Speaking of Old Pests...

[Talisman]

...Talisman continues:

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "hp_lexicon" <vderark at ...>
wrote:
> Except that all the Wizards of the Month first appeared as Famous
> Wizard cards several years ago, including the dates of their birth
> and death.

I'm disadvantaged by never having collected / taken an interest in
those cards (as dubious canon).  Well, then we'll just have to count
it as an oddity that predominantly short-lived wizards were selected
until recently.  

Then again, perhaps something prompted someone to
shuffle the deck. ;)

> > PPS
> > In the course of events, I noticed that the Lexicon does not
> > currently acknowledge the Pest Sub-Division of the Department
>>for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. See e.g. FB 7.
> >
>Steve:
> Sure we do.
> http://www.hp-lexicon.org/ministry/ministry-creatures.html


Ah, I see the *Pest Advisory Board (OP7)* mentioned when you follow
the link beyond http://www.hp-lexicon.org/ministry/ministry-
depts.html, which lists the subdivisions of less specialized
departments.  (*Board* aka *Bureau* in my US copy of OoP?).

I can understand why the Lexicon may have interpreted the *Pest Sub-
Division* as merely an earlier iteration of *Advisory Board*--there
having been some apparent modifications in other HP terminology over
time.

Yet the unadorned mention of an *Advisory Board* in OoP seems a tad
incomplete. There is reason to think that the *advisory* office is
distinguishable from, or at least further complimented by, a hands-
on component.

The entity referenced in FB as the *Sub-Division* clearly does more
than *advise.*  Indeed, they'll come out and do battle with
certain...ahem...creatures that have become particularly difficult
through engorgment on magical substances(7), or perhaps so
entrenched as to threaten to bring down the house (6), etc.

Talisman