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Tweak says, "one for the money"

Justin E. Finch-Fletchley (justifiability) wrote in neeps,
@ 2017-11-03 20:06:00

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This just in, Banchory is really damn boring. Note to self, quests and adventures are best planned when sober. Or if they are not planned sober they need to be completed while not sober either.

Ernie, I blame you.

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	scrambles 2017-11-04 06:15 am UTC (link)
	I reckon expecting to find anything exciting in Aberdeenshire was your first mistake. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-04 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	Perhaps, but we were also on a search for kebabs that got derailed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scrambles 2017-11-04 10:04 pm UTC (link)
	Is Banchory famous for kebabs then? I never knew that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-04 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	We were in Edinburgh and took a wrong turn. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	scrambles 2017-11-04 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	Won't make that mistake again, I expect. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-04 11:15 pm UTC (link)
	Probably not. Banchory was a shit idea. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	partandparsel 2017-11-04 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ah, drink. The only thing that can make a trip to Banchory sound an adventure. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-04 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	I should have known better and now I'm stuck out here with the salmon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	left_magpie 2017-11-04 10:08 pm UTC (link)
	Tickle up one of those salmon and I'll take it. I'm not afraid of the game wardens... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-04 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	Unfortunately for you, I am. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	left_magpie 2017-11-04 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	Then we both shall miss out. Perhaps another time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-05 01:49 am UTC (link)
	Or I could get salmon from Tesco? [Gregor––Jason is added after] So. You know how we were talking about opportunities the other day? The whole reason I'm in Banchory in the first place is because my friend and I may have come up with an idea. ~~It's a stupid idea~~ A quidditch team. Muggleborn owned. Exactly how feasible, or unfeasible, might it be? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

left_magpie
2017-11-05 02:55 am UTC (link)

[Gregor/Justin -- and when he's added, Jason]

That's an interesting question. I'll tell you what I know and what I can do.

First, you have to be accepted by a vote of the League, which is to say the other owners.

Second, the Ministry has to not shoot you down. They ordered the League to limit the number of professional teams in the 1700s and broke up Banchory in the 1800s to enforce their will.

Third, you've got to pay the existing teams a buy-in fee for the league, to compensate them for your taking some of their share of things. I think that's mostly to ensure that the new owner is invested and also rich.

So the rules for adding teams are on the books, but we have to make a case to not get it quashed. Also, those rules are archaic. You might have to give the other owners 40 fat sows each or something. I happen to be acting as assistant coach for the Magpies, because the coach is a kind man and asked if I wanted to do so. This means I can reasonably take home and loan to you the By-Laws of the British and Irish Quiddich League. That's the document that will set the rules.

One more thing.

I don't doubt that you might be able to pull the money together to do this, or even to get the Ministry to loan you the money to do it as some sort of reparations, but I'm concerned that it will be harder to make it a long-term viable concern.

And if it fails, how do we keep it from hurting the cause?

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feelingyou
2017-11-07 12:18 am UTC (link)

There is also the practical matter of once you have a muggleborn owned team, how does it get sustained generationally?

Then you'll have to know the answer to, while I might have an owning stake in such a team, my children may not be entitled to the same thing. Yet if it is about empowering muggleborns, my children will presumably still face some of the challenges I do, especially if there mother is a muggle or another muggleborn.

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	Justin\|Gregor\|Jason justifiability 2017-11-08 02:07 am UTC (link)
	Honestly? No idea. I haven't even thought of marriage or kids. Could it be set up in trust? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Justin\|Gregor\|Jason justifiability 2017-11-08 01:59 am UTC (link)
	~~So it's a stupid idea~~ Well, a few complications have never stopped me before. The first thing is obviously obtain set of by-laws and read it ~~for loopholes~~. If it fails we change the story as to why it failed. Unless it was a massive catastrophe. In that case I should just leave the wizarding world and take my chances in Hong Kong. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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left_magpie
2017-11-08 03:16 am UTC (link)

OK, I've got it and I we can go over it soon.

And, if I may make a suggestion, when you are next approached by business associates who ask "how do we keep this from failing"? it could be considered more reassuring to say "I'll have experts on staff who know how to deal with that and to structure it so it's self-sustaining" rather than "I can always flee the country."

Anyroad, I'm still intrigued, so I'll just pretend you said something comforting.

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	Justin\|Gregor\|Jason justifiability 2017-11-08 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Uhhh.... Right. There will people whose job it is to think about preventing these things. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-06 04:34 am UTC (link)
	If you want food poisoning, sure. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-08 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Have you ever even been to a Tesco? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-08 03:21 am UTC (link)
	Did I get it wrong? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-08 03:24 am UTC (link)
	It's a very large chain of green grocers. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-08 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Why would you buy salmon from a green grocer? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-08 03:28 am UTC (link)
	Because fish mongers aren't really a thing in the muggle world. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-08 03:37 am UTC (link)
	But butchers are, aren't they? Fish are more like sheep than they are oranges. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-12 03:43 am UTC (link)
	And those are also found at a Tescos. Its fish monger, butcher, dry goods, green grocers and then some all in one place. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	partandparsel 2017-11-09 01:51 am UTC (link)
	I expect there are worse fates, but I can't currently think of any. Though I suppose you shan't starve, which is something. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-06 04:36 am UTC (link)
	I'm half of the fun of going to Banchory so I'm not surprised you were bored. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-08 12:42 am UTC (link)
	That doesn't recommend you at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-08 03:21 am UTC (link)
	It recommends me to you because you are weird. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	justifiability 2017-11-08 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Not discounting that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	closedcaptioned 2017-11-08 03:38 am UTC (link)
	Well that's all I care about. (Reply to this) (Parent)