Pureblood Nepotism, OoP Drought, Milk Bottles, Draco, Head Girl

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

Eileen wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/3991 :

<< Barty Crouch Sr. being Arthur Weasley's first cousin, I didn't
dream of *that*. So was Percy's appointment nepotism? >>

I think the idea is that *all* the purebloods, both Light and Dark,
are *that* closely related. So any pro-pureblood prejudice in hiring
would be nepotism.

Talisman wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/3995 :

<< Indeed, I think that the drought experienced in the beginning of
OoP is also magic induced. >>

By whom, for what purpose?

Talisman wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/3998 :

<< And bottles...do they still use those?  And collect empties? 
Sounds like life 40 years ago. >>

Well, that scene did happen 25 years ago, in 1981.

Eileen wrote in http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/4011 :

<< I can't consider Draco very likely, considering he's on the lam
from the authorities. >>

No, he's on the lam from the Death Eaters.

La Gatta Lucianese wrote in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_old_crowd/message/4021 :

<< Or maybe McGonagall will show her true colors and make Hermione
Head Young Person. ;))) >>

There's already a job of Head Girl, and no hard evidence that it's
less powerful or less respected than Head Boy.