Dumbing of Age

Despite being fully English, I avoid “full English” breakfasts, because I broke the cholesterol habit years ago — but if you reckon that just bacon is too greasy for breakfast, well, you definitely want to avoid them too.

Still, I’d break the rule for the Canadian-English Sunday breakfasts of my student days. Outsize waffles with crisp bacon, poached eggs, and maple syrup. Mmmmmmmmm.

And I can’t deny that what counts as “breakfast” foods and what counts as “dinner” seem largely to be a matter of habit, but it’s mostly a set of habits that work well for me, so there may be some underlying logic to the thing.

edited 18th Oct '17 7:00:48 AM by Spindriver

I think I want to try a bit of a Scotch Egg one day. I think a whole one would kill me.

A friendship, maybe

The whole dorm thinks she's Queen Shit of Turd Mountain, her roomie is the personification of a ray of sunshine......I think Billie's going to be OK.

.....he said, intentionally tempting fate.

Lucy, pump the brakes a little, OK?

Well she said something

Aww, she's adorable. Possibly annoying over time, but adorable.

I feel like Lucy would be cool to hang out with in small doses, but I feel like I'd go nuts with her as a roommate. (And I am not at all surprised she's a Hufflepuff. :P)

Same here.

And Joyce LEAPS out of her comfort zone.

Couldn't help noticing the new poll.

I said Gryffindor, but I must admit that the majority makes a strong point.

Definitely not a Ravenclaw, though.

edited 21st Oct '17 9:21:28 PM by KarkatTheDalek

I feel weird that so much of the commentariat has seen fit to sort Billie, who's half white and half Chinese, into House Blood Purity.

Like I get it, she's rich and spoiled and kind of a jerk, but.

There really should be an option in that poll for "She wouldn't waste her time because Harry Potter is for nerds."

I think classism is a more common thread in Slytherins than racism, and Billie has displayed some ignorance in that respect before, I think?

And for what it's worth, ambition the important part of being a Slytherin, though the house was of course rather tainted by association with Voldemort.

Plus, old Salazar apparently thought it necessary to leave a giant serpent with an instant-kill stare in the bowels of the castle in case someone wanted to get rid of all the Muggleborns, so that didn't help the reputation either.

edited 21st Oct '17 9:47:14 PM by KarkatTheDalek

I mean their common room password was a slur towards muggle borns.

No, I believe it was "pure blood".

Still says a lot about them, but don't recall them ever using "Mudblood" as a password.

Mind you, I have no idea who sets the passwords for the Slytherin common room. Dumbledore should probably get on that.

edited 22nd Oct '17 2:35:32 AM by KarkatTheDalek

Yeah that's a questionable choice.

Frankly, it’s a “Hans — are ver zer baddies?”-grade choice.

I more meant the rest of the administration not stepping in.

Embrace the pickiness Joyce

See I don't know if Billie would be a Slytherin but she definitely fits the archetype that girls who self sort into slytherin WANT to be.

"Bitch who gets shit done and protects her friends" is often the archetypal idea for Slytherin Girls irl.

So yeah.

Let's talk about how great Sarah is

"Perfect, and great and normal" interesting pairings.

Oh Sarah right the reason for this. Trying to convince him on the girl he isn't dating.

you can hear the window glass shattering in her face

It's kinda reforming now