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sweetpinkpixie · 07-03-2013, 02:12 AM

He was sorry, alright? Like really REALLY sorry. The man really wanted ice cream and had seriously been considering lifting the ban on food and drink in his lessons just for it. But he just couldn't do it. Not IN his classroom at least. There were ways around that this lesson if students knew how to approach the situation. He certainly had found his loophole once the activity came around.

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Originally Posted by lemon

No ice cream? Alice tried not to look too crestfallen.

Also, what in the name of Merlin was Lunar Cheesecake?

"I know who the guy is, professor!" Her hand was raised, and she waved it about for good measure before answering, too. Just in case Aireyhead was still thinking about ice cream- ice cream!!- and didn't see her. "An astronomer." .. well, obviously. Did they even talk about anything else in here? But she wasn't going to say his name, because he hadn't specifically asked for a NAME.

.. also, because she didn't know.

She did?! Excellent! Or, er....she sort of got it right. Good and safe deductive reasoning there, Miss. Fischer. Considering the subject and all. "An astronomer, yes. Yes he was."

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Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo

What's this? Who was that man? She could tell you who he wasn't; a bowl of ice-cream. More deadpan looks. "I don't think I've ever seen him before Professor." Came her almost inaudible response. The betrayal was still fresh you see. How could you do this to us, Airey????

Well then, there went Miss Cambridge spiraling down the bottomless pit that was her ice cream loving stomach. We are really sorry, honestly! "Thank you for your honesty, Miss Cambridge." That should earn him some kudo points back, right? Considering what her and Miss Wisteria had been thrown in detention for and all.

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Originally Posted by Team ronmione

Tag had absolutely no clue who that man was. An he was no genius and did not have a answer off the top of his hand, like some people did. So he merely made a comment about this man " Professor he looks like he could be some guy involved in politics. They all look and dress funny with those weird ruffled collared blouses. But, I'd say he's a political astronomer!?" If that was even a possible occupation. Tag held back a quiet laughing fit. No he'd not burst out of laughter from his answer. What was the point in lying his answer?

"Sometimes astronomy and politics overlap," he nodded thoughtfully. "Especially in the beginning. The entire space race of the 1950s and '60s to put the first man into space was argumentally politically driven." You know, United States of America against the Soviet Union.

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Originally Posted by Lockhartian

ANYWAY. Regardless of the utter annoyance she felt over not getting the ice cream, and...how much she didn't care about Lunar Cheesecake (she would've under different circumstances), Lottie didn't feel like answering. She even had her arms crossed and everything, but...SIGH...this was Airey, so, she'll answer. "A scientist of sorts." Hand was raised, yes, and now was put down.

THAT is the only answer he'll get. For now.

Miss Wisteria looked almost as bad as she had when she had come to visit his office. Okay okay, he wouldn't try and punk students in this manner again. He couldn't handle the tears nor comparing himself to Erik who had essentially tortured Miss Wisteria during her detention.

"Yes, yes he was."

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Originally Posted by lazykitty

Whew. She had avoided complete disaster there. Because there was no telling what these ice cream crazed lunatics were capable of. But her wand was at the ready, just in case. Right there at the very end of her sleeve, ready to slide into hand at a moments notice.

And onto something actually related to Astronomy now. "That's Galileo." At least, she was pretty sure that's who it was.

Airey shook his head. "Not Galileo. Doesn't have that snappy beard that Galileo has in his portraits." Airey couldn't really grow a proper beard, for the record. Ended up coming in all patchy. She he was rather jealous of Galileo.

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Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104

Marigold was still thinking about ICE CREAM when Professor asked the question.

"He definitely looks familiar... either a scientist or an astronomer?" she said.

OOoh, Lunar Cheesecake sounds yummy!

Ah yes, more deductive reasoning. "Both, actually," he nodded before moving on.

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Originally Posted by Deniiz

"Copernicus." He was wrong, but he tried nevertheless to say something.

