3rd Match: Slytherin vs Hufflepuff

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Countdown to the Start of the Match

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Please remember, when making announcements:

Number each Quaffle
Number each Chaser Chain
Include the current score.

Thx!

[Eldarwen]

The green half of the stadium is cheering, waving scarves and flags, as the Slytherin Quidditch team mounts their brooms and starts doing warm-ups.


Keeper
Natalie (DM)

Seeker
Michelle (DM)

Chasers
Tea (SS)
Kathleen (SS)
Jammin Jenny (DM)

Beaters
Louise (BL)
Ora (TR)

Reserves
Stacie (SS)
Laura (TR)
LaurLa (SS)
Sanah (SS)
Snowtulip (BL)
Kaley (BL)

Announcers
Tea (SS)
Eldarwen (SS)
Jammin Jenny (DM)
Natalie (DM)




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Slytherin Keeper

Unfortunately, warm-up laps are proving a little difficult for Slytherin's Keeper Natalie, whose broom is decidedly not in the mood to play game.

Keeper Stacie will take over for the first 24 hours of the game so Natalie can get her broom checked and repaired.

[Cat]

Hufflepuff team....

Super Sprout Seeker Sophie

Classic Chaser Clique Katie (Cedric), Danielle (Newt) & Sandy (Newt)

Kick-ass Keeper Amanda (Tonks)

Brave Beaters Karishma (Tonks) & Cat (Cedric)

Raging Reserves: Melinda & Sarah (Cedric); Emma & Nox (Newt); Suzanne (Sprout). Edit: plus Tina, as mentioned in message #9)

Announcers : Sophie, Suzanne, Cat &rest of team as needed

[Cat]

(Sorry E, there’s not likely to be much announcement creativity this side, but I’m confident you’ll keep us entertained)

[Eldarwen]

Cat wrote: "(Sorry E, there’s not likely to be much announcement creativity this side, but I’m confident you’ll keep us entertained)"

All good! No guarantees for entertainment on our side either though haha. Worst case, throw in a gif or two instead of long-winded text ;-)

[Cat]

I forgot one of our reserves!

Lovely Tina would like to be a reserve player & announcer - nice Slytherin people will forgive the oversight? (it's a bit messy in the Burrow, sorry!)

[❀Tea❀]

If we get few goal points head start. :p

[Cat]

Pfffttp!

You need no help!

[Karishma]

@Tea long time no see. How is the cheese popcorn machine?

Do you remember?

[Cat]

Cheese popcorn machine???

Tell us more!

Is this a delicious snack or a vicious attempt to poison opponents with seemingly delicious snacks? A Fred & George Lunchbox special??

[❀Tea❀]

Hey, Karishma! So it is you! I've been wondering. :)

Little busy right now. There is this game going on and opponents keep distracting me by posting in match thread. I have little heart attack every time I see new post thinking you are done and ready to go for score. :P

How are you?

[Cat]

Can I interest anyone in some cheese-based jokes? They're gouda!

Hahahaha! I love me a cheese-based joke....

[❀Tea❀]

Cat wrote: "Cheese popcorn machine???

Tell us more!

Is this a delicious snack or a vicious attempt to poison opponents with seemingly delicious snacks? A Fred & George Lunchbox special??"

That would be 20 pts worth information. At least ;)

[Eldarwen]

Cat wrote: "Can I interest anyone in some cheese-based jokes? They're gouda!

Hahahaha! I love me a cheese-based joke...."

Ooooh my....... ;-))))

[Cat]

E, you'll regret that encouragement!

What cheese do you use to coax Yogi out of a tree?

(view spoiler)[[requires "Vic & Bob Shooting Stars dove from above" hand actions] camembert! (hide spoiler)]

[Karishma]

Cheese popcorn is Tea's favourite snack during matches and debates. So we can bribe her with them :-P:-P:-P:-P

[Sophie, The other one]

I'll have to disa-brie with you Cat

[Cat]

Sophie, we are on on the same team! You shouldn't be making me laugh so much!

Love it!

[Karishma]

Cat wrote: "Can I interest anyone in some cheese-based jokes? They're gouda!

