As I was reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to my kids last night, I
came across a character (captain of one of Hogwarts School’s house quidditch
teams, no less) named Roger Davies. This suddenly explained with perfect clarity
the exceptional unicycling skills exhibited by not just Roger, but all of you
others who leap, spin, wheel-walk ultimate wheels, etc.–magic! I’m just a
muggle, so that explains my pathetic skills (and simultaneously takes all
burden of practice, hard work, etc. off of me–woo hoo!). I’ll keep my eyes
peeled for characters named Kris Holm, Dustin Kelm, John Foss, etc. The
conspiracy must be unmasked! he he
I’ve been trying to work out how to play Quiditch on unis. The problem is the
snitch. Bludgers could be basketballs , quaffles smaller , maybe tennis balls.
the beaters could be armed with those soft coated baseball bats. The players
ride autobalence unis so they can change hight mid game, or they are the kind of
riders who play basketball in Japan and can ignore the pedals at will. If I
could only find a snitch outside of Diagon Alley, there are some on sale in the
local toy shop but they have been doctored and are being sold to muggles as
“keyrings”, so no eraticness there anymore.
sarah
Kittle, Peter<pkittle@csuchico.edu> wrote: > As I was reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire to my kids last night, I > came across a character (captain of one of Hogwarts School’s house quidditch > teams, no less) named Roger Davies. This suddenly explained with perfect > clarity the exceptional unicycling skills exhibited by not just Roger, but all > of you others who leap, spin, wheel-walk ultimate wheels, etc.–magic! I’m > just a muggle, so that explains my pathetic skills (and simultaneously takes > all burden of practice, hard work, etc. off of me–woo hoo!). I’ll keep my > eyes peeled for characters named Kris Holm, Dustin Kelm, John Foss, etc. The > conspiracy must be unmasked! he he