"A good guess, but this is not Copernicus. Copernicus is usually depicted with black hair, not white." Just for reference and in case he ever gave a little who's who in astronomy sort of quiz.

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Originally Posted by Govoni

"William Herschel, sir. He discovered Uranus, Oberon and Titania..."...and he knew THAT because his baby brother's middle name was Oberon...AND they'd talked about this guy last term, hadn't they? The Slytherin seemed to remember him from Burbage's class, too...

Depression over not having ice cream in the classroom found temporary relief with the Slytherin quidditch captain's answer. "YES! It most certainly IIIIIIIIIS!" he cheered as he, yes, jumped on top of the boy's desk. It was an easy way to grab everyone's attention when a good answer had been given.

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Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

Scratching the back of his head, Daichi tried to recall his name. Argh what was it again? Something with Her...Herman? no no that didn't sound right. Herschman? no..Her...Herschel? DING-DING-DING a light bulb seemed to go off in Daichi's head and he shot his hand up in the air. "That's Herschel, professor! He was an astronomer and composer!" PROUD BEAM! "And judging by that name, he sounds German" NOD NOD it was a total German name wasn't it?

Did anyone else think that when Mr. Katharos pouted he looked like a duck? Anyone else? Or was it just him?

Thankfully the boy's desk was not too far away from Mr. Montmorency's, so he easily leapt from one to the other with a unusually big smile on his face. More unusual than usual that is, which was really saying something. "RIIIIIIIIGHT you are!"

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Originally Posted by Princesspower

Sarah looked at the picture and nervously raised her hand, "I do not know exactly who it is but by his hairstyle I surmise that he lived in the 1700s or the 1800 and when this picture was taking was living in France or Germany, maybe even America. All this I get from his hairstyle, maybe they also had hair peices like that in other countries. Due to the lesson I guess h is a astronomer as well" not the exact answer yet she tried.

Miss Edwards did tend to give the more out of the box answers, which he appreciated greatly as it kept things interesting. Especially when she was correct. "Very interesting, Miss Edwards. Our mystery person actually lived from November 15, 1738 to August 25, 1822."

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Originally Posted by Emzily

No. Theo didn't want ice cream, so he wasn't overly bothered when the professor revealed that he didn't even have any. That was a little bit harsh to everyone else, though. He vagely listened to his summary of the last lesson, and thankfully, he still remembered most of it. As for the picture, Theo had no idea. "He looks like a judge with that hairdo." You know, how they wear those long white wigs and stuff?

"Ah, you must mean the wigs of the parliament," Airey replied. He had to wonder if the Wizengamot wore those too. He had never been to a trial, so he really had no idea. Would be funny to see though. Wigs. Heh. "I think we are all appreciative that this is no longer a typical and expected hairstyle of men."

Although that would also be funny to see.

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Originally Posted by the fastest seeker

Now, there was a picture of a man. A very old man seeing how his hair looked liked. Poor man. "Ummm.....A man with bad hair," she answered her eyes fixed on the hair. Why couldn't he fix his hair with a potion or a charm or something. Were they going to learn about hair. Maybe hair had something to do with the stars. Could be.

"Not bad. Different. Different for the time period," he corrected sternly. Do not insult astronomers in his presence. Did not bode well.

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Originally Posted by Sonea

She raised her hand and spoke. “I think that he is just a old man who is probably already death” She eyes the clothes he wore and spoke further. “I also think that he has studied Astronomy, I’m guessing this because, well, this IS a Astronomy lesson…”

Twitch. Stare some. Twitching more. He had a hard time telling if she was just being blunt, rude, or what. "He is, unfortunately, no longer with us, yes." And he was going to mooooove along now.

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Originally Posted by iBeJenn

"A famous dead person who discovered something," Melanie offered, raising her hand.

Because all famous dead people who had discovered something in their life seemed to look like that.

