Carrow's poisoning pigeons?

[longstrider.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one disturbed by the number of students feeling ill after having eaten the food in the dining hall?

Susan is the most recent. I haven't tracked the others down yet, but there have been several over an extended period of time.

Go back to early speculation about Carrow's pigeon references for why I'm fingering him in this instance. Short version: Pigeons may equal students and there were references to Tom Lehrer's Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

Comments

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

I totally hadn't connected the multiple posts about weird food to a larger plot. I guess I just thought a lot of students were being whiny and/or using bad food as an excuse to explain some of their more politically-incorrect (in the current political climate) feelings.

But that said, now that you bring it up it does seem a bit odd how often bad food comes up. I'll help you dig up some more of those next time I get a chance (early tomorrow morning, maybe), and maybe we can explore the theory a bit more.

I feel like there are some new pigeons clues that makes pigeons=people problematic (like the bit about them quickly repopulating). But I wouldn't be averse to exploring that more, too! It would be good to compile all the new pigeon stuff in one place, too, since there have been several since last time we discussed it.

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

I agree. I've been sort of waiting to see if anyone has a really nasty episode that would raise alarms with the staff.

[qwerty88.livejournal.com]

Very interesting. But Penelope isn't half-blood, is she? (My lack of familiarity with the series is showing) Wouldn't the Carrows be concentrating on the muggleborn and half blood students? Unless Penelope was a control subject?

[longstrider.livejournal.com]

Since I'm not sure about starting yet another Carrow thread, here's an explanation of his most recent Latin quote depending on context:

Hell/the abyss calls upon/invokes Hell/the abyss

OR

Deep calls to deep

http://audiolatinproverbs.blogspot.com/2006/10/abyssus-abyssum-invocat.html