Comments on: Harry Potter and the Frog Strangler http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/comment-page-1/#comment-28289 kgs Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:50:29 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/#comment-28289 Rhea, how did that happen? And have you noticed how scary it is to say "my body parts are half a century old"? Rhea, how did that happen? And have you noticed how scary it is to say “my body parts are half a century old”?

]]> By: Rhea http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/comment-page-1/#comment-28286 Rhea Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:45:23 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/#comment-28286 Turning 50!? Me, too, next year. Turning 50!? Me, too, next year.

]]> By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/comment-page-1/#comment-27966 kgs Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:47:26 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/#comment-27966 It was on the list of phrases to get familiar with before we moved here :-) (Along with canopy road) It was on the list of phrases to get familiar with before we moved here :-) (Along with canopy road)

]]> By: Walter Underwood http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/comment-page-1/#comment-27960 Walter Underwood Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:22:50 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/#comment-27960 "Frog strangler" is Floridian? I've only heard it from one other person, my Mom's friend from Lubbock, Texas. Out there, a "frog strangler" is a rain a few notches heavier than a "gully washer", and I'm sure the usage is from about fifty years ago. Iva Sue moved to Baton Rouge when I was small, so she learned it in Lubbock before I was born. “Frog strangler” is Floridian? I’ve only heard it from one other person, my Mom’s friend from Lubbock, Texas. Out there, a “frog strangler” is a rain a few notches heavier than a “gully washer”, and I’m sure the usage is from about fifty years ago. Iva Sue moved to Baton Rouge when I was small, so she learned it in Lubbock before I was born.

]]> By: David Fiander http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/comment-page-1/#comment-27755 David Fiander Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:21:08 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-and-the-frog-strangler/#comment-27755 My daughter spent yesterday evening in the rec room with me, refusing to look at any of the books I pulled out of my collection (Madeline L'Engle, Eoin Colfer, Tolkien, a Heinlein YA) while bemoaning the fact there would never be another Harry Potter book. She finally decided that "Have spacesuit, will travel" might be acceptable. My daughter spent yesterday evening in the rec room with me, refusing to look at any of the books I pulled out of my collection (Madeline L’Engle, Eoin Colfer, Tolkien, a Heinlein YA) while bemoaning the fact there would never be another Harry Potter book.

She finally decided that “Have spacesuit, will travel” might be acceptable.

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