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fandomhigh2010-04-14 12:16 pm
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DADA for Muggles [Wednesday, April 14]
Sirius looked a little less rested than normal: a tiny child who belonged to a marriage between his cousin and Moony of all people had shown up this weekend and put him into a bit of a funk.
"Today decided to focus on certain dark arts that are pervasive in the Muggle world," he said. Of course, a wizard's perception of what was off in the Muggle world was probably a little skewed itself. "For instance, the insane turnstiles in the Underground which eat your ticket and then close on your hips when you move too slowly."
Sirius and Remus had made quite an impression when they'd gone to DC to see the museums. It's not all that often a grown man waved a stick at an inanimate object and threatened to hex it. "And that same day the vicious snack machine that took five of my dollars," which was still ridiculous. Everyone knew Galleons made more sense as a currency, "and refused to give me my crisps."
"Not to mention the fact that after two terms," Remus waved his wand, and levitated a DVD player over to them. He pressed the Eject button, and while the machine whined and spat a bit, nothing came out. "This infernal machine has eaten a documentary on paper-making, three paperclips after the suggestion of a student last term, and some parchment that I stuffed in there in order to appease it and ease out my disc. Furthermore, Muggle transportation is terrifying. What sense does it make to feed bills to a machine to give you another piece of paper that you then must feed to another machine in order to board a train? My god."
Remus, frankly, thought that the machines must be very hungry.
"Those are just a few examples," Sirius concluded, "but I'm sure you all--having had more exposure to the Muggle world--can come up with others. If you could also tell us the counterjinx for these three, Professor Lupin and I would be quite grateful."
"Today decided to focus on certain dark arts that are pervasive in the Muggle world," he said. Of course, a wizard's perception of what was off in the Muggle world was probably a little skewed itself. "For instance, the insane turnstiles in the Underground which eat your ticket and then close on your hips when you move too slowly."
Sirius and Remus had made quite an impression when they'd gone to DC to see the museums. It's not all that often a grown man waved a stick at an inanimate object and threatened to hex it. "And that same day the vicious snack machine that took five of my dollars," which was still ridiculous. Everyone knew Galleons made more sense as a currency, "and refused to give me my crisps."
"Not to mention the fact that after two terms," Remus waved his wand, and levitated a DVD player over to them. He pressed the Eject button, and while the machine whined and spat a bit, nothing came out. "This infernal machine has eaten a documentary on paper-making, three paperclips after the suggestion of a student last term, and some parchment that I stuffed in there in order to appease it and ease out my disc. Furthermore, Muggle transportation is terrifying. What sense does it make to feed bills to a machine to give you another piece of paper that you then must feed to another machine in order to board a train? My god."
Remus, frankly, thought that the machines must be very hungry.
"Those are just a few examples," Sirius concluded, "but I'm sure you all--having had more exposure to the Muggle world--can come up with others. If you could also tell us the counterjinx for these three, Professor Lupin and I would be quite grateful."
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