Ah, interesting answer. "Ironically, Miss Sung, many of the great scientific minds in history did not receive their fame until after their deaths due to their ideas being too far from the accepted status quo. Yet they never ceased their research. We owe a lot to these great minds. Not to mention a very important life lesson as well." Just something to think about.

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Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19

Right now, though, the final year badger was staring at the portrait and trying not to think of ice cream. The man's portrait looked vaguely familiar but Jory couldn't quite place him. "Erm...I can't remember his name, Professor,'' he said honestly. "But it's probably an astronomer?''

"I appreciate your honesty as well," he nodded towards the seventh year. "And he most certainly was."

Although it was a preeeeeeetty safe assumption that all pictures of people he showed in his class were astronomers.

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Originally Posted by Meizzner

That guy was weird and Nigel had no idea who he was. But he had read up on some interesting characters from that show Flamsteed watches. So lets go with that.

"It is either Khan or The Borg Queen is disguise. You can never be too careful."

It was probably some famous astronomer or someone. But where is the fun in that.

"KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

And he said this complete with clenched fists and a slightly distorted face.

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Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife

Familiar. Yes, it seemed like someone she recognized. But, oh yeaah. What captain said. That was him, yep. Kat didn't wanna repeat answers all over again though but... well, whatever. It was still the correct answer. The prefect raised her hand up. "What they said, Professor," she nodded. "William Herschel." And no explanation as to WHY because, obviously, Dylan had said everything. Most of it. You still got the point.

Look at all those Slytherins on a roll. Or sticking together. How very Hufflepuff of them! Airey leapt from Mr. Katharos' desk to Miss Hudon's and did a little happy dance before jumping off finally. "Very good, Miss Hudson."

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Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie

With regards to the question Tobias looked at the portrait and tilted his head aaaaaaaaaaall the way to the right... and then aaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the left... and then aaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the right again... and then raised his hand.

"Dumbledore?"

"Dumbledore wishes he were as handsome as this fellow," Airey chuckled at the boy's response. The professor had also been told that if you stared at the picture long enough, changed the hair, and took off a few years that it looked like him.

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Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Oh...That Wilhelm guy. Ella had heard about him before. "If it is Herschel, I read that he discovered Saturns moons as well which is pretty neat." Mini!smile.

Oops. He was back to jumping up on desks again. This time the one belonging to Miss Ella. "Excellent, Miss Ella! He did indeed." But Saturn would be a discussion for another term and not today.

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Originally Posted by Harry174

Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand "ACHOOOOOOOO!" Laura sneezed again, she wished this cold would go away, she knew it would eventually, "Is it Christopher Columbus?" Laura decided that she would guess. "He found loads of different places and was key in finding new lands"

"No, this is not Christopher Columbus," he said with some rapid head shaking.

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Originally Posted by jrtpuplvr

Asher studied the gentleman for a moment before shooting his hand in the air, "I know, that's Edmond Halley." At least he hoped it was. He knew it was some old important guy.

"Ah, another good guess, but no. This is not Edmond Halley." And if students thought that the man on the board had interesting hair then they clearly had not seen a portrait of Edmond Halley.

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Originally Posted by hermionesclone

Tentative hand!raise. "Erm... he discovered something to do with Astronomy and we're going to learn about it?" That really was the best he had.

Mr. Summers got chuckles. All the chuckles. "All very true, Mr. Summers."

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Originally Posted by Hey Ju

Sophie laughed when professor Flamsteed fooled the whole class. Hehehehe, that had been a good one! Though Sophie didn't quite know who that person in the picture was, so she decided to stay quiet.

It was odd the number of people who also didn't know who the guy was. Sophie had grown used to everyone knowing most things! Huh... maybe professor Flamsteed had finally gotten them all to-- oh, there were lots of people who knew who he was after all.

Never mind then! The badger listened as each student pretty much said a different name, and looked back at the picture, wondering which name suited the man better.

