Horcrus disposal (was Re: The List update)

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> David:
> > Oh, please.  I do hope the spirit of Salazar Slytherin reminds him
> of  Rule of Evil Overlord Etiquette no. 34:
> > 
> > "I will not turn into a snake. It never helps."
> > 
> > http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html
> > 
> 
> Pippin:
> I know. I know. But to give him his due, Voldemort was a teenager
> during the golden age of pulp fiction when skull-faced villains who 
> could turn into snakes were all the rage. 
> 
> Besides which, insane dysfunctional people are by definition
> incapable of self-improvement, so lists of that sort are of little 
> use to them.
> 
> Turning into a snake is the pulp fiction equivalent of chasing all
> the really clever scientists out of the country or starting an Asian
> land war. The fact that it never works doesn't seem to register.
> 
> Pippin

Carolyn:
Well, what's an evil overlord to do? Sometimes you just can't win. 
See rule #47:

'If I learn that a callow youth has begun a quest to destroy me, I 
will slay him while he is still a callow youth instead of waiting for 
him to mature.'

And then look what happened. No wonder he's not a happy bunny.