| potterstinks @ 2003-03-27 21:33:00 |
| Current mood: | enraged |
As I likely should have expected, my date with Queenie Greengrass went miserably. Since last evening was the first warm one since winter started, I thought it best to check the hedges around the lake for any miscreants who might be swapping saliva so that I could expose their trysts. Unfortunately, Queenie took this to mean that I was taking her to the lake in order to grant her request. By the time I realised, she was on her knees in the dirt and there was an extra head inside my robes. Her hands were cold. Naturally I was so startled I accidentally kneed her in the face, whereupon she promptly fell backwards, rolled over a tree root, and right into the lake.
Then, she expected me to get into the lake and help her out. After she'd thrown herself at me, before I even received the results of her blood test, she expected me to get into the lake in the middle of March at night, all because she thought she might drown. She caused an enormous spectacle, and naturally Sinistra eventually came by and proceeded to toss breadcrumbs into the lake. Eventually I left, so I'm not sure whether or not she actually made it out all right, but I suppose she has. All in all, I'm dissatisfied with Queenie, whose breasts grew three sizes between the day I'd asked her out and the night of our date.
This evening I had my first detention with Lupin. Somehow, I don't think he appreciated the chain of garlic I decided to wear, nor the silver good luck charm I picked up in Hogsmeade recently. Of course, I hardly need good luck, but you never know when these things might come in handy.
In typical fashion, Lupin decided to have me clean the murtlap tanks with my bare hands. There was algae. It got on my robes, which, incidentally, were of course new, as I rarely wear the same thing twice, and I doubt he'll bother to reimburse me. One of them tried to attach itself to my face. I could have been scarred for life! Professors aren't allowed to put students in danger, but of course, if that rule were applied, surely Professor Sprout would have been fired for putting us in danger of hanging ourselves.
Tomorrow, I think I'll consider picking up a silver wand.
Comments:
| potterstinks @ 2003-03-27 09:07 pm UTC |
Well, while a round of fellatio is certainly not something to turn down, I hardly think the lake at Hogwarts is the place. I mean, really. Could the girl be any more of a cliché?
| just_harry @ 2003-03-28 12:11 am UTC |
You know Dudley and I used to get algae stains all the time. You should use Whisk on them and then let them soak for a while, you know, several hours or a few days. It works on red dirt too. Also just plain bleach works, but you have to let it soak before you rinse it. Also another way to treat algae stains is to fill the washer like you would normally with the same amount of detergent and then put in Cascade dishwasher powder and then let the machine agitate for a bit to mix the soap and Cascade. And then you put your clothes in, and then you agitate it again for about 10 minutes. Then you turn your washer off and let the clothes soak as long as possible. You should even leave them in overnight if you can. And then you do let the washer finish the cycle. That's what we always do.
| just_harry @ 2003-06-10 06:21 pm UTC |
That was the word they used. As everyone has figured out by now, I didn't make it up.
(parent)| just_harry @ 2003-03-28 12:14 am UTC |
Okay, wait, don't do the bleach thing. That's really for glass.
| just_harry @ 2003-03-28 12:47 am UTC |
Oh, and I guess you probably don't have a washer and I don't know if you can get Cascade or Whisk here anyway. So the other things we did were to wash fresh algae stains with cold water. Alcohol will dissolve the green colouring matter when a material cannot be washed. Also you should moisten the stain with kerosene and then let stand a short time and then wash with soap and water. Or you could use vinegar.
| just_harry @ 2003-03-28 01:37 am UTC |
I just remembered some other things that we used to do about algae stains. Algae stains can be removed easily by scrubbing with an ordinary bar of white soap. Use a little elbow grease and it's gone.
Also you can use a laundry product containing enzymes for at least 30 minutes (several hours for aged stains.) Do not use hot water as it will coagulate protein and make stain more difficult to remove. If stains remain, soak an additional 30 minutes. Follow product instructions. Some laundry detergents contain enzymes. After soaking, launder in warm water as usual.
Algae Stains To remove algae stains, treat stained area with a toothpaste that claims it will whiten your teeth. You can use this on your clothing or your sneakers. Allow to set for a few minutes before washing
Do you think any of these will work? They should work because they always worked for us when we had algae stains.
| potions_master @ 2003-03-28 10:16 am UTC |
Hm. All right then, Potter, I'll bite. I do not, for a moment, buy your algae story. The question, however, is why, Potter, did you stay up late into the evening plagiarising Better Manors and Gardens when you were perfectly aware that there were lessons today? You're up to something, Potter, and I'm of the mind to find out what it is. Make no mistake, there are no secrets at Hogwarts. You will be exposed for whatever it is you are doing. Good day.
- Professor Snape
| lupercus @ 2003-03-28 12:07 pm UTC |
Now, Severus, really. The boy's simply being friendly and should be encouraged, not threatened.
No need to panic. There's a lad.
- Remus
| potions_master @ 2003-03-28 12:13 pm UTC |
This has nothing to do with who is being amicable. You, Lupin, do not possess the capability to see the truth in Potter's lies, and I know Potter. I know when Potter is setting up a scheme, and something tells me he isn't stealing from Muggle magazines for no reason. The pieces are there, and it shall only take time to arrange them so they make a match. You may not care if Potter does foul, but I intend to get to the bottom of this.
(parent)| lupercus @ 2003-03-28 12:30 pm UTC |
Severus,
Have you ever considered a hobby?
And no, stalking Harry Potter does not count as one.
Perhaps knitting? Or quilting! I've heard great things about macrame.
- Remus
| potions_master @ 2003-03-28 12:35 pm UTC |
I do not stalk. I walk. I talk. I balk. On one or two occasions I have been known to walk like an Egyptian. I have even talked the talk and walked the walk. I do not, however, stalk.
(parent)| lupercus @ 2003-03-28 12:56 pm UTC |
That's not what the foreign types with the hookah pipes say.
- Remus
PS: Stamp collecting!
| onourbrooms @ 2003-03-29 05:57 am UTC |
Sevvie already has two hobbies-- his right hand, and his left.
(parent)| potions_master @ 2003-03-29 06:05 am UTC |
And you, Xiomara, remain cordial as ever. Didn't I spot you down at Nefelesce's Naughty Emporium in Knockturn Alley?
Don't call me Sevvie.