Attentive listening from Miss Campbell, good enough for him. She got a quick salute before he looked to the next student.

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Originally Posted by Talikins

First proper question, eventually. Not that Ness knew how to answer it. You know she didn't exactly read books about astronomers all day, which she assumed this man was one. But no answer for you, Airey, on this one. Sorry.

Was it just him, or did the Head Girl always seem to be giving him strange looks? If she needed to use the restroom or something she was more than welcome to. She did tend to look uncomfortable all the time in his lessons. Hmmm.

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Originally Posted by fanficfanatict

Ha. Like Ascanius knew or cared who this guy was in the picture. He looked like he was from probably around 1920 at LEAST. You know, a really OLD guy.

So he was just gonna sit back and let everyone else..........yeah, figure it out. Whatever. He wasn't in the mood right now. Ascanius was in UGLY shoes, yeah?

Pfft. Unhappy Slytherin.

What had this one's wand in a knot? Had Miss Greenwell eaten his dinner or something? Had he hurt the boy's feelings with the ice cream joke? No matter, as long as he was listening all was well.

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Originally Posted by hpfan18

He never saw this guy before. Kace raised his hand to be honest, "Professor i can honestly say i do NOT know this guy. Is he from another planet?"

Hence the little astronomy pun there? Nahhh alright at least he tried *shrugs*

"This man is no extraterrestrial," Airey chuckled. "Although his thinking and methods were out of this world for his time." Good humor there, young padawan.

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Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl

No ice cream? Bummer. Maybe Penelope would get some later now that she was thinking about it. Or something else to eat. Or both. Yeah, that sounded good.

With that in the back of her mind, she focused back on the lesson.

Oh, a picture of some bloke she didn't know. Or...did she? Had Professor Burbage shown them someone like that? "Is it...Newton?" she asked/answered, raising her hand. Burbage's would-be husband. Penelope didn't really remember what he looked like exactly all that well, so she wasn't sure. She didn't really spend her time memorizing old astronomy guys' faces after all, ~~especially not when she had a boyfriend who had a much nicer face to look at~~.

"No, this is not Newton," Airey replied with a shake of the head, similar to that of a wet dog getting out of a pool of water. You know, just for emphasis.

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Originally Posted by LilFox06

Her hand went up casually. "Her... shawl." Or something like that. That was actually the exact portrait hanging in a museum she'd been too. "He got famous for discovering things were close together. Which, is horrible. If I was born back then I'd be famous too. I can totally tell when things are close together."

She could multiply too. She was a double threat. She could cook too. She just wasn't sure that that was concerned a threat.

"EXCELLENT MISS PHILLIPS!" he applauded, but refrained from jumping on her desk for now.

He couldn't have asked for a better segway into his next question. So good for you young lady!

"As some of you guess, this man is William Herschel. He was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer who is known for making many scientific breakthroughs in the field of astronomy. Among those are his discovery of the planet Uranus and its two major moons and the two moons of Saturn. He is also the first to discover infrared radiation and has 24 outstanding symphonies that I suggest you all listen to. Especially for those of you who will be studying for your OWLs and NEWTs. Helped me out quite a bit when I was a studying student." Just so they all knew.

"Now, Miss Phillips touched on something very important and relevant to our discussion of Polaris. Can anyone tell me what discovery Herschel made in regards to it?"

