The Golden Neep IC

( WWN NEWSFLASH: REFERENDUM RESULTS! )

Who: Chidera Okeke and Bastian Cavallero
What: Chidera gets recruited to Portree
When: Monday, 15 Jan, mid afternoon
Where: Hog’s Head, Hogsmeade
Warnings: None
( What do you think about coming over and playing for Portree? )

Cheers, Scotland, and to the newest Ministry division! And thank you to everyone who exercised their civic duty in participating in the vote, no matter what your choice was.

KENNA

The little ones have been asking to see you. Think you could carve out an hour to see your old godmother and godsiblings?

Bart, Ellie, Graham

Per our recent conversations, Bart and Ellie, I thought that it would be good to have a quick re-introduction here to Ellie MacFusty, the Pride coach.

Ellie, last we spoke, you said you weren't sure when you'd be back in the country. Has anything changed?

Bart, what, if anything, do you need from Ellie moving forward, especially before the match this weekend.

Pride Players, Admin

As announced this morning at practice, we're welcoming Chidera Okeke to the Pride in the open beater position. She's come to us from Wigtown. Please make every effort to make her feel at home.

Keke, we're glad to have you.

[Mel]

I've been holding your present hostage since you were swamped with Euro Cup scheduling stuff on your birthday, but now that's over, what do you say to dinner? I promise not to make you cook or subject you to my cooking.

[Ana]

Are you available on Thursday for a belated birthday dinner for Mel?

WHAT A WEEK.

Tween Scotland WINNING EVERYTHING FOREVER and QUID IS BACK and oh right it was Buchanan Day yesterday too wasn't it? Should of found myself a rugby to watch I guess.

Izzit really only Tuesday? Cause it feels like a helluva lot more then Tuesday.

Anyways GO CATS but only cause it's against Arrows, DOWN WITH COTTON

[Dizzy]
Oh hey old mate I got a riddle for you:
WHICH TEAM has ONE MORE beater then they used to and WHICH TEAM HAS ONE LESS??

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Caerphilly Catapults (4-3-0 0.571) versus Appleby Arrows (3-3-0 0.500)
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Play Started:2000-01-16 at Bodmin Moor
Snitch caught in : 7 hours, 14 minutes
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Caerphilly Catapults : 480
Appleby Arrows : 330
Congratulations, Caerphilly Catapults
( Coincidentally, there were 7 hours and 14 minutes of sunlight today... )

It seems that yet again someone has forgotten that one of the ways you can make a complaint to Stadium Management does not actually include the use of Howlers; and any such complaints will not be opened, and instead will be appropriately disposed of. And burn a delightfully fiery death. Fortunately, my assistant hadn't yet made much of a headway through the complaints and we were blessed to not have to hear yet another insensible rant on completely inane and unreasonable stadium issues that are in fact not even a legitimate issue.

Well, the referendum results were certainly closer than I had expected, and fortunately it seems my vote wasn't necessary - not that I could've voted even if I had wished to what with living in London and not being registered. I dare say it's going to be an interesting few months, if not longer, as they work to set things up within the Ministry. Whether it'll work out for the betterment of Scotland remains to be seen.

( KINGSLEY SHACKLEBOLT'S REFERENDUM SPEECH broadcast on the WWN and printed in the Daily Prophet on 16 January 2000 )

[Pip Parkinson]

So now that we've had a few days working together, I'd like to know, in your own words, what's going on with Scrimgeour and you, because I'm a little confused about it and I need to make decisions about who we're playing for Ballycastle.

[Scrimmy]

So now that we've had a few days working together, I'd like to know, in your own words, what's going on with Parkinson and you, because I'm a little confused about it and I need to make decisions about who we're playing for Ballycastle.