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Post by thistledown on Dec 2, 2007 13:41:31 GMT -5
Is it just me or did Harry like that Firewhisky too much in the seventh book? I just found it really funny that Rowling mentioned the alcoholic beverage about a million times...and during the last part of the book, she brings it up...again...Ha! I think Harry might be a drunk in the making...
Just thought I'd bring it up, thought it was ver ver funny.
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Post by Shelly on Dec 2, 2007 21:25:38 GMT -5
*laughs* Harry a drunk. That'd be funny to see.  |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Dec 3, 2007 10:10:26 GMT -5
Well she has the kids all drinking butterbeer at age 13, even thouhg it's definied as "not that strong."
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Post by violet on Dec 3, 2007 16:58:01 GMT -5
Well she has the kids all drinking butterbeer at age 13, even thouhg it's definied as "not that strong." I think butterbeer is like rootbeer.... And that'll be hilarious yet bad if Harry was drunk.It'll be easier for Voldemort then. |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Dec 4, 2007 0:58:31 GMT -5
Somehow I don't see Harry getting drunk. Firewhiskey just seems like a kind of drink people enjoy for its taste.
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Dec 4, 2007 16:13:49 GMT -5
In OotP, when they go to the Hogshead Inn, I remember Ron making a comment like "I bet he'll let us order firewhiskey!" and then Hermione being disapproving, which seems to suggest that butterbeer is a nonalcoholic drink that the kids usually get, and firewhisky is an alcoholic drink that you normally have to prove you're an adult to buy.
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Post by thistledown on Dec 4, 2007 18:58:43 GMT -5
*shakes head* Aaah those brits and their alcohol...no aqueous martinis for them, oh no...
I just keep thinking how...odd it is that Rowling would include the firewhisky right when Moody met his maker. I mean, hello self-destruction!!! I could see Harry and the rest drinking to have a 'good time'...but they were...depressed! Haha, Rowling cracks me up sometimes! XD
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Post by Sixteen on Dec 5, 2007 13:08:07 GMT -5
I distinctly remember an interview with JKR saying that Butterbeer was alcoholic but I can't find it. Anyway, here it says so. |
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Post by thistledown on Dec 5, 2007 18:12:23 GMT -5
Ha! Good 'ole Wiki!  |
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Dec 7, 2007 20:53:23 GMT -5
Indeed!
Yeah I knew butterbeer had to be alcoholic if it had such extreme effects on Winky.
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Post by Sora on Dec 8, 2007 23:11:57 GMT -5
That's what I thought as well. Something like root-beer would only make her strung out, not depressed and....well drunk. But Europe is less adamant about under age drinking unlike the US is so it doesn't seem too out of place that 13 year olds are drinking it.
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Post by Jacques the Environmentalist on Dec 10, 2007 1:23:53 GMT -5
Right, especially if it's as weak a beverage as it seems.
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