OOC: class will continue later today GMT+9 Probably around 11 hours from now

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sweetpinkpixie Wizarding World RPG Admin Minister for Magic Alley Proprietor Romanian Longhorn Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: The Paths Posts: 39,909 Hogwarts RPG Name: Briallen Ashburry-Hawthorne Gryffindor First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Nyle Harden Hufflepuff Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Iris Harden Ravenclaw Second Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Calliope Barrington Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Diamond Marchbanks Gryffindor Sixth Year Ministry Department Head: Charles Hollingberry Minister's Office Ministry Department Head: Airey Flamsteed Mysteries Diagon Alley Proprietor: Zachaël Lufkin Owl Post x12 x12	astronomizzle ♧ gryffinDORK \| & the rest is drag ♣ #badluckDerf He was sorry, alright? Like really REALLY sorry. The man really wanted ice cream and had seriously been considering lifting the ban on food and drink in his lessons just for it. But he just couldn't do it. Not IN his classroom at least. There were ways around that this lesson if students knew how to approach the situation. He certainly had found his loophole once the activity came around. Quote: Originally Posted by lemon No ice cream? Alice tried not to look too crestfallen. Also, what in the name of Merlin was Lunar Cheesecake? "I know who the guy is, professor!" Her hand was raised, and she waved it about for good measure before answering, too. Just in case Aireyhead was still thinking about ice cream- ice cream!!- and didn't see her. "An astronomer." .. well, obviously. Did they even talk about anything else in here? But she wasn't going to say his name, because he hadn't specifically asked for a NAME. .. also, because she didn't know. She did?! Excellent! Or, er....she sort of got it right. Good and safe deductive reasoning there, Miss. Fischer. Considering the subject and all. "An astronomer, yes. Yes he was." Quote: Originally Posted by DaniDiNardo What's this? Who was that man? She could tell you who he wasn't; a bowl of ice-cream. More deadpan looks. "I don't think I've ever seen him before Professor." Came her almost inaudible response. The betrayal was still fresh you see. How could you do this to us, Airey???? Well then, there went Miss Cambridge spiraling down the bottomless pit that was her ice cream loving stomach. We are really sorry, honestly! "Thank you for your honesty, Miss Cambridge." That should earn him some kudo points back, right? Considering what her and Miss Wisteria had been thrown in detention for and all. Quote: Originally Posted by Team ronmione Tag had absolutely no clue who that man was. An he was no genius and did not have a answer off the top of his hand, like some people did. So he merely made a comment about this man " Professor he looks like he could be some guy involved in politics. They all look and dress funny with those weird ruffled collared blouses. But, I'd say he's a political astronomer!?" If that was even a possible occupation. Tag held back a quiet laughing fit. No he'd not burst out of laughter from his answer. What was the point in lying his answer? "Sometimes astronomy and politics overlap," he nodded thoughtfully. "Especially in the beginning. The entire space race of the 1950s and '60s to put the first man into space was argumentally politically driven." You know, United States of America against the Soviet Union. Quote: Originally Posted by Lockhartian ANYWAY. Regardless of the utter annoyance she felt over not getting the ice cream, and...how much she didn't care about Lunar Cheesecake (she would've under different circumstances), Lottie didn't feel like answering. She even had her arms crossed and everything, but...SIGH...this was Airey, so, she'll answer. "A scientist of sorts." Hand was raised, yes, and now was put down. THAT is the only answer he'll get. For now. Miss Wisteria looked almost as bad as she had when she had come to visit his office. Okay okay, he wouldn't try and punk students in this manner again. He couldn't handle the tears nor comparing himself to Erik who had essentially tortured Miss Wisteria during her detention. "Yes, yes he was." Quote: Originally Posted by lazykitty Whew. She had avoided complete disaster there. Because there was no telling what these ice cream crazed lunatics were capable of. But her wand was at the ready, just in case. Right there at the very end of her sleeve, ready to slide into hand at a moments notice. And onto something actually related to Astronomy now. "That's Galileo." At least, she was pretty sure that's