Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for August 19, 2015
August 18, 2015
August 20, 2015
Transcript:
new harry potter book spoilt it's about time for a new harry potter book! here's a synopsis of the plot - in this one, harry gets on the wrong side of the hogwarts shop teacher, who's not really evil per se, just grumpy and disappointed with life. teacher: potter, you washout! call this a horse-head bookend? and, of course, all the kids have hit puberty, some of them pretty hard. i think they use a magic spell. girl: kablamium puberto! harry: coo! fancy a bit o' "snoggin" (smooching) eh, love? things get out of hand and harry is charged with public indecency & "sent down" (expelled) from hogwarts. harry: bloody 'ell
The printing in Harry’s word balloon in the second panel is a bit imprecise. I thought at first he was suggesting a bit of “shaggin’” which is a bit more provocative in Brit terms than “snoggin’.”