Isis ([info]isiscolo) wrote in [info]hpsquick100,
2003-09-15 18:58:00
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please don't kill me

Title: Feet
Word Count: 100
Challenge [if applicable]: Feet!
Author's Notes [if desired]: Rated S for silly. Sorry about this. I'll try to think of a legitimate one later this week, but this plotbunny bit me on the nose.


"Feet!"

Snape advanced on Harry like a tornado, hissing and sparking and looking generally ominous. Harry backed cautiously against the wall.

"How dare you," Snape began, emphasizing each word with a thrust of his wand toward Harry's chest, "suggest that we --"

"Now, Severus," said Flitwick mildly, "the accepted way to begin a duel --"

Snape whirled. "Is to start from an agreed distance, measured in meters! Not feet!"

"It used to be feet," McGonagall pointed out. "Still is, across the pond. Harry's probably just been reading too many American books."

"In my day it was feet," said Binns, but nobody listened.

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[info]thistle_chaser

September 15 2003, 19:05:18 UTC 8 years ago

*giggles!* I especially liked the last line.

[info]sparrohawk

September 15 2003, 19:05:43 UTC 8 years ago

Hee! Clever girl. Love Binns. I can almost hear his sonorous, ghostly voice...

"In my day it was feet..."

Hee!

[info]thisveryinstant

September 15 2003, 19:10:22 UTC 8 years ago

love. it. the last line made me laugh outloud.

[info]sociofemme

September 15 2003, 19:37:17 UTC 8 years ago

V. Nice!

But I do have to admit that the metric system squicks me more than feet EVER could.

[info]puella_deville

September 15 2003, 19:47:54 UTC 8 years ago

Heeh. Great last line -- I also love how everyone's still making excuses for the boy.

[info]vileseagulls

September 15 2003, 23:12:57 UTC 8 years ago

HAH! Genius. *smirks and doesn't understand anything but metres*

[info]miscellanny

September 16 2003, 04:09:40 UTC 8 years ago

That was brilliant! I totally never thought of that interpretation, which is the best thing about this kind of challenge. Wow. *g*

And the last line made me laugh like a monkey

[info]skalja

September 16 2003, 14:54:29 UTC 8 years ago

So brilliant, in fairly random fashion. *adds to memories*

[info]amanuensis1

September 16 2003, 17:15:32 UTC 8 years ago

Brilliant! Oh, a terrific take! Poor Binns, nobody ever listens to him.

[info]dphearson

September 16 2003, 22:28:06 UTC 8 years ago

Awesome!

Oh that is just wonderful! Thank You!

[info]delirieuse

September 17 2003, 04:47:57 UTC 8 years ago

*giggles*

But! In the English system, meters are things that measure (thermometers &c), while metres are the measurements themselves.

[info]glockgal

September 17 2003, 18:24:52 UTC 8 years ago

Oohh that is adorably clever! I love it. 'across the pond', hee! *loves McGonagall*

Too too amusing.

[info]guntar

September 17 2003, 18:43:48 UTC 8 years ago

Hee! Great drabble, as always. Very amusing.

[info]libitina

September 18 2003, 04:33:34 UTC 8 years ago

What a wonderful job of perverting the challenge!

[info]idlerat

September 18 2003, 12:19:02 UTC 8 years ago

best bits:
"looking generally ominous"
"it used to be"
"in my day."

Everyone puts in an oar. Jolly good show. v. silly. Not squicky. I like not squicky.

[info]babycakesin

October 18 2003, 15:59:15 UTC 8 years ago

*in awe* you're brilliantly funny! I love this drabble (and yes, I know, I'm very late lol)

[info]godlessharlot

March 13 2004, 13:25:30 UTC 8 years ago

I know this is months late, but I've just begun reading through the archives.

This was brilliant. Brought to mind the confuzzled looks I'd sometimes get when explaining something in centimetres or, even worse, kilometres. *g*
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