From: tsbrueni@dcn.davis.ca.us   
      
   On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 4:48:20 AM UTC-7, real_gri...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > Tuesday, May 31, 2016  at 20:07, Tim Bruening wrote:   
   > Re: A micro-gripe about Azkaban movie (at least in part)   
   >    
   > >On Monday, June 28, 2004 at 1:43:38 PM UTC-7, Metaphorica wrote:   
   > >> Although I loved the film, just one thing got me...   
   > >>    
   > >> Did anyone notice how the Hogwarts Express has an authentic   
   > >> steam-train exterior, but has the interior of a British Rail train?   
   > >> You know, the blue patterned felt seats, and the cream sliding door?   
   > >> And was that one of those red 'No Smoking' signs? On the Hogwarts   
   > >> Express?   
   >     
   > >> Just a minor gripe, in an otherwise brilliant film.   
   >    
   > >Why wouldn't wizards be concerned about the harmful effects of smoking?    
   > >Wouldn't the MoM hear about the dangers of smoking via the Muggle government   
   > >an Muggle media?  (Surely the MoM would have people dedicated to monitoring   
   > >the Muggle world).    
   >    
   > I think it´s more that as Hogwarts Express is "almost" entirely full of    
   > children, a "No Smoking" sign is superfluous ?   
      
   Some of the children are as old as 17, so might have picked up the smoking   
   habit, so would need "No Smoking" signs.   
      
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