So THAT'S why Dumbledore wanted Barty Crouch Sr to have a drink

[Barry Arrowsmith]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "fhmaneely" <fmaneely at ...> wrote:
> 
> Hmmm,for some reason I had Phineas characterized as a grown up verion 
> of Stewie from the tv show The Family Guy which is similar to The 
> Simpsons. Juvenile stuff here, but funny. You can take a look at 
> Stewie at this site www.stewielive.com/
> 
> 
> Lockhart, eh?  Kind of like Rock Hudson. He had quite an adoring 
> female base from what I have read. If I recall correctly, he wasn't 
> outed till he was older. 
> 
> Oh, what about Slughorn? The silk jammies???? His little group of 
> students were mostly male!
> 

Of course, once you start really looking then the possibilities multiply.

I always felt there was more than a touch of tongue-in-cheek campness
in plain sight in the first book:

"Now, don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practising!"
squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual.
"Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick."

In the words of the Immortal Lehrer: 

"When correctly viewed, everything is lewd..."

Too true, been doing it for years.

Kneasy