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June 01, 2003
Driving out ghosts
Indian village plans Hindu religious ceremony to drive ghost from a school toilet, or so reports Ananova:
Sub-Inspector of Police Hakim Singh told United News of India: ''Nobody has seen the ghost, but the school toilet, suspected to be the devil's den, was brought down by villagers.'' The villagers, who believe the ghost is still haunting the school, say they are determined to hold a yagya (a fire purification ceremony) to exorcise the ''ghost'' and to bring girls back to school.
As disturbing as ghostly exorcism is to the Flea this story has a synchronistic aspect. A second look at Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets prompted by a recent gift reminded me what a disappointment the film was in comparison with the book. One bright spot was Shirley Henderson's Moaning Myrtle. Henderson's goth aplomb features in her portrayal of Marie Melmotte in The Way We Live Now, a four-part serialization of Trollope's novel whose first episode aired this evening on Masterpiece Theater. The Flea would fall for her with or without her father's fortune (unlike that cad Sir Felix!).
Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 1, 2003 11:45 AM