Blue Bonnet

Harry try the Sorting Hat on again? I remember the Sorting Hat says, "Bee in your bonnet, Potter?" but I can’t for the life of me find it. Please help!

The Sorting Hat says this to Harry when he’s waiting in Dumbledore’s office and wondering if the Sorting Hat made a mistake by putting him in Gryffindor. Hang on and I’ll see if I can hunt down the actual chapter…

Okay, here you go. It’s Chapter 12 – The Polyjuice Potion.

I’m not making this up, you can check the full text here:
http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/il_008.htm

But WHY? When I read the list of prohibited items I thought it was some kind of joke! What the hell is going on in Italy? They BAN playing cards and toys!

Country Conditions for Mailing — Italy

Prohibitions (130)

Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.).

Arms and weapons.

Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured Priority Mail International parcels.

Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them.

Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof.

Cartridge caps; cartridges.

Clocks and supplies for clocks.

Compound medicaments and medicines.

Coral mounted in any way.

Ether and chloroform.

Exposed photographic and cinematographic films.

Footwear of any kind.

Haberdashery and sewn articles of any kind, including trimmings and lace; handkerchiefs; scarves; shawls, needlework including stockings and gloves; bonnets, caps, and hats of any kind.

Hair and articles made of hair.

Human remains.

Leather goods.

Lighters and their parts, including lighter flints.

Live bees, leeches, and silkworms.

Live plants and animals.

Nutmeg, vanilla; sea salt, rock salt; saffron.

Parasites and predators of harmful insects.

Perfumery goods of all kinds (except soap).

Playing cards of any kind.

Postage stamps in sealed or unsealed First-Class Mail International shipments.

Radioactive materials.

Ribbons for typewriters.

Roasted or ground coffee and its substitutes; roasted chicory.

Saccharine and all products containing saccharine.

Salted, smoked or otherwise prepared meats; fats; and lard.

Tobacco.

Toys not made wholly of wood.

Treated skins and furs.

Weapons of any kind and spare parts for them.

You forgot two important details.
1. The Italians are notorious for ignoring any central government directives, including those from the EU.

2. How will they know what is in the package? Is this a toy in the package and is it plastic or wood?

I’m not making this up, you can check the full text here:
http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/il_008.htm

But WHY? When I read the list of prohibited items I thought it was some kind of joke! What the hell is going on in Italy? They BAN playing cards and toys!

Country Conditions for Mailing — Italy

Prohibitions (130)

Albums of any kind (of photographs, postcards, postage stamps, etc.).

Arms and weapons.

Articles of platinum or gold; jewelry; and other valuable articles unless sent as insured Priority Mail International parcels.

Artificial flowers and fruits and accessories for them.

Bells and other musical instruments and parts thereof.

Cartridge caps; cartridges.

Clocks and supplies for clocks.

Compound medicaments and medicines.

Coral mounted in any way.

Ether and chloroform.

Exposed photographic and cinematographic films.

Footwear of any kind.

Haberdashery and sewn articles of any kind, including trimmings and lace; handkerchiefs; scarves; shawls, needlework including stockings and gloves; bonnets, caps, and hats of any kind.

Hair and articles made of hair.

Human remains.

Leather goods.

Lighters and their parts, including lighter flints.

Live bees, leeches, and silkworms.

Live plants and animals.

Nutmeg, vanilla; sea salt, rock salt; saffron.

Parasites and predators of harmful insects.

Perfumery goods of all kinds (except soap).

Playing cards of any kind.

Postage stamps in sealed or unsealed First-Class Mail International shipments.

Radioactive materials.

Ribbons for typewriters.

Roasted or ground coffee and its substitutes; roasted chicory.

Saccharine and all products containing saccharine.

Salted, smoked or otherwise prepared meats; fats; and lard.

Tobacco.

Toys not made wholly of wood.

Treated skins and furs.

Weapons of any kind and spare parts for them.

You forgot two important details.
1. The Italians are notorious for ignoring any central government directives, including those from the EU.

2. How will they know what is in the package? Is this a toy in the package and is it plastic or wood?

Some people call them tramp stamp.

no – I’m not being rude..

this is an actual poem by the Scottish bard – presumably not a bawdy reference – twas recited last night at a Robbie Burns Day event I attended..

Johnie lad, C0ck up your Beaver

WHEN first my brave Johnie lad came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten a hat and a feather,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, c0ck up your beaver!
 
C0ck up your beaver, and c0ck it fu’ sprush,
We’ll over the border, and gie them a brush;
There’s somebody there we’ll teach better behaviour,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, c0ck up your beaver!

- Robert Burns..

(outrageously – the Yahoo censor robot won’t even let me spell the word c-o-c-k..! hence the need to spell it c0ck)
http://www.robertburns.org/works/333.shtml

Hey, brave Johnie lad, c0ck up your beaver! (raise up your hat – beaver is hat)

C0ck up your beaver, and c0ck it fu’ sprush, (sprush is spruce. "full smart" as in "spruce it up" look sharp)

We’ll over the border, and gie them a brush; (gie is give)

The first stanza is a traditional English ballad mocking Scots and the second is Burns)

okayy i saw this girl wearing this thing on her head.
i thought it was called a bonnet, but when a googled it, something diffierent came up.

this thing doesnt cover your whole head, only the back and it cups your hair.

sorta like a cloth hairnet, but not a net, its solid.

any ideas?

yea its a beret
i got mine from wet seal..

