The Owl Gazette!!!!!
April, 2008!!!!!                                Issue 53!!!!!                                         H!!!!!
My Top 12 Favorite Things To Do in Hufflepuff
By Zoey Taylor

1. Go play around on the quiddy pitch.
2. Play exploding snap.
3. Tease Ron
4. Torment Professor Lockhart
5. Go exploring
6. Plot with my friends
7. Keep up with the rumor mill
8. Have parties and pillow fights
9. Hang out with my housemates
10. Cause some mischief
11. Take over the CR
12. Plot world domination
Ten Reasons Why We Ravens Love Pads
Arranged by Emma Staunton, ideas from various Ravenclaws

1. There are not only 4 house...there are 5, and another one coming!
2. Everyone's really nice
3. The headmistress is awesome.
4. All the professors are awesome!
5. We can be on here all night and still not be bored.
6. We can have sword fights on National Pirates Day!
7. We not only have Quidditch but Broomstick Racing too!
8. Many future rulers will come from this school.
9. It is the safest place with all the protection by magical spells
10. We have very creative and imaginative people
Top 10 Pranks
By Ava Black

1. Short Sheet your bunkmates bad.
2. Replace your bunkmates conditioner with hair remover.
3. Hem all your bunkmates pants 5inches shorter so they think they grew a bunch.
4. Send a letter to your bunkmates Mum from them, saying that they are planning on leaving Hogwarts to join the circus. 
5. Switch out all your bunk mates socks with mismatched ones. 
6. Add veritaserum to your bunkmates drink then send them to Potions class�
7. Follow your friend around wearing an Invisibility Cloak and make them think they are paranoid. 
8. Reset all the clocks ahead two hours while bunkmates are sleeping. When he or she wakes up they will think they over slept and are two hours late for work or school.
9. Glue all the bottles of shampoo shut so they cannot be opened.
10. Scrape off about an inch or so of your victim's deodorant and replace it with cream cheese. It will take a few minutes to sculpt the cheese in place to look like the deodorant. When finished, put the lid back on and back where you found the deodorant. When your victim needs to freshen up again, he will get a cream cheese surprise.
Top Ten Muggle Vampire Quotes
By Eltanin Wemyss

10. "Often from a reverie I have started, fancying I heard the light step of Carmilla at the drawing-room
door." [Laura, "Carmilla" by Sheridan le Fanu]
9. "Remember your oath, and know, if not my bride to day, your sister is dishonoured. Women are frail!"
[Lord Ruthven, "The Vampyre" by John Polidori]
8. "Oh, what a world of witchery was in that mouth..." ["Varney the Vampyre" by Thomas Prest]
7. "What have we to do with walking corpses who can only be held in their graves by stakes driven through
their hearts?" [Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
6. "Be careful of my guest--his safety is most precious to me." [Note from Dracula, "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker]
5. "For the sake of the dead and the welfare of the living, let this sepulchre remain untouched and its occupant undisturbed until the Coming of Christ." ["The Tomb of Sarah" by F. G. Loring]
4. "Children of the night: Listen to them howl!" [Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula]
3. "The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply." [Sherlock Holmes, "The Adventure of the Sussex
Vampire" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]
2. "The dead travel fast." [The tomb of Countess Dolingen of Gratz, "Dracula's Guest" by Bram Stoker]
1. "And what can ail the mastiff dog?" [Christabel's inner monologue, "Christabel" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge]
Top Ten Magical Candies
By Sapphie Lyze

10.) Acid Pops
9.) Ton Tongue Toffee
8.) Fizzing Whizbees
7.) Pepper Imps
6.) Toothflossing Stringmints
5.) Cockroach Clusters
4.) Ice Mice
3.) Droobles Best Blowing Gum
2.) Chocolate Frogs
1.) Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans
Foolish April Occurrences
By Cauly Hauster

