[thechat] Romance scoring

[Martin Burns]

On Friday, July 19, 2002, at 12:05  am, Madhu Menon wrote:

>> you lose, and there's NOTHING you can do that will EVER get you out of
>> THAT
>> deficit
>
> Hey, sounds like that crazy game called Quidditch (sic) from the Harry
> Potter books. I never understood it. If catching the little darting ball
> (can't remember the name) immediately ends the game with a victory for
> the
> catching side, what is the whole bloody point of trying to hit the
> "quaffle" around? I'd just set all four players to catch the little
> shit.

Because you're only allowed one Seeker, right?

And if you don't catch the Golden Snitch then it's the number of goals
scored. Note the Quidditch World Cup where Ireland win by goals.

Cheers
Martin
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