Hahahaha! I love me a cheese-based joke...."

Ironic because I'm out buying cheese :-D

[Cat]

And one for Danielle... How do you approach and angry Welsh cheese?

(view spoiler)[Caerphilly (hide spoiler)]

I might be laughing like a loon here...

[Sophie, The other one]

Which cheese is made backwards?

[Cat]

I know! I know! I know!

(view spoiler)[EDAM!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Karishma]

I'm laughing like a loon too!

Great ones people,

[Sophie, The other one]

And we thought there'd be no entertainment in this thread

[Sophie, The other one]

Cat and I are announcing all week! The cheese based puns could reach new heights

[Cat]

I am going to have to save some for later in the match :)

[Karishma]

@Tea I'm doing good. What about you?

How is Aragorn's clone doing?

[Karishma]

Wow you guys really know your cheeses!

[Jammin Jenny]

My Contribution to Cheese Humor

[✿~Danielle~✿]

Cat wrote: "And one for Danielle... How do you approach and angry Welsh cheese?

[spoilers removed]

I might be laughing like a loon here..."

Haha!

[Jammin Jenny]

I had to step away to make a cheese platter after all this humor...

[Cat]

Crumbs!

[Jammin Jenny]

And I have some white cheddar dusted caramel popcorn for late night reading...

[Cat]

That you can keep! Sounds like an acquired taste to me!

[Sophie, The other one]

That's all yours Jenny! Tried some salted caramel Wensleydale a while back, really wasn't a fan. Cheese shouldn't be sweet like that

[Karishma]

Same Sophie. I like cheese popcorn. Somehow haven't developed the taste for sweet popcorn .

[Jammin Jenny]

It's an acquired taste - like kettle corn

[Cat]

Quaffle H1
Q - Bordélyház Bizáncban - char Quaestor Quintus - Melinda - 10 Aug
U - Tündér Lala - char Und - Melinda - 10 Aug
A - The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children - author Alison - Sophie - 10 Aug
F - The Female Few: Spitfire Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary - Sarah - 10 Aug
F - The Female Brain - Tina - 10 Aug
L - Marked - char Luna - Cat - 10 Aug
E - The Ex - Sandy - 10 Aug

Chain H1
#1 in series - Hot Ride - Danielle
#2 in series - Ilias - Sandy
#3 in series - Cocky Client - Katie

Score : nil all
Snacks consumed: cheese & crackers

[❀Tea❀]

Slytherin Beater

Ora making her debut in green proudly hops on her broom, swings her bat and (with tongue poking to make it go strait) aims her bludger toward Danielle.

Reading Hot Ride same as Huffs chaser


Let the chase begin!

[❀Tea❀]

Just out of curiosity, since Tündér Lala is children book, word count is within rules?

[❀Tea❀]

Slytherin Keeper

Stacie wants to prove that she's great substitute for Natalie and picks her quaffle letter. That E looks so sweet and nice so she picks up her The Ex and gets ready to defend a goal

Reading The Ex - read by Sandy for E

[Cat]

Huff Karishma, also debuting, is reading Hot Ride to defend Danielle from Stacie

[Jammin Jenny]

Slytherin Beater - Attack Complete

Ora flies and aims her bludger true at Danielle.
Finished Hot Ride

edited to include book title

[Jammin Jenny]

Slytherin Beater - Attack

Ora swoops on her broom and goes for Sandy reading Ilias

[Cat]

Cat launches herself after Ora, reading about the frankly pudgy Ilias too

[Cat]

❀Tea❀ wrote: "Just out of curiosity, since Tündér Lala is children book, word count is within rules?"

I'm waiting on Melinda to get back to us (she's feeding the family or some such reason for not being surgically attached to GR)

I think the answer is yes, it does have more than 25k words (it's 240p,took 2hrs to read, even as a speed reread, and Melinda was able to write a thoughtful review, which implies wordy content & which makes it comparable to A Little Princess, say) but.... I don't know that we can verify it...

[Jammin Jenny]

Slytherin Beater

Louise flies off taking aim at the final Huff chaser Katie reading Cocky Client