Before we get down to business with your Ravenclaw related queries I must award a prize for the riddle I posted last time. All your answers were indeed correct (I especially liked Crystal's eagle suggestion, CMel's thestral, and of course Tricia's logical answer - well reasoned!) but the winner as selected by random.org is Judith aka Jayannell! Friday was the name of the man's horse (or beast of your choosing). Congratulations my friend! You win the Ravelry pattern of your choice up to the value of $6 as gifted by Sadielou. Please contact her to arrange the 'delivery' of your prize.
I have another riddle for you this week, but this time it is only for the joy of learning.
He makes shoes without leather, with four elements put togetherAnswers on a postcard please (or a PM to Sadielou will do).
Fire, water, earth and air, and every customer takes two pair.
What am I?
This week I have had several owls popping by for a quick visit. It can sometimes get lonely just hanging up here and thinking of riddles to pose to students so the mail was a welcome interruption. Let me dig through my messages to see what's been worrying our wee wizards and witches this week.
Dear Eagle Eye. I keep hearing that the Tower was blown up last term, and that there was a great big hole in the wall. How on earth did THAT happen?
Ah, yes. That was quite the adventure last term. Well, it all began with the Friday Night Fondoo Parties which have now become commonplace in the tower. After a particularly stressful week some of the elder students began making some tasty alcoholic beverages for one another to reward themselves for their hard work and commiserate over their misfortunes. It didn't take long for some of the more enterprising chemists to set up a martini still in the lab (the work area which appeared last term for Ravenclaw students in order for them to perform experiments in peace and quiet when completing their class assignments). Shortly afterwards someone else managed to enchant all the taps in the tower to dispense a variety of margaritas, and before we knew it all heck had broken loose and spells were flying around left, right and centre. An entire wall of the Tower fell away in a crumble of dust and mortar and Sadielou's OWL Wings shawl made a bid for freedom after it caught the ricochet of an avifors charm which had been bouncing around...
Needless to say Isisonearth was not pleased with the mess this made and (after securing our copious library and many bookcases) dispatched as many students to clean up as she could lay her hands on. Many conjured up dishcloths in the last couple of days of term which they were able to submit as Ravelympics projects in the 'platter lift' category and so they counted as part of Quidditch for that term too. All was well that ended well, though this adventure may be a contributing factor to the lab having been reduced in size this term. I have a sneaking suspicion that there are plenty of new adventures which lie behind the door marked 'Convocation' in the corner of the Tower however...
Dear Eagle Eye. What is this RHA that everyone is talking about? Why must we do it for Mr Briney?!
Oh yes, the Mr Briney situation. Hah. Well, Mr Brineydeep once made a comment to our very own Brineydeep that it is just not good enough that the HP game which occupies so much of her time has not recently resulted in Ravenclaw winning the cup. He has categorically stated that he does not wish to be married to a loser. When Brineydeep told us of her husband's proclamation the Ravenclaws were aghast and decided they must do everything in their power to save Brineydeep's marriage! Henceforth, the Ravenclaws resolved to do their utmost to win the Cup back this term.
The RHA is the abbreviated term for the Ravenclaw Husband's Auxilliary, the club of which Mr Briney is leader and therefore King of the Losers. A competition has been launched in the tower for those that wish to craft RHA themed products for their significant others - be they husband, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend, anyone who can be considered a 'knitting widow' is eligible. Beer Cozies have so far been the RHA item of choice, a brilliant example of which can be seen in fricknfrack's awesome post 8562 in the Ravenclaw Common Room.
Goodness, here comes another student I must question before they can earn their entry to the Tower. You'd better be on your way too, aren't class assignments to be completed by Monday?
Soar Ravenclaw!
