in which Liz does terrible things to Winnie the Pooh

[edenfalling]

I think I am scarred for life.

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I was taking a nap, and I had a terrible dream in which Rabbit was feeding Winnie the Pooh lots of honey so he couldn't get out of his burrow; you see, he wanted to keep Pooh there as his sex slave. And then Pooh stuck his head out of the hole to see what the weather was like, and Kanga and Roo happened along and wondered why they hadn't seen him lately.

Pooh explained that he had visited Rabbit, eaten a bit too much, and couldn't get through the door now. But the burrow was quite comfortable, and Rabbit always had an extra pot of honey around, so he didn't particularly mind.

Kanga became suspicious, and was going to tell Christopher Robin that Rabbit was keeping Pooh prisoner, but Rabbit found out about this and managed to bash her and Roo over their heads with a frying pan and feed them to Eeyore, who had mysteriously changed from a donkey to a hyena.

Eeyore coughed out a bone, asked how Pooh was doing lately, and wondered if Kanga had any more relatives.

Rabbit leered, said Pooh was just fine, thank you, and he'd be sure to tell Eeyore if he ran across anyone looking for Kanga.

I cannot BELIEVE this came out of my head.

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Also, a question: what is the difference between Christmas dinner and Christmas tea, and at what time of day would each meal occur? Because Hermione explains her plan after Christmas dinner, but she, Harry, and Ron don't feed the chocolate cakes to Crabbe and Goyle until after Christmas tea.

Comments

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Honey, wait until you have kids and you've had to listen to the Little Mermaid soundtrack 1001 times. You'll think of things to do to princesses, dalmatians, and singing crusteans that will make this look tame.

The difference is, you will feel no guilt.

[edenfalling]

Hmm. I think, actually, I have already experienced this, when I was about seven and my sister was four and she played "Baby Beluga" for hours every day. I wanted to turn that whale into oil. And then rip the tape to shreds and burn it.

Actually, to this day I have blotted the song "Joshua the Giraffe" out of my head, because I found it unspeakably creepy. And I had to listen to it daily. *shudders*

[gakifang.livejournal.com]

My sister is 18 and she *still* does this with the movies that she likes. After a week straight, even I could recite the lines to Titanic and I avoided that movie with a passion.

[edenfalling]

I saw Titanic in theater with my then-boyfriend. What I mostly remember is getting a vicious, pounding headache from the lengthy sequences where the ship lights are intermittently shorting out from seawater. I thought, afterward, that it should come with a warning for people with epilepsy. :-)

[sangoire.livejournal.com]

I think dinner = lunch, maybe around noonish or so, and tea is kind of like a midafternoon snack? 3-4PM? An actual Brit would probably know for real, though, I'm just guessing. :-P

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

I think you're right about Christmas dinner being served at midday. But if Christmas tea was at the Weasleys', it was probably a light evening meal served relatively early (i.e. between 5 and 7 p.m.). My English friend Sue always makes tea for her daughters around the same time I'm making dinner for my kids. This is also known as "high tea," not to be confused with "afternoon tea," which is the fancy tea-and-crumpets tea served around 3-4 p.m. But Sue never says "high tea," she just says something like "Time to go home, girls, we're having fish sticks for tea."

[edenfalling]

That sounds about right, especially since I don't remember any mention of supper.

This is at Hogwarts, during CoS, not at the Weasleys'. So I'm estimating dinner at around 1-ish, and tea at 5-ish. Or something like that.

What threw me is that Hermione made up the cakes during or before dinner, but then they just sat around until tea. Which would tend to make them go stale. And who wants to eat stale cake?

This is either a case of JKR's incredibly imprecise time sense striking again, or a case of her painting Crabbe and Goyle, in the broadest possible strokes, as complete idiots. (I'm not wildly fond of either option. *sigh*)

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

Chocolate cakes wouldn't become seriously stale between midday and evening. And even if they did, IMO, you don't have to be a complete idiot to think that slightly stale chocolate cake is better than no chocolate cake. I'd take slightly stale chocolate cake over no chocolate cake any day (unless creme brulee were the alternative).

I wonder if Hermione is a good cook? She could be completely incompetent in the kitchen, but I think it's more likely she's incredibly careful and precise and gets frustrated with recipes that say things like "salt to taste."

[edenfalling]

I can definitely see Hermione doing that. :-) As for the cakes in CoS... I think she just appropriated a couple from the table -- her only contribution was the sleeping potion.