who it was. Airey shook his head. "Not Galileo. Doesn't have that snappy beard that Galileo has in his portraits." Airey couldn't really grow a proper beard, for the record. Ended up coming in all patchy. She he was rather jealous of Galileo. Quote: Originally Posted by ScarletCharm104 Marigold was still thinking about ICE CREAM when Professor asked the question. "He definitely looks familiar... either a scientist or an astronomer?" she said. OOoh, Lunar Cheesecake sounds yummy! Ah yes, more deductive reasoning. "Both, actually," he nodded before moving on. Quote: Originally Posted by Deniiz "Copernicus." He was wrong, but he tried nevertheless to say something. "A good guess, but this is not Copernicus. Copernicus is usually depicted with black hair, not white." Just for reference and in case he ever gave a little who's who in astronomy sort of quiz. Quote: Originally Posted by Govoni "William Herschel, sir. He discovered Uranus, Oberon and Titania..."...and he knew THAT because his baby brother's middle name was Oberon...AND they'd talked about this guy last term, hadn't they? The Slytherin seemed to remember him from Burbage's class, too... Depression over not having ice cream in the classroom found temporary relief with the Slytherin quidditch captain's answer. "YES! It most certainly IIIIIIIIIS!" he cheered as he, yes, jumped on top of the boy's desk. It was an easy way to grab everyone's attention when a good answer had been given. Quote: Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF Scratching the back of his head, Daichi tried to recall his name. Argh what was it again? Something with Her...Herman? no no that didn't sound right. Herschman? no..Her...Herschel? DING-DING-DING a light bulb seemed to go off in Daichi's head and he shot his hand up in the air. "That's Herschel, professor! He was an astronomer and composer!" PROUD BEAM! "And judging by that name, he sounds German" NOD NOD it was a total German name wasn't it? Did anyone else think that when Mr. Katharos pouted he looked like a duck? Anyone else? Or was it just him? Thankfully the boy's desk was not too far away from Mr. Montmorency's, so he easily leapt from one to the other with a unusually big smile on his face. More unusual than usual that is, which was really saying something. "RIIIIIIIIGHT you are!" Quote: Originally Posted by Princesspower Sarah looked at the picture and nervously raised her hand, "I do not know exactly who it is but by his hairstyle I surmise that he lived in the 1700s or the 1800 and when this picture was taking was living in France or Germany, maybe even America. All this I get from his hairstyle, maybe they also had hair peices like that in other countries. Due to the lesson I guess h is a astronomer as well" not the exact answer yet she tried. Miss Edwards did tend to give the more out of the box answers, which he appreciated greatly as it kept things interesting. Especially when she was correct. "Very interesting, Miss Edwards. Our mystery person actually lived from November 15, 1738 to August 25, 1822." Quote: Originally Posted by Emzily No. Theo didn't want ice cream, so he wasn't overly bothered when the professor revealed that he didn't even have any. That was a little bit harsh to everyone else, though. He vagely listened to his summary of the last lesson, and thankfully, he still remembered most of it. As for the picture, Theo had no idea. "He looks like a judge with that hairdo." You know, how they wear those long white wigs and stuff? "Ah, you must mean the wigs of the parliament," Airey replied. He had to wonder if the Wizengamot wore those too. He had never been to a trial, so he really had no idea. Would be funny to see though. Wigs. Heh. "I think we are all appreciative that this is no longer a typical and expected hairstyle of men." Although that would also be funny to see. Quote: Originally Posted by the fastest seeker Now, there was a picture of a man. A very old man seeing how his hair looked liked. Poor man. "Ummm.....A man with bad hair," she answered her eyes fixed on the hair. Why couldn't he fix his hair with a potion or a charm or something. Were they going to learn about hair. Maybe hair had something to do with the stars. Could be. "Not bad. Different. Different for the time period," he corrected sternly. Do not insult astronomers in his presence. Did not bode well. Quote: Originally Posted by Sonea She raised her hand and spoke. “I think that he is just a old man who is probably already death” She eyes the clothes he wore and spoke further. “I also think that he has studied Astronomy, I’m guessing this because, well, this IS a Astronomy lesson…” Twitch. Stare some. Twitching more. He had a hard