first. But then, a 
niggling part of my brain remembers that certainly that phrase or 
one very similar has been used--in point of fact, I remember my own 
mother, who refuses to watch Aliens, knows nothing of the movie and 
is not a woman prone to even the slightest form of swearing 
(seriously I never heard even darn or dang from her growing up) 
taking on a family member who chose to verbally attack a child using 
those very words. When I asked her about the incident, she simply 
said I'm tired of it and she had it coming.
> 
> Lynda

Doddie here:

  Upon my re-reads, I remembered the Alien movie as well...and then 
became frustrated that JKR didn't put better cursewords/phrases to 
use...LOL

Granted, I'm a former sailor....but if someone had threatened the 
life of any one of my children...B*tch would be the last thing I'd 
call/Say to them. (more likely along the lines that I'd kick her in 
her Berk and wear it as a slipper)

As for the working mother aspect of things...there is probably no 
mother in the WW that has more work to do than Molly...Laundry for 
nine, AND all the kids seem to appreciate her cooking to boot...(not 
to mention Harry loves her cooking, and we never see/hear Hermione 
or even Fleur complain...)  Also, we must not forget all of her 
knitting, not to mention homeshchooling...at the very least she may 
be the most powerful witch in the series...she doesn't only keep the 
twins in check, but earns their respect too...a massive feat..(they 
do break McConogals rules regularly, and they do think that DD is 
something of a "Brilliant Nutter"...

Doddie,
(who thinks no wonder why Ron got that howler...she was dead 
frightened that Ron was following the path of the twins! Cheers to 
Molly...truly the James Brown of the WW! LOL)