1. Showers                              7. New grass
2. April Fool's Day                   8. Chocolate Easter bunnies
3. Spring                                 9. Easter chocolate
4. Easter (usually)                   10. Easter jelly beans
5. egg hunts                            11. Easter baskets
6. rabbits                                12. Easter eggs
Top Ten Reasons to RPG
By Billy Raven

1. It�s fun to do magical things.
2. Spending time with housemates is rad.
3. They are a creative way to express your self.
4. Where else can you ride a broom?
5. Where else can you use a wand?
6. It is a great way to bond with others.
7. A chance to show off!
8. Use those spells we learn about.
9. Gives you a reason to be creative.
10. It�s a great way to spend time.
Ariene's Bestowed Nickname List
By The Nickname Giver of Ravenclaw (me!)

Over the last four months, I have gotten into habit of giving out and bestowing nicknames to members of Ravenclaw. It has even spilled over onto some of those outside the RCR. Below is the list of nicknames (o far) that I have bestowed upon the lucky individuals.
Nicknames Given:
*Atay (Arya)
*Evie (Evelyn)
*Luniper (Luna)
*Ericasanana (Erica)
*Huggabunch (Gred)
*Ira (Arien)
*Emmallama (Emma)
*Gemmybear (Gemini)
*Gemminininini (Gemini)
*Emmersa (Emma)
*Ericasa (Erica)
So perhaps one day, you'll be spamming with me and suddenly I'll decide you need a nickname. Then you'll join the list of privileged Hogwartians and enter yourself in Hogwarts history�or perhaps not.
Ten Reasons Why We Love Ravenclaw
Arranged by Emma Staunton, ideas from various Ravenclaws

1. We can insult you using smart words you've never heard before.
2. We're the most random people in history.
3. We can get House Points by answering those questions and doing logic stuff instead of the stuff Harry did!
4. Our :ravenclaw: smilie p0wns.
5. We can fly high and breathe deep. Can you do that? Didn't think so.
6. We have wonderful prefects and HOH!
7. We have two Lovegoods!
8. We are so random that we now have a game for it.
9. We could do something stupid but pull it off because we are smart like that.
10. We have Luna...
Top Ten Things to Find in Your Easter Egg
By Lynn Jennings

10. Sugar� pure sugar
9. Wet Start Fireworks (just slip into a friend's pumpkin juice�)
8. Caramel (bonus points if you can get people to argue as to how it's pronounced)
7. Auto-Check Quills (you can never have enough of those)
6. Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans (who doesn't love these?)
5. Dung Bombs (nothing says re-gift and fun better)
4. Hard candy
3. A Pygmy Puff!
2. Chocolate (I don't care how or in what form, just make sure chocolate is in that egg!)
1. I don't care, just as long as it's more than the guy next to me.
Top 10 Reasons why Gryffindor [will] beat Penshire in the Point Challenge
By Audrea Martin

10. We're awesome.
9. Lions are king of the jungle. They probably eat cranes.
8. Gryffindor has a ton of great talent.
7. We've got strategy, y'all.
6. The Gryffies want it more.
5. 'Cause we're awesome
4. Gryffindor needs the points more for their come from behind victory in house points.
3. Gryffies is a way cooler nickname than Pennies. Come on, who wants to be named after change?
2. Bravery trumps Craftiness any day.
1. Did I mention we're awesome?
Ravenclaw:
1.  NAVAL CREW
2.  CALVE WARN
3.  CARVEN AWL
4.  CARVEN LAW
5.  CAVERN AWL
6.  CAVERN LAW

Slytherin:
1.  HENRY SILT
2.  HENRY SLIT
3.  HENRY LIST
4.  HER TIN SLY
5.   LENS HI TRY
6.  TYLER SHIN

Hufflepuff:
Sadly there are no anagrams for Hufflepuff! :o
Penshire Anagrams!
By Ava Black

Penshire:
1.  SHEEN RIP
2.  SPHERE IN
3.  HERE SNIP
4.  HERE SPIN
5.   SHEER NIP
6.  SHEER PIN

Gryffindor:
1.  FOND FRY RIG
2.  FORD FRY GIN
3.  DING FOR FRY
4.  DING FRO FRY
5.  GRIND OF FRY
6. DNI FROG FRY
This Month's Top 10 Wizarding Bands
By Kaylee Keigwin

10. Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Band
9. The Albeus Humbledores
8. The Grey Ladies
7. A Lightning Bolt Scar
6. Snidget
5. The Black Sisters
4. Our New Celebrity
3. Alas Earwax!
2. Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons
1. The Parselmouths
Top Names For A New House
By Hermy_own

Gryfflin                  Slytheclaw
Ravenpuff               Huffledor
Gryffinpuff             Huffleclaw
Ravenlin                 Slytherdor
Gryffinclaw            Ravendor
Slytherpuff             Hufflelin
Spring Word Search
Submitted by Cauly Hauster

L M O S S O L B G O L F G G K
P A P V P A N S Y N N N W T E
F U N Y W R N E I Z I I D B F
U G N I H S I F B T S F B L B
P S O A D C H N N T N S O O U
S H O W E R Y I G E E W N O R
B B S P A L A R K A E L I M R
T U E D L P C C R R R Y O C S
U D I I W A I P S E G D N I N
T S L A R H N B H P H R E B V
H A F E C U T T E L R C A N H
C L O L I N H U S E O O N S S
H X X B Z F P L E U S X U A S
A W Z A N V M I E Q H B K T R
X I K L C Q R P G G Z S E C E

FIELD, FISHING, FLIES, FLOWERS, GARDEN, GEESE, GOLF, GRASS, GREENS, HYACINTH, LETTUCE, LILAC, ONION, PAINTING, PANSY, PHLOX, PLANTS, RADISH, RANCH, ROBIN, ROOFING, SHOWER, SPRING, SPROUT,
TULIP, VIOLET
April Fool�s Day Word Puzzle
Submitted by Cauly  Hauster

L P D B Y J G S W Q
D F L N P O F L P T
P O N A R K I O Q I
D U Z S Y E N O E M
F Q B L L F X F Y W
V V L I N L M B G G
L A C I T C A R P J
J O D P R A N K Z F
A A I R T P A T E W
Y Z E P V N A N W O

ALL, APRIL, DAY, FOOLS, FUNNY,
JOKE, ONE, PLAY, PRACTICAL, PRANK
Spring Word Scramble
Submitted by Cauly Hauster

1) slbabeal ____________
2) ebe _______________
3) rdib ______________
4) omlbo ____________
5) tfluetyrb ___________

6) dfidfaol ____________
7) geg _______________
8) lwfero _____________
9) fgro ______________
10) rassg ____________

11) etik _____________
12) sdelpud ___________
13) tbrbia ____________
14) rnboiwa ___________
15) eorshw ____________
16) iuplt _____________
17) meurallb ___________
Random Moment in RCR Spam
By A Ninja of Spam-o-lot

Take 1! :p

Erica: Hi Luna ^_^
Luna: Hi Erica ^_^
Emma: Luna Lovegood! :o
Luna: Where!?
Emma: I dunno! *unsure*
Erica: Then why did you say her name? *melllow*
Luna: Yeah, why? *mellow*
Emma: *hides*
Luna: Are you stalking Luna?!
Erica: :o
Emma: :o
Emma: *innocent*
Luna: Should Luna move to a deserted island in the middle of nowhere? *unsure*
Erica: maybe...
Emma: :shifty:
PAD's Reminders:

Registration is now closed and the end of term is drawing ever closer!  Remember to get all your lessons done and start wrapping things up.

Voting for the new house name, founder, and motto just ended.  Stay tuned on the BB for the winners announcement!

Looking for a e-owl account?  Why not try one of  PAD's free-e-owl accounts-- check the Bulletin Board for more information.
Thanks for reading!  We hope you enjoyed this "April Fools" edition of the Owl Gazette!
Comic submitted by Ava Black
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