Drinking, Schminking, was Re: Ethics, Schmethics

[dungrollin]

Eloise:
> Now just to make myself plain, I'm not TT or anything...

Waldo:
> As a former drinker and as a therapist...

Ginger:  
> As a member of the hard-drinking lower class...

Kneasy:
> The town where I live has (reputedly) more pubs per head of 
> population than anywhere else in the UK...

Ewe2:
> Speaking as a well-oiled Aussie, the "6 o'clock swill" referred... 

SSSusan:
> Speaking as a former bartender and waitress...

Dungrollin:
Well, speaking as a one-time undergraduate, I was quite impressed (à 
la Harry chez Mrs Cole) with Slughorn offering Harry and Ron a drink 
*before breakfast*; albeit on a Saturday. Yers. I don't remember 
ever managing booze before breakfast, though I distinctly remember 
queuing up outside the pub for opening time at 11am (though not much 
afterwards, obviously).

Might be worth bearing in mind that Jo was pregnant while writing 
the last bit of HBP, and her thoughts may have been wandering 
towards that bottle of Ogden's she was really looking forward to.