time telling if she was just being blunt, rude, or what. "He is, unfortunately, no longer with us, yes." And he was going to mooooove along now. Quote: Originally Posted by iBeJenn "A famous dead person who discovered something," Melanie offered, raising her hand. Because all famous dead people who had discovered something in their life seemed to look like that. Ah, interesting answer. "Ironically, Miss Sung, many of the great scientific minds in history did not receive their fame until after their deaths due to their ideas being too far from the accepted status quo. Yet they never ceased their research. We owe a lot to these great minds. Not to mention a very important life lesson as well." Just something to think about. Quote: Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Right now, though, the final year badger was staring at the portrait and trying not to think of ice cream. The man's portrait looked vaguely familiar but Jory couldn't quite place him. "Erm...I can't remember his name, Professor,'' he said honestly. "But it's probably an astronomer?'' "I appreciate your honesty as well," he nodded towards the seventh year. "And he most certainly was." Although it was a preeeeeeetty safe assumption that all pictures of people he showed in his class were astronomers. Quote: Originally Posted by Meizzner That guy was weird and Nigel had no idea who he was. But he had read up on some interesting characters from that show Flamsteed watches. So lets go with that. "It is either Khan or The Borg Queen is disguise. You can never be too careful." It was probably some famous astronomer or someone. But where is the fun in that. "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!" And he said this complete with clenched fists and a slightly distorted face. Quote: Originally Posted by PotterHeadforLife Familiar. Yes, it seemed like someone she recognized. But, oh yeaah. What captain said. That was him, yep. Kat didn't wanna repeat answers all over again though but... well, whatever. It was still the correct answer. The prefect raised her hand up. "What they said, Professor," she nodded. "William Herschel." And no explanation as to WHY because, obviously, Dylan had said everything. Most of it. You still got the point. Look at all those Slytherins on a roll. Or sticking together. How very Hufflepuff of them! Airey leapt from Mr. Katharos' desk to Miss Hudon's and did a little happy dance before jumping off finally. "Very good, Miss Hudson." Quote: Originally Posted by MaverickMagpie With regards to the question Tobias looked at the portrait and tilted his head aaaaaaaaaaall the way to the right... and then aaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the left... and then aaaaaaaaaaaall the way to the right again... and then raised his hand. "Dumbledore?" "Dumbledore wishes he were as handsome as this fellow," Airey chuckled at the boy's response. The professor had also been told that if you stared at the picture long enough, changed the hair, and took off a few years that it looked like him. Quote: Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Oh...That Wilhelm guy. Ella had heard about him before. "If it is Herschel, I read that he discovered Saturns moons as well which is pretty neat." Mini!smile. Oops. He was back to jumping up on desks again. This time the one belonging to Miss Ella. "Excellent, Miss Ella! He did indeed." But Saturn would be a discussion for another term and not today. Quote: Originally Posted by Harry174 Laura looked at the Professor and raised her hand "ACHOOOOOOOO!" Laura sneezed again, she wished this cold would go away, she knew it would eventually, "Is it Christopher Columbus?" Laura decided that she would guess. "He found loads of different places and was key in finding new lands" "No, this is not Christopher Columbus," he said with some rapid head shaking. Quote: Originally Posted by jrtpuplvr Asher studied the gentleman for a moment before shooting his hand in the air, "I know, that's Edmond Halley." At least he hoped it was. He knew it was some old important guy. "Ah, another good guess, but no. This is not Edmond Halley." And if students thought that the man on the board had interesting hair then they clearly had not seen a portrait of Edmond Halley. Quote: Originally Posted by hermionesclone Tentative hand!raise. "Erm... he discovered something to do with Astronomy and we're going to learn about it?" That really was the best he had. Mr. Summers got chuckles. All the chuckles. "All very true, Mr. Summers." Quote: Originally Posted by Hey Ju Sophie laughed when professor Flamsteed fooled the whole class. Hehehehe, that had been a good one! Though Sophie didn't quite know who that