This, my friends, is a Golden Snitch, the human embodiment of the flying golden ball in Quidditch that Harry Potter is always trying to capture. Look at this poor young sap … LOOK AT HIM! This is what happens when a pleasantly creative series of books gets way, way out of hand. People start dressing in golden leotards and prancing around college campuses, while other students grasping brooms between their legs chase him and make desperate grabs toward his buttocks area.
Yes, this all happens in quidditch, the game invented by J.K. Rowling that makes absolutely no sense unless you’ve been hit in the head with a circus mallet and/or large canned ham. Now the University of Minnesota is one of the growing number of campuses which has organized teams in the National Quidditch League; but there’s one twist. At Minnesota, they dress up a guy — let’s call him Larry — in golden tights and designate him as the Golden Snitch. Chilling quote from Minnesota Quidditch founder Luke Zac:
“The snitch is a runner dressed in yellow or gold, with a tennis ball or sock stuck in his shorts. The players try to get the ball, sort of like a flag football situation.”
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
If I could figure out a way to ban this activity without thousands of computer-savvy nerds becoming my sworn enemies, I’d do it.
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University of Minnesota Quidditch [Facebook]
The nerds are winning: Quidditch may become an NCAA-sanctioned sport [Off the Bench]
