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I realized I didn't have a post for today and headed to the Book Blog Memes Master List where I found this one. Now, I haven't noticed myself paying much attention to food and drink quotes since I last read one of Brian Jacques' Redwall novels, but it just so happened the audiobook I was listening to about 20 minutes ago had a rather unforgettable drink scene.
So of course I couldn't refuse.
"...Will you get these ruddy things off us?"
Harry looked around; all three of the Dursleys were cowering with their arms over their heads as their glasses bounced up and down on their skulls, their contents flying everywhere.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," said Dumbledore politely, and he raised his wand again. All three glasses vanished. "But it would have been better manners to drink it, you know."
-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, page 51
Hahahaha good old Dumbledore, always so polite, even when he's telling people off! I don't even remember what drink he offered them...I guess it's lucky I'm rereading at the moment XD
ReplyDeleteSome kind of rare reserve mead, I think.
DeleteDumbledore is pretty fantastic. ^_^
I haven't read any of the Harry Potter books, but I had to laugh at this excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing...and here's MY BOOKISH THURSDAY POST
I put off reading them for years, but they're so dang good! Lots of fun moments like this peppered throughout. ^_^
DeleteTHAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DUMBLEDORE SCENES EVER!!! I love how he's just calmly provoking the Dursleys and you can tell he's having so much fun with it. Dumbledore, teaching manners one visit at a time.LOL
ReplyDeleteRIGHT?! That's one thing I love about it, because he IS provoking them and he is entirely calm about it. Understandably, Dumbledore is annoyed they treated Harry so terribly when he hoped they would treat him like family. It's another insight to his character, to see this is what he does, instead of cursing them or something.
DeleteThat's a good one, Amanda :) And I'm so happy you found my meme! I hope you'll continue to participate - the more the merrier ;)
ReplyDeleteLexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews
Thanks, Lexxie!
DeleteI rank this one up there with the Ten Tongue Toffee part. Anytime someone is messing with the Dursleys is always fun! I especially love how cool and calm Dumbledore is and lets them know he's running things whether they like it or not...whether it's their house or not.
ReplyDeleteHa! I think Harry's friends ought to form a club -Messing With Dursleys. Mrs. Weasley could make sweater uniforms for everyone. ^_^
DeleteThis is great! There are so many good drink and food moments in the Harry Potter books. I love the ton-tongue toffee scene in Goblet of Fire, and Dumbledore drinking the cursed water in Half-Blood Prince is quite memorable as well. I do love the love potion chocolates Ron accidentally eats -- it's hilarious, right up until he drinks the poisoned mead.
ReplyDeleteI've only encountered the ton-tongue toffees, but I guess there's more to look forward to!
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