person in the picture was, so she decided to stay quiet. It was odd the number of people who also didn't know who the guy was. Sophie had grown used to everyone knowing most things! Huh... maybe professor Flamsteed had finally gotten them all to-- oh, there were lots of people who knew who he was after all. Never mind then! The badger listened as each student pretty much said a different name, and looked back at the picture, wondering which name suited the man better. Attentive listening from Miss Campbell, good enough for him. She got a quick salute before he looked to the next student. Quote: Originally Posted by Talikins First proper question, eventually. Not that Ness knew how to answer it. You know she didn't exactly read books about astronomers all day, which she assumed this man was one. But no answer for you, Airey, on this one. Sorry. Was it just him, or did the Head Girl always seem to be giving him strange looks? If she needed to use the restroom or something she was more than welcome to. She did tend to look uncomfortable all the time in his lessons. Hmmm. Quote: Originally Posted by fanficfanatict Ha. Like Ascanius knew or cared who this guy was in the picture. He looked like he was from probably around 1920 at LEAST. You know, a really OLD guy. So he was just gonna sit back and let everyone else..........yeah, figure it out. Whatever. He wasn't in the mood right now. Ascanius was in UGLY shoes, yeah? Pfft. Unhappy Slytherin. What had this one's wand in a knot? Had Miss Greenwell eaten his dinner or something? Had he hurt the boy's feelings with the ice cream joke? No matter, as long as he was listening all was well. Quote: Originally Posted by hpfan18 He never saw this guy before. Kace raised his hand to be honest, "Professor i can honestly say i do NOT know this guy. Is he from another planet?" Hence the little astronomy pun there? Nahhh alright at least he tried shrugs "This man is no extraterrestrial," Airey chuckled. "Although his thinking and methods were out of this world for his time." Good humor there, young padawan. Quote: Originally Posted by AlwaysSnapesGirl No ice cream? Bummer. Maybe Penelope would get some later now that she was thinking about it. Or something else to eat. Or both. Yeah, that sounded good. With that in the back of her mind, she focused back on the lesson. Oh, a picture of some bloke she didn't know. Or...did she? Had Professor Burbage shown them someone like that? "Is it...Newton?" she asked/answered, raising her hand. Burbage's would-be husband. Penelope didn't really remember what he looked like exactly all that well, so she wasn't sure. She didn't really spend her time memorizing old astronomy guys' faces after all, ~~especially not when she had a boyfriend who had a much nicer face to look at~~. "No, this is not Newton," Airey replied with a shake of the head, similar to that of a wet dog getting out of a pool of water. You know, just for emphasis. Quote: Originally Posted by LilFox06 Her hand went up casually. "Her... shawl." Or something like that. That was actually the exact portrait hanging in a museum she'd been too. *"He got famous for discovering things were close together. Which, is horrible. If I was born back then I'd be famous too. I can totally* tell when things are close together." She could multiply too. She was a double threat. She could cook too. She just wasn't sure that that was concerned a threat. "EXCELLENT MISS PHILLIPS!" he applauded, but refrained from jumping on her desk for now. He couldn't have asked for a better segway into his next question. So good for you young lady! "As some of you guess, this man is William Herschel. He was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert, and composer who is known for making many scientific breakthroughs in the field of astronomy. Among those are his discovery of the planet Uranus and its two major moons and the two moons of Saturn. He is also the first to discover infrared radiation and has 24 outstanding symphonies that I suggest you all listen to. Especially for those of you who will be studying for your OWLs and NEWTs. Helped me out quite a bit when I was a studying student." Just so they all knew. "Now, Miss Phillips touched on something very important and relevant to our discussion of Polaris. Can anyone tell me what discovery Herschel made in regards to it?*" OOC: class will continue later today GMT+9 Probably around 11 hours from now __________________ When you’re stuck in a moment and your spark has been stolen .................................................. ........... this is our time to own it, so own it..................................... baby we were born with* fire and gold in our eyes