Yeah. So from what I hear, his sister Ginny gave him a tape measure to take his measurements while he was in the bath.
And it got sort of...overexcited. He came flying out of the tub area covered in soap suds, yelling, with the tape flying after him, trying to measure all the pertinent bits.
According to the gossip at the Slytherin breakfast table, someone transfigured a snake into a tape measure and sent it after Ron as a prank while he was in the bath and he came out screaming and stark naked because the thing was trying to crawl -- um.
Then I heard from Lavender Brown it wasn't actually a transfigured snake, just a tailor's tape measure, and Ginevra gave it to him but didn't warn him about ALL the measurements it might try to get. Lav thought Ginevra might have done it on purpose to be cruel, I think she just didn't think about it.
And, right, this is all because we're ALL supposed to have dress robes for the Yule Ball in December. Mrs Weasley sent Ron some she found used and they're horrid, really horrid (I only caught a glimpse of them but the descriptions I've heard involved lavender lace and also they were the sort of thing that might have been fashionable in 1938? I'm not even sure.)
Ron, you know you could also go talk to Professor Sinistra if you don't want robes from your sister, she doesn't JUST mean half-bloods with stingy foster families can come for help with a decent set of dress robes.
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Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:50 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:51 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:51 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:55 pm (UTC)And it got sort of...overexcited. He came flying out of the tub area covered in soap suds, yelling, with the tape flying after him, trying to measure all the pertinent bits.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:58 pm (UTC)Sorry, Ron. But thanks for the laugh.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:04 pm (UTC)No, really.
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Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:54 pm (UTC)Then I heard from Lavender Brown it wasn't actually a transfigured snake, just a tailor's tape measure, and Ginevra gave it to him but didn't warn him about ALL the measurements it might try to get. Lav thought Ginevra might have done it on purpose to be cruel, I think she just didn't think about it.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:21 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 03:56 pm (UTC)Ron, you know you could also go talk to Professor Sinistra if you don't want robes from your sister, she doesn't JUST mean half-bloods with stingy foster families can come for help with a decent set of dress robes.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:06 pm (UTC)I don't know.
I mean, everyone's just going mad over this whole Ball thing. I don't see the point, really.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:09 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:23 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:30 pm (UTC)It's just lucky for the school not every boy is as late a bloomer as some.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:33 pm (UTC)Don't tell me you want to go?
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:34 pm (UTC)Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:37 pm (UTC)How do you know-
You didn't ask someone did you?
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:42 pm (UTC)NO, I didn't ask ANYONE.
I GOT ASKED.
And I said yes.
Re: I Solemnly Swear That I Am Up to No Good
Date: 2011-11-30 04:53 pm (UTC)