I need that kind of hat to wear to Salem, MA, a black one. I don’t know what it’s called though. Those Stretchy hats that are like winter bonnets, but what’s the real name of those?

It is called a beanie.You could find them at walmart or target.

Can someone please, please help me translate this text? I don’t know german, and I really need this text written in correct german>.<
This is really important for me! If someone could take some time to translate it, I would be more than grateful! And.. Please, don’t use online translators, since I’ve already tried.. But it didn’t work out…

"From the name to the bunny, it’s all German. The name Easter was first appropriated by the Christian calendar. But first it was a pagan festival Ostara, celebrated on the vernal equinox, around March 21 in the Northern hemisphere. Ostara was named for the pagan goddess of spring, Eostre.

According to legend, she once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could lay eggs. And so it became the Easter Bunny.

The bunny as a symbol for Easter is first mentioned in writings in 16th century Germany. The first edible Easter bunnies, of pastry and sugar, were also produced in Germany in the early 1800s. Around that time, children made nests of grass and settled them in their parents’ spring gardens for the Easter Bunny to fill during the night with brightly decorated eggs.

Pennsylvania Dutch settlers brought the Easter bunny to America in the 1700s. Their children, who used their hats or bonnets to make their nests, believed that if they were good, the "Oschter Haws" (literally Easter Hare) would fill their upturned headgear with colored eggs.

The Easter egg hunt remains as much a tradition in German towns and cities as it is on the White House lawn in Washington, D.C. Children race to find the Bunny’s colorful eggs across the world every year"

Vom Namen bis zum Hasen – alles ist auf Deutsch. Der Begriff Ostern wurde erstmals vom christlichen Kalender bewilligt. Aber zuerst war es ein heidnisches Fest auf der Nordhalbkugel, der am Widderpunkt, also um den 21. März herum, gefeiert wurde. Ostare war der Name der heidnischen Frühlingsgöttin, Eostre.

Der Legende nach rettete sie einst einen Vogel, dessen Flügel im Winter eingefroren waren. Sie verwandelte ihn in einen Hasen und da er ja ein Vogel war, konnte es Eier legen. Und so kam es zum Osterhasen.

Dass der Hase ein Symbol für Ostern ist, wurde erstmals in den deutschen Schriften aus dem 16. Jahrhundert erwähnt. Der erste verzehrbare Osterhase aus Teig und Zucker wurde im frühen 19. Jahrhundert hergestellt, auch in Deutschland. Um diese Zeit herum bastelten Kinder Nester aus Gras und platztierten sie sie in dem Frühlingsgarten ihrer Eltern, damit der Osterhase in der Nacht diese mit fröhlich dekorierten Eiern füllen konnte.

Etwa 1700 brachten niederländische Siedler den Osterhasen nach Amerika. Deren Kinder, die ihre Hüte und Mützen für die Nester benutzten, glaubten, dass der "Oschter Haws" (Osterhase) ihre Kopfbedeckungen mit bunten Eiern füllen würde, wenn sie artig waren.

Die Ostereiersuche wurde in deutschen Dörfern und Städten Tradition, aber auch auf dem Rasen des Weißen Hauses in Washington D.C. Jährlich kämpfen Kinder um die bunten Eier des Hasen auf der ganzen Welt.

EDIT: MAN, IHR IDIOTEN!!!!! WAS SOLL DIE KACKE??? >.<

My aunt is in the hospital with cancer. To help out, I’ve been sewing chemo hats from this free internet pattern and it’s fantastic. I’d reccommend a fabric like jersey, with some give to it, if you want to try this yourself.. If anyone out there also has liks to patterns like this I’d love to know.

Take care.

http://craftandfabriclinks.com/bonnet/chemo_hat_pattern.html

GOD BLESS YOU .
I JUST LOST MY HUSBAND TO CANCER, AND THEY REALLY LIKE THE HATS AND WIGS PEOPLE GIVE THEM.
YOU ARE A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO DO THIS.
AND GOD BLESS YOUR AUNT.

My wife remembers that the hat sings, is brown has a wide brim hat. The hat flys off into the wind because is sees a bonnet. At one point the hat fills up with water. A homeless guy finds it and brushes it off..In the end someone cuts holes in the hat and puts it on a horse. At 1st the hat is sad, but then it sees the bonnet on another horse next to him and they ride off into the sunset. Thanks 4 your help!

It’s from Disney’s 1946 "Make Mine Music". The segment it belongs to is "Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluegown"- a musical fantasy, sung by the Andrews Sisters, by Ray Gilbert and Allie Wrubel about male and female hats (a fedora and a bonnet) that fall in love.