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Shodan
12-15-2005, 01:02 PM
I am re-listening to Goblet of Fire on tape after seeing the movie (insert rave review here).

I am looking for the differences between book and movie, to see what was done to condense it. No subplot of SPEW or Dobby, to save time and budget on special effects.

In the book, Moaning Myrtle points Harry in the correct direction in the lake during the Second Task. Myrtle mentions that she is familiar with the lake, because sometimes, when her toilet is unexpectedly flushed, she winds up in the lake "along with the contents of a toilet", as Harry muses.

Which means that the toilets at Hogwart's drain into the lake. :eek:

Hogwart's has been around for what, a thousand years? That means that lake is getting pretty foul by now. And the Second Task involves swimming in raw sewage.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

The Tri-Wizard Tournament is tougher than I thought!

And despite this, the merfolk are still more or less friends with Dumbledore, and allied with (although distant from) the wizarding world to the point that they will cooperate with the Department of Magical Games and Sports and help out with the Tri-Wizard Tournament.

Dumbledore must be a pretty persuasive guy.

Regards,
Shodan
CalMeacham
12-15-2005, 01:08 PM
Hogwart's has been around for what, a thousand years? That means that lake is getting pretty foul by now. And the Second Task involves swimming in raw sewage.



Well, presumably the waste has been recycled into the environment. Fish poop in the lake, too, you know. And modern "leaching fields" don't become unbearable fields of manure. Plants and other things re-use the waste. One o'them Cycle of Life kinda things.



That said, I'm a lot less interested in swimming in their lake, now.
Omniscient
12-15-2005, 01:12 PM
Um, what's the deal with the thread title?
Exapno Mapcase
12-15-2005, 01:15 PM
Um, what's the deal with the thread title?
It's called a pun, son.
or·dure ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ôrjr)
n.
Excrement; dung.
ShibbOleth
12-15-2005, 01:16 PM
Um, what's the deal with the thread title?


Ordure = excrement.

Odor would have also worked.

Also, to the OP: they're magic folk.... their shit don't stink.
Omniscient
12-15-2005, 01:18 PM
:smack:
Exapno Mapcase
12-15-2005, 01:34 PM
Never has a username been so badly abused! :D
carnivorousplant
12-15-2005, 01:38 PM
You forget that Harry's excretement has no odor.
TheBoneyKingofNowhere
12-15-2005, 01:50 PM
You forget that Harry's excretement has no odor.

On the other hand, Hermione's pee smells like Golden Smacks while running down Harry's face.





Geez, what's wrong with me. Sorry
Shodan
12-15-2005, 02:34 PM
You forget that Harry's excretement has no odor.
I wonder if the merpeople ship their poo into the castle.

Let's see -

Harry Potty and the Sorcerer's Kidney Stone

Harry Potty and the Prisoner of Ass

Harry Potty and the Chamberpot of Secrets

Harry Potty and the Gobbet of Shite

Harry Potty and the Half Crud Pants

OK, OK, I'll stop now.

Regards,
Shodan
Voyager
12-15-2005, 02:46 PM
I thought this was a comment on the quality of the fifth book. Just about right.
carnivorousplant
12-15-2005, 03:26 PM
I wonder if the merpeople ship their poo into the castle.


No, but you cannot help but notice that Staff always bring their lunch to the cafeteria on "Fish Stick Tuesday".
Quartz
12-15-2005, 05:52 PM
Hogwart's has been around for what, a thousand years? That means that lake is getting pretty foul by now. And the Second Task involves swimming in raw sewage.
It's really a sea loch, not a lake. And all that ordure goes to fertilise the kelp beds.

And it's pretty d*mn big.
carnivorousplant
12-15-2005, 06:56 PM
"Fish Stick Friday" you would have laughed?
Rysto
12-15-2005, 06:59 PM
[i]Harry Potty and the Chamberpot of Secrets
It's the Chamberpot of Secretions (http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=030915)