Harry Potter Workout Special - Chamber of Secrets

Workout Special continued . . . 

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

A spell is cast….210 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….10 Lunges

Points are taken away….0 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….0 Jumping Jacks

A painting talks .....10 Crunches

Someone says “He Who Must Not Be Named” or “You Know Who”…..10 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody hell”……20 Butt Busters

Someone cries .....40 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..55 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……210 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..20 Push ups

These spells and pets are going to kill me . . .

Harry Potter Workout Special - Sorcerer's Stone

You've all heard about these crazy movie drinking games . . . probably even played them. Now, they've taken these rules and turned them into workouts. Harry Potter is no different.

A spell is cast….10 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….10 Lunges

Points are taken away….10 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….30 Jumping Jacks

A painting talk .....15 Crunches

Someone says “He who must not be named” or “you know who”…..10 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody mess”……10 Butt Busters

Someone cries .......20 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..5 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……10 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..5 Push ups

So I thought I would do the workout.  First, of course, I had to watch the movies over and keep a tally of these things. I'm working on it, but I thought I would post an unofficial count for anyone who cares out there.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

A spell is cast….210 Jumping Jacks

Anyone is awarded points….60 Lunges

Points are taken away….40 Squats

Hagrid says “I shouldn’t have said that”….180 Jumping Jacks

A painting talks .....30 Crunches

Someone says “He Who Must Not Be Named” or “You Know Who”…..30 Mountain Climbers

Ron says “bloody hell”……10 Butt Busters

Someone cries .....120 Crunches

Someone says Voldemort……..50 Push ups

Anytime a pet is shown……130 Bicycle Abs

A ghost talks…..30 Push ups

Yeah ... I'll be feeling THAT workout in the morning, but it supposedly works, so we'll see . . . 

"Now, what's the platform number?"

Okay.

Been forever -- I know. Sorry. Been going through a personal crisis. . . . Still going through a personal crisis, but whatever.

I'm re-reading the Harry Potter series to try and cheer myself up, and I stumbled across this oddity in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

As Harry is wandering through King's Cross Station trying to find a way onto the platform, he comes across the Weasley family -- this is common Potter knowledge. But did you ever pay attention to the question Mrs. Weasley asks?

"Now, what's the platform number?"

REALLY?!


1. Mrs. Weasley, you went to Hogwarts. It shouldn't be that hard to remember.

2. Your BROTHERS went to Hogwarts with you, so you had more of a chance to be on the platform than others, especially if they were older or younger than you. Just saying.

3. You have SEVEN kids.You're bringing kid #6 to the platform for the first time. This means you've been taking your kids to the SAME platform you used as a kid for YEARS.

4. It's the same platform every year.

5. It's an odd (weird) number -- easy to remember.


How on earth do you not remember the platform number?!

Come on Mrs. Weasley. You're better than this. If you can make Chuck Norris eat his vegetables, surely you can remember the platform to the Hogwarts Express is Platform 9 and 3/4.
     Just saying.

Early Friendship

Okay.

So I'm watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone and I noticed something odd about the Golden Trio before they were friends (mostly before Harry and Ron let Hermione hang out with them).

In the book, we don't hear or see Hermione doing anything but answering questions, crying, studying, and crying usually because Ron has no tact whatsoever. It isn't until Halloween that these three come together and become one entity.  Before that, Hermione is a shadow in the background to make fun of for her nerdiness.

In the movie, however, Hermione is leaning in and listening to Harry read about the break in at Gringotts. She also elbows Harry in their first Potion class to get him to pay attention.  She's also the one who bravely approaches the boys to show them the trophy case with Harry's dad's Quidditch award.

Clearly, movie Hermione is much more present and assertive. There really isn't any reason for this because Ron is still making fun of her and upsetting her. So why change?

No really, why?

I want to know.