Fire Breathing Chicken in a Cardboard Box

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 184447

 "yak1605522"  wrote:
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> On page 130:
> 
>   "Level four, Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical 
> Creatures, incorporating Beast, Being, and Spirit Divisions, Goblin 
> Liason Office, and Pest Advisory Bureau."
>   "'S'cuse," said the wizard carrying the fire-breathing chicken 
and 
> he left the lift pursued by a little flock of memos.

Potioncat:
Oh, thank you! Something new from a book we've poured over time and 
again. I've always been too busy paying attention to Harry to think 
about the chicken in the box. 

This is really funny--a fire-breathing chicken! And as a second joke, 
a fire-breathing anything in a cardboard box. BTW, are there 
restaurants in England that serve chicken in boxes? There are several 
chains in the US that do. You'll get a piece of chicken, a biscuit 
and fries or some other side served in a small box. So maybe there's 
a 3rd joke.

The paper airplane memos were invented by a Muggleborn, no doubt. Is 
this when Arthur explains that owls made too much mess? Makes one 
wonder about the timing of having all those owls show up at meal time 
at Hogwarts.



>Yak 
 Do you think that any of this information 
> helps us understand Bob's character a little more and helps us to 
> understand a little better why he would put something that breathes 
> fire in a cardboard container?

Potioncat:
Now that you mention it, he sounds a bit like Hagrid.