OT: Spato-meter

[carolynwhite2]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at ...> 
wrote:
>
> > Carolyn
> > ..wondering whether Tony's told Gordon about the Minister for 
Magic
> 
> Ooh, that wasn't funny, fair, or kind to Tony or Gordon.  Or Wendy, 
> whoever she may be.
> 
> David
>

Carolyn:
Excellent. Who's going to move to stage 3:

> 1 Calm – someone posts an innocuous message on the message board.
>
> 2 Scuffle – another person says "ooh, that wasn't funny/fair/kind".
>
> 3 Tussle – a few more people get involved either to back up the
> original poster or to agree with the dissenter. Someone says "I find
> that very offensive".

Kneasy:
A good, old-fashioned up-and-downer can be great entertainment,
especially if one of the main participants manages to keep their cool
while the main opponents foam at the mouth in outrage. Still, you
can't imagine that such a thing could happen amongst the gentle
souls pondering the life and times of a boy wizard, can you?

Hur, hur, hur...

Carolyn:
Fond memories of that infamous late-night bar-room brawl in The Other 
Place with..? Do y'know, the guy's name has been completely 
obliterated from my mind. Perhaps he was a nonentity. Fancy that. But 
chairs were certainly hurled, moderators invoked.. sigh, that list 
used to be worth reading.

Howsomever, returning to the chase. On the theme of Macmillan's (?) 
apocryphal remark, 'events dear boy, events', in what circumstances 
do we think the MoM should engage with the muggle government(s) to 
defeat Voldemort? And should the muggles' care?

Carolyn
..wondering whether to start a re-read of the series, and trying 
quite hard to get excited about Book 7.