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Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

...Minister of Foreign Affairs

[Angst]

Why haven't we had a thread on this? And if we have, how come I missed it? And if this is really really old and everyone's heard it a thousand times before, please point this out to me and spare my embarrassment.

Anyway, yes. This doesn't really bother me. It just makes me happy.

("Help! Help! There's a rat under my chair!"
"Oh, don't worry, that's just the Minister of Foreign Affairs.")

Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :

Well..under his picture it says hisname is "Pierre Pettigrew". If I remember, The Peter Pettigrew from HP is British.

Edit: Still funny though. hehe.

[ March 01, 2005, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: Little_Doctor ]

Posted by Lady Jane (Member # 7249) on :

Also, I think JKR made him up.

[Wink]

Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :

Pish Posh. We all know it's real.

Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :

Check his fingers... (just in case!)

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Okay, so his name isn't English, but Pierre and Peter are the same name, only in different languages!

The Pixiest... I plan to... [Angst]

*still amused*

Posted by HesterGray (Member # 7384) on :

That's hilarious! [Big Grin]

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

When I saw the thread title I thought "surely she knows it's PIERRE Pettigrew..."

<--- has not read Harry Potter; I had to surmise that from the thread content.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

You haven't read Harry Potter, twinky?

*sigh* So many people missing out, it maketh me sad...

Edit: And it's very impressive that from what was in the title you could know exactly who I meant, even though the name was wrong [Smile]

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[ March 01, 2005, 08:34 PM: Message edited by: Teshi ]

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Indeed I have not. My mother loves them, though, and I may ultimately read them... it's just that I have such a long queue of books on my "to read" list that even if I append Harry Potter to the end, it could be a year before I get to it. Anyway, when she finishes the series I'll probably put it on the list.

As to the Hon. P. Pettigrew, I confess that I watch Politics with Don Newmann often enough to be at least somewhat aware of these things. *shifty eyes*

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Er, I *have* seen a couple of the HP movies, through no fault of my own. But I don't plan to see any more of them.

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Twinky if you judge the books by the movies then you are making a Big Mistake. The only movie which even caught a glint of what the books are about was the third.

But I digress.

Yes. Read the books. All of them. No excuses.

Then get back to me. [Wink]

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

I'm not judging the books. I'm just not in a big hurry. [Smile]

I didn't read The Chronicles of Narnia until after C. S. Lewis was dead, and I figure I'll still be alive when J. K. Rowling dies, so I'll read them during the Harry Potter revival that is sure to follow her demise. (Okay, okay, now I'm just yanking your chain. But I'll add the first book to my list of books to read based on the strength of your recommendation.)

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Now I feel like everything is relying on that one book.

I hope you enjoy it. If you don't, at least you would have read it.

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

You know, at least the books you like are popular. When I evangelize my favourite books hardly anyone else has ever heard of them (I exaggerate somewhat, but it's mostly true).

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I do like lots of books that aren't mainstream (not many, but a few), but I also like Harry Potter, which I might point out, I have been reading since right after they become so popular in England (1997?), aged 11.

I just feel that because they have become so popular they have become something that nobody with intelligence wants to read because if they're popular they can't be all that good. This is not the case. They are actually good, they just caught the right moment in time and the right place in critic's and children's hearts. [Smile]

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

I didn't say not mainstream, just not massively popular. [Razz]

I remember reading that in your landmark, now that I think of it.

I always figured that the Harry Potter books would be like the Chronicles of Narnia, which is to say quite enjoyable. Anyway, I'll put the first book on my list and if I like it I'll read more. It'll be a while before I get to it but it's not like they'll vanish off the face of the earth...

Posted by Anna (Member # 2582) on :

[Smile]