Quote:Ebony wrote:Given that his travels now justify him possessing music that's never been written in Warrior's World, and he's actually shown wearing a t-shirt with the Superman logo, it's possible that somewhere along the way, someone showed him some episodes of the Batman show, perhaps on grounds that it's "great campy fun," or words to that effect. So "Riddle me this..." isn't outright impossible. It depends on whether he's still in a wisecracking mood, or thinks it'd make good psychological warfare, when he encounters Voldemort.
I was going to say that Doug could throw a Frank Gorshin "Riddle me this...." at Voldemort, should he learn his birth name, but then I remembered that superheroes (and superhero shows) aren't something in the Warriors' World, so even though Doug is old enough to remember the 1968 "Batman" show (and probably meet Gorshin, given his family business), it's not something that would have existed.
Quote:Could Doug have been listening to music one evening? Hermonie should be able to recognize an MP3 player, at the least...She has the thought about him knowing computers the morning after he arrived at Number 12, so there's only one evening to play with. Perhaps, on the other hand, Mr. Weasley did, between chapters, draw Doug into the discussion of electrics that he suggested at the end of Chapter 1, and Hermione overheard part of it -- including, say, Doug politely correcting Arthur a time or three on matters more electronics-related than electric ... when none of the other adults had a clue Arthur had been mistaken.
That last clause might be a key point: that Sirius, Remus, and perhaps Charlie have an at least somewhat better understanding of the subject than Mr. Weasley does (hinted at by Lupin's saying that Arthur "doesn't understand [Muggle technology] at all"), but the strange new professor is clearly even more -- much more